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Job C. Martin papers, 1940-1946, Date acquired: 05/25/2000, bulk 1943-1946

 

Summary

Creator:
Job C. Martin
Extent:
1.00 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Job C. Martin papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_00_0555.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the World War II 7th Infantry Division personal letters of U.S. Army Chaplain Assistant and Mess Sergeant Job C. Martin to his family in Pennsylvania. The collection also contains photographs and documents. Beginning with letters written while at the St. Fidelis Seminary in 1940 through his discharge in 1946, Martin discusses induction, basic training, anti-air training, reclassification, Pacific theater training in Ft. Ord, California, service in Oahu, the Philippines, Okinawa, and Seoul, Korea.


Biographical / historical:

Job C. Martin was born on May 1, 1912, in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania. He attended St. Fidelis Catholic Seminary in Herman, Pennsylvania in 1940 and was drafted into the US Army December 1943. Martin served as a Chaplain's Assistant and Mess Sergeant in the 3rd Infantry Regiment until his discharge in April 1946. Upon discharge, he eventually returned home to Perryopolis where he died on August 19th, 2013.


Note written by Jill E. Hopkins

Acquisition information:

Job C. Martin

Donation

Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Arrangement:

Letters are arranged chronologically with additional materials, such as photographs and government orders, organized by subject.

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], Job C. Martin papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_00_0555.

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