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Edward T. Burke Jr. collection, 1940-2003, Date acquired: 07/10/2003, bulk 1940-1946 4 boxes 1 folders

Burke, Edward T., Jr.

The materials in the Edward T. Burke Jr. collection document activities of a U.S. Navy Chief Torpedoman who served on the U.S.S. Broome in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters during World War II and his life after the war. i)

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Edward T. Burke Jr. Documents Regarding Relatives and Personal Life, 1940 - 2002 03.0139 - Box 1, Folder 019

Sign for Theodora "Teddy" Burke's pinning ceremony, page with Burke family members and their military information, newspaper clipping about E. T. Burke Jr. and Cora Lee Burke's 50th wedding anniversary, 35th wedding anniversary celebration for Cora Lee and Ted Burke Jr. invitation, marriage license for E. T. Burke and Cora Lee Downing, photocopy of Mrs. Irene A Downing, E. T.Burke Jr.'s mother-in-laws's, obituary, and photocopy of picture of E. T. Burke Jr. and his mother-in-law.

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Edwin Ivy papers, 1941-2000, Date acquired: 10/16/2002, bulk 1941-1946 1 folders

Ivy, Edwin, 1918-

The Edwin Ivy papers illustrate 2nd Lieutenant Ivy's service in the Army Air Corps in the 485th Heavy Bombardment Group, 831st Squadron, from 1942-1945 in Italy, France, and Austria where he was shot down and became a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III. Ivy's oral history encompasses the majority of his collection and provides detail of his military training, time spent in the Army Air Corps, as a prisoner of war, and being discharged. His papers also include the first chapter of Old Man in a Baseball Cap by Fred Rochlin. The chapter describes the significance of remembering the past and passing down experiences to others.

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