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Hurtis "Jack" Lowell Enlow papers, 1943-1952, Date acquired: 07/17/1998, bulk 1943-1945

 

Summary

Creator:
Enslow, Hurtis "Jack" Lowell
Extent:
1.00 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Hurtis "Jack" Lowell Enlow papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_98_0552.

Background

Scope and content:

The Hurtis "Jack" Lowell Enlow papers consist of a diary and various documents relating to his service as an ambulance driver for the 482nd Medical Collection Company. Sergeant Enlow's diary illustrates what life was like as an ambulance driver during the war. He describes in detail the casualties he witnessed, fighting during the Battle of the Bulge, traveling through Europe, basic training, prisoners of war, and the Buchenwald concentration camp. While some descriptions are graphic, they depict the true nature of the war. His documents include photographs taken at Buchenwald, basic training notice, a German train ticket, German advertisement, one Victory Mail letter, post-war customs declarations, Czechoslovakian prayer card, military immunization records, general orders guidelines, letter from a chaplain, post-war mail, road movements map, and smaller certificates.

Biographical / historical:

Sergeant Hurtis "Jack" Lowell Enlow was born on November 28, 1909, and grew up in Madison, Indiana. He married Olive Enlow and enlisted into the United States Army in early 1943. Sergeant Enlow completed basic training in Boston, Massachusetts at Camp Miles. He arrived in Europe on the USS West Point in late 1944. Sergeant Enlow arrived in Belgium where he began his duties as an ambulance driver in the 482nd Medical Collection Company. He participated in Battle of the Bulge and along the Siegfried Line. After Battle of the Bulge, he went to France, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. In Germany, he visited the Buchenwald concentration and Linberg prison camp. He aided numerous divisions throughout the war, including but not limited to the 9th Armored Division and the 106th Infantry Division. After the war Sergeant Enlow returned to his wife in Indiana. On June 21, 1975, Jack Enlow passed away at the age of 65.

Acquisition information:

Olive Enlow

Donated

Custodial history:

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

Processing information:

Entered 09/21/2017

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], Hurtis "Jack" Lowell Enlow papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_98_0552.

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