Military Records and Photographs, 1945-2005

Containers:

11.0042 - Box 1, Folder 01

Scope and content:

This folder contains a photograph of Master Sergeant Thornton M. Embrey at his retirement ceremony and a certificate of appreciation for his service issued by the Department of the Army on August 31, 1969. The folder contains a copy of the radio message announcing the surrender of Germany in May 1945 and Japan in August 1945. A photocopy of the "Internal Route Slip" dated May 10, 1945 with a subject heading, "Handling of Radio Traffic for the Germans" provides a log of radio messages related to the unconditional surrender by the German government. An illustrated book, Ecole Professionnelle, Ecole Primaire Superieure, Reims is also in the folder. Another photocopied document lists the shift schedule at the Signal Center, United States Forces, European Theater. The folder has the discharge papers for Thornton M. Embrey issued on January 15, 1946. The folder includes the graduation program of the Basic Engineering Course, Army Specialized Training Program, Baylor University. This collection also contains two newspapers articles from the postwar period dealing with radio messages that announced the surrender of Germany in May 1945.

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