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Thornton M. Embrey collection, 1945-2005, Date accessioned: 2011-08-09

 

Summary

Creator:
Embrey, Thornton M., 1922-2001
Extent:
.25 Linear Feet 1 quarter box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Thornton M. Embrey collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-11-1942

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Thornton M. Embrey who served with Company D, 3118th Signal Service Group, during World War II. This collection contains transcripts of radio messages related to the announcement of the surrender of Germany in May 1945 and Japan in August 1945. There are a few additional documents and photographs related to Embrey's postwar service in the U.S. Army.

Biographical / historical:

Thornton M. Embrey was born on October 22, 1922 in Delaplane, Virginia. He was inducted into the U.S. Army on February 8, 1943 in Richmond, Virginia and attended service schools at Baylor University (ASTP, Basic Engineering) and the University of Tennessee (ASTP, Electrical Engineering). His military occupation specialty was a Crypto-Technician. As a member of the Company D, 3118th Signal Service Group, Embrey was assigned to the Supreme Headquarters of Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF). Initially discharged with the rank of Technical Sergeant from the U.S. Army on January 15, 1946 in order to accept federal employment in the European Theater, Embrey soon rejoined the service retiring in 1969. Embrey passed away on February 11, 2001 and is buried in the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Lynda Butler, stepdaughter of Thornton M. Embrey
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], Thornton M. Embrey collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-11-1942

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