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Fred L. Kagan Jr. collection, 1943-1945, Date acquired: 08/23/2016, Date accessioned: 2020-04-28

 

Summary

Creator:
Kagan, Fred L., Jr.
Extent:
5 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Fred L. Kagan, Jr. collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_16_0023.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Fred L. Kagan Jr., who served with the 9th Army Air Force before transferring to the 5th Infantry Division. During the war, he served as a litter bearer in the European Theater of Operations from November 3, 1943 until the end of the war in 1945. This collection consists of documents, photographs, and artifacts related to the service of in the United States Army Air Force and US Army during World War II. The documents consist of official paperwork and discharge papers as well as identification documents. The photographs are primarily of fellow servicemen but also include some images of occupied Hanau, Germany. The artifacts mostly include US Army patches and pins, and medals, including a Bronze Star. There is also a Nazi armband and a torn Nazi Germany flag.

Biographical / historical:

Fred L. Kagan Jr. was born in Bound Brook, New Jersey, on February 19, 1925. After leaving school in 1941 he worked as a tank filler for Airco Reduction Sales Co. before joining the US Army on June 4, 1943. He initially served with the 9th Army Air Force before transferring to the 5th Infantry Division. During the war, he served as a litter bearer in the European Theater of Operations from November 3, 1943 until the end of the war in 1945. He participated in the occupation of Hanau, Germany, before being sent back to the United States and discharged on December 20, 1945.

Custodial history:

This collection was donated by Laura Ayers. The collection was acquired by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience on August 23, 2016.

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], Fred L. Kagan, Jr. collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_16_0023.

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