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Adolph Westheimer Collection, 1932-1999, 1944-1945, Date acquired: 08/01/1999

 

Summary

Creator:
Westheimer, Adolph, 1915-2009
Extent:
2 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Adolph Westheimer Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_98_0165.

Background

Scope and content:

Adolph Joseph Westheimer served in the US Army Air Corps during World War II in the Pacific Theater. The collection includes personal letters, government documents pertaining to his service, some postcards, tickets, papers with Japanese scripts, and Japanese artifacts. It also includes the oral history transcript of the Westheimer interview and manuscripts giving detailed descriptions and information on living conditions of Air Force members during the war in Japan. In addition, it includes the certificates of his physical conditions.

Biographical / historical:

Adolph Joseph Westheimer served in the US Air Army Air Corps during World War II in both the 13th Service Group and the 386th Service Group with a serial number 38050027. Born in Houston, Texas on August 5, 1915, Westheimer spent his early life in San Francisco, CA and joined the United States Army Air Corps on November 19, 1940. Westheimer served in both World War II and the Korean War. During World War II, Westheimer participated in the battle of Iwo Jima and remained there until the end of the war. During the Korean War, he was stationed about seventeen miles from Tokyo, Japan. He was married to Jenna Rose Westheimer. Adolph passed away on December 14, 2009, in Houston, TX.

Acquisition information:

Adolph Westheimer

Donated

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], Adolph Westheimer Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_98_0165.

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