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Francis Yonkin collection, 1939-1945, Date acquired: 07/12/1998

 

Summary

Creator:
Yonkin, Francis
Extent:
1.00 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Francis Yonkin collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_98_0386.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes 17 articles, which all pertain to either Francis Yonkin or the 11th Armored Division/3rd Army during World War II as they moved through Europe following the invasion of Normandy during World War II. Also included are 20 photographs, which include some of Francis Yonkin, and also prints of Nazi officers (in Paris at restaurants), and also photographs of tanks and the 11th Armored, as well as stock photographs of General Eisenhower, Churchill, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (possibly from the Tehran Conference).

Biographical / historical:

Francis Yonkin served in "B" Company, 55th Armored Infantry, 11th Armored Division in the 3rd U.S. Army in the European Theater (ETO). Yonkin enlisted at the age of 18. He fought in Belgium, Germany, and Austria. He received a Purple Heart, one Bronze Star, and the World War II Victory Medal. He was shot in the leg on March 3, 1945.

Acquisition information:

Francis Yonkin

Donation

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], Francis Yonkin collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_98_0386.

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