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Odas Rankin collection, August 19, 1944, Date accessioned: 2006-05-23

 

Summary

Creator:
Rankin, Odas D., 1918-2011
Extent:
1 folders 1 folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Odas Rankin collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-06-1996

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Odas Rankin who served in the U.S. Army in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. This collection contains a newspaper clipping documenting Rankin's uniting with a deceased soldier's family.

Biographical / historical:

Odas D. Rankin was born on June 19th, 1918. Rankin served in the U.S. Army in the European Theater of Operation during World war II. Rankin trained in mines and booby traps in England and participated in the initial invasion of Normandy, France in 1944. Rankin passed away on September 13th, 2011. He is buried at Fairview United Methodist Church Cemetery in Anderson County, South Carolina.

Acquisition information:
This collection was donated by Bob M. Rankin
Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Odas Rankin collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-06-1996

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA