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This collection includes 17 articles, which all pertain to either Francis Yonkin or the 11th Armored Division/3rd Army during World War II as they moved through Europe following the invasion of Normandy during World War II. Also included are 20 photographs, which include some of Francis Yonkin, and also prints of Nazi officers (in Paris at restaurants), and also photographs of tanks and the 11th Armored, as well as stock photographs of General Eisenhower, Churchill, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (possibly from the Tehran Conference).

This collection relates to Isadore S. Jachman and his service in the Army in the European Theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor after defending the town of Flamierge in Belgium from a German attack on January 4, 1945. The collection contains a photocopy of the posthumously received Medal of Honor certificate and a document from the White House explaining the incident for which Jachman received the award. Both the certificate and document are signed by President Harry Truman. The collection also includes a list of medals received by Jachman related to this collection that are now at the National Museum of American Jewish Military History.