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Phillip Leamon papers, 1942-1946, Date acquired: 03/04/1999, bulk 1944

 

Summary

Creator:
Leamon, Phillip (-2004)
Extent:
1.00 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Phillip Leamon papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_99_0294.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Phillip Leamon who served during World War II as a corporal with the 11th Armored Division in the European Theater. This file contains photocopies of photographs from his personal life and military service such as Bastogne and Mauthausen Concentration Camp. It also contains transcripts from an interview conducted February 2, 1999.

Biographical / historical:

Phillip Leamon, 79, who retired as an FSU professor, died September 29, 2004. He was a Corporal in the US Army and a member of the 11th Armored Division in World War II, which was attached to General Patton's Third Army and fought at Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge. Leamon was also among the Americans who liberated Mauthausen Concentration Camp. He was discharged from the Army on February 3, 1946.

Acquisition information:

Phillip Leamon

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:

Creator

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], Phillip Leamon papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_99_0294.

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