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This folder mostly contains documents relating to tank units. There is a speech made by General Patton. It appears to be related to the invasion of Italy. There is a packet labeled "SGT. Fayne Haynes, 612 Tank Destroyer Battalion." This unit served in Scotland, England, France, Belgium, Germany, and Southern Holland. There is also another packet about the 612 Tank Destroyer Battalion, with much the same information as the first. There is a segment of a 1 July 2001 interview with Chester Bailes. The interview is not complete and has been written into third person paragraph form. Finally, there is a WWII Tank Destroyer Force description printed from the Tank Destroyer Society's website.

This folder includes a letter from the National Personnel Records Center, certificate from Camp Lee's Army Service Forces Training Center in troop leadership, a copy of Joseph Hrabovsky's amateur radio license, and a detailed list of his travel overseas.

This folder contains a photograph of Master Sergeant Thornton M. Embrey at his retirement ceremony and a certificate of appreciation for his service issued by the Department of the Army on August 31, 1969. The folder contains a copy of the radio message announcing the surrender of Germany in May 1945 and Japan in August 1945. A photocopy of the "Internal Route Slip" dated May 10, 1945 with a subject heading, "Handling of Radio Traffic for the Germans" provides a log of radio messages related to the unconditional surrender by the German government. An illustrated book, Ecole Professionnelle, Ecole Primaire Superieure, Reims is also in the folder. Another photocopied document lists the shift schedule at the Signal Center, United States Forces, European Theater. The folder has the discharge papers for Thornton M. Embrey issued on January 15, 1946. The folder includes the graduation program of the Basic Engineering Course, Army Specialized Training Program, Baylor University. This collection also contains two newspapers articles from the postwar period dealing with radio messages that announced the surrender of Germany in May 1945.