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This is the only "cutting up" I've done, bulk 1940-1945 Box 1, Item 33

Drawn image of woman seated on a grassy hill peeling potatoes, surrounded by buckets and sacks of potatoes; Text in red reads, THIS IS THE ONLY "CUTTING UP" I'VE DONE'; WC-5; © symbol on lower left corner face of postcard; Made only by Beals, Des Moines, Iowa

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This sick Jewish girl was found in this barracks of Lambach concentration camp in Austria when it was liberated by the 71st Infantry Division, 3rd U.S. Army. These are the conditions which she and 18,000 others were forced to live in. There was no beds or sanitary facilities whatsoever. 40 or 50 died each day: the dead lay where they fell the living prisoners too weak to move the dead and slept with them. German troops can be seen cleaning up the barracks under orders of the American troops., 1945-05-06 Folder 1, Object 21

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"This Week in Philadelphia" Pamphlets, October 1943-January 1945 00.0350 - Box 2, Folder 004

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Thomas A. Butler Letters to Family, January-July 1945 15.0014 - Box 1, Folder 005

This folder contains thirty-eight letters written by Butler to his family. The letters were written from Luxembourg, Belgium, and Germany. Butler details the living conditions and weather during the campaigns. in a letter written on February 28, 1945, Butler describes his observations and opinions on the Siegfried Line.

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Thomas A. Butler Letters to Family, June 1945 - January 1946 15.0014 - Box 1, Folder 006

This folder contains thirty-four letters in which Butler describes occupation duty in Germany and Austria. His unit is assigned to Berchesgaden and Butler oversees hotels in that region. Butler describes visits from officials, hotel staff, and touring the area. In a June 7 letter, Butler describes visiting Herrenchiemsee Palace in Bavaria. In his June 28 letter, he describes receiving the Bronze Star Medal which is included in this collection. In this letter he first mentions being assigned to manage the hotels. The last letters were written from La Havre, France as he returns to the U.S. for discharge.

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Thomas and Georgine Mickler Collection of Arnold, Bennett, and Tanner Family Diaries, 1899-1974 2 Linear Feet 2 Boxes

Mickler, Thomas, 1912-1997

The majority of over 100 diaries in this collection are from Seth J. Arnold and Edwin Arnold, who were residents of the Orlando area.

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Thomas Burns Letters, 1941-1985, bulk 1941-1943 4.00 boxes 4 boxes

This is a collection of personal letters written by Thomas Burns (76th Air Base Squadron) during World War II. Burns wrote from Hendricks Field, Sebring, Florida to Mary Donnelly in Massachusetts. He mostly wrote of his experiences and activities on the base. While the letters do not deal with Florida or World War II, they do offer a glimpse into courtship during that era and life on an air base.

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Thomas C. Cartwright papers, 1945-2014, Date acquired: 05/20/2014, bulk 1995-2004 1.00 boxes

Cartwright, T. C. (Thomas Campbell)

Thomas C. Cartwright served as the pilot of the B-24 bomber, Lonesome Lady, in the 494th Bombardment Group, 7th Air Force. His plane was shot down over Japan at the end of July 1945. Cartwright and one other member of the bomber crew were transported elsewhere, while the majority of the crew was interred in prison in Hiroshima, Japan. All those crewmen were killed when the US dropped the atomic bomb on that city.

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Thomas Dreier collection, 1893-1979, Date acquired: 00/00/1974 21.72 Linear Feet 37 boxes

Dreier, Thomas (1884-1976)

The collection consists of holographic, photocopied, and typed correspondence, scrapbooks focusing on Mr. Dreier's career and accomplishments, assorted slides of Snell Isle and Florida fruits and flowers, clippings of Dreier's editorials published in the St. Petersburg Times between 1940 and 1951, and clippings of his column "Brickbats and Bouquets," published in 1939. The collection also includes Dreier's "Vagabonds' Notebooks," which are personal journals that incorporate photographs of family members, their homes, guests, and vacations.

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Thomas Edward Stubbs, Jr. papers, 1944-1945, Date acquired: 2017-06-06, Date accessioned: 2017-10-31 1.5 Linear Feet 1 flat box (15x19")

This collection includes a scrapbook from Thomas Edward Stubbs, Jr, a private in the U.S. Army who served in World War II. Included are photographs of the Pacific Theater.

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