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Don Warner collection, 1934-1952, bulk 1942-1945

 

Summary

Creator:
Don, Warner
Extent:
1.5 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Don Warner collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-13-2023

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Major Don Warner from his time i the 874th Airborne Aviation Engineers during World War II where he served as the Executive officer. The collection includes photographs (primarily of Camp Claiborne in Lousianna, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines), newsletters, a small collection of maps, along with various saved booklets and documents primarily from the Pacific Theater.

Biographical / historical:

Don Warner served as the executive officer of the 874th Airborne Aviation Engineers which saw service in New Guinea and the Philippines. Warner himself trained alongside the rest of the unit in Camp Claiborne in Louisiana from early 1942 till late 1943 when they were sent off to Papua New Guinea. There they repaired recently captured air bases as the campaign progressed until they were transferred to the Philippines in 1945, where they engaged in more of the same. After the war, Warner continued to serve, this time out of Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska where he acted as a consultant on air base construction.

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.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Don Warner collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-13-2023

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