Samuel Goodrich Proctor, 1942-1946

Summary

Extent:

3 Linear Feet

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Boxes and Folder number], Samuel Goodrich Proctor, 97.0043, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/WWII-97-0043

Background

Scope and content:

Samuel Goodrich Proctor served in the US Airforce from 1942-1946. He trained in Florida (boot camp) and spent time at other camps before shipping out to Britain and then Germany, where he sent about four years. Collection includes postcards (unsent) from Key West, Florida; Manchester, England, and Berlin, Germany; photographs, artifacts (including German Iron Cross), German money, a postcard from a buddy in the Pacific, a program from the New Hampshire Veteran's Association, and a service diary produced by the military with descriptions and pictures of planes and fields on the Front. Proctor made entries from September 1943 to January 1944, beginning soon after he shipped out. Included detailed description of life aboard ship, and then barracks life and duties in England.

Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Boxes and Folder number], Samuel Goodrich Proctor, 97.0043, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/WWII-97-0043

Location of this collection:

FSU Special Collections & Archives

116 Honors Way

Tallahassee

FL

32306-2047

USA

Contact:

https://www.lib.fsu.edu/special-collections