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This collection contains items from two brothers, Walter and Fred Mynarkiewicz. Walter served as a Machinist Mate Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He was stationed in Trinidad, Hawaii, China, and built landing fields in the Philippines. Fred served in the 346th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division and was awarded the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service as a Medical Technician. He served during the Battle of the Bulge and liberated concentration camps in Germany.

This collection relates to Colonel Walter Carl Beckham who served with the U.S. Army Air Corps as a P-47 fighter pilot with the 353rd Fighter Group in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. He was credited 18 aerial victories. He was shot down and subsequently became a German Prisoner of War. He was the recipient of the Distingquished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, Silver Star, Air Medal, and Legion of Merit. This collection contains Beckham's medals, badges, pins, photographs, veteran's items, and newspaper articles.

Materials consist of correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and photographs. The collection relates primarily to Fuller's activities as a real estate developer during and after the Florida land boom. Subjects covered include farming, fish, Florida natural history, Florida population and economy, geology, hurricanes, the New Deal, and real estate in Cuba, Levy County, Melbourne, Ocala and Sarasota County.