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James A. Armstrong collection, Service (Great Britain, France, Belgium): 1945-1944, Service (Holland, Germany, Austria): 1944-1945, Service (France): 1945, Date acquired: 09/11/2020, bulk 1945-1947

 

Summary

Creator:
Armstrong, James Alfred, Jr., 1917-1978
Morgan, Patricia
Extent:
1 folders 1 accordion folder
Language:
English French
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], James A. Armstrong collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-20-2007

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Technical Sergeant James A. Armstrong who served 691st Ordnance Company in the European Theater of Operation. He participated beginning with the Normandy Campaign and each subsequent campaign with the company through to Germany. After the war, he was also commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant Ammunition Supply Officer and assigned to the 633rd Ordnance Company. The collection contains letters, military documents, and photographs.

Biographical / historical:

Technical Sergeant James A. Armstrong was born August 4, 1917 in Pennsylvania. Armstrong enlisted at Fort George Meade, Maryland on September 12th, 1942. Armstrong served 691st Ordnance Company in the European Theater of Operation. He participated beginning with the Normandy Campaign and each subsequent campaign with the company through to Germany. He served in Great Britain, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, and Austria. After the war, he was also commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant Ammunition Supply Officer and assigned to the 633rd Ordnance Company. He received the EAME Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Normandy, Nr. France, and Germany Bronz Star. After the war, Armstrong worked as a Corporation Tax Examiner. Armstrong passed away on June 10th, 1978 at the age of 60. He is buried at Rolling Green Memorial Park in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

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], James A. Armstrong collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-20-2007

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