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Photocopy of Captain J.L. Inglis' Civil War Diary (1861-1864).

This item is a letter from Captain John Rogers Vinton at Fort New Smyrna, Florida and dated 1840. Addressed to his mother, it was written on his birthday and he wrote: "Since my last birthday, another year has passed over my head, and brought me to that period when it is my wont to make a retrospect of the past and pour out my thoughts to you. It has been a year of exile from civilized life - but not altogether profitless, and by no means an unhappy one..." His letter is highly religious and rather contradictory, as he wrote of having found "in the wilderness of Florida" many things pleasing to him. As Captain Vinton was at Fort Mellon and Fort Taylor in 1837 and 1838, his letter dated Fort New Smyrna, June 20, 1840, must have described the place.

Kenneth F. Harniman served in the Army Air Force as a lead navigator for the 451st Bomb Squadron in the Atlantic and European Theaters (ETO). The collection contains a memoir entitled "A Wartime of Vignettes" by Captain Harniman. He joined the Army Air Force on 5 November 1941, and trained out of Maxwell Field (Montgomery, Alabama) and Dorr Field (Arcadia, Florida). He was initially stationed with the 451st out of MacDill Field (Tampa, Florida). He flew navigation missions to Trinidad, Belem, Natal, Ascension Island, Liberia, Dakar, Marrketch, and Port Lyautey before being sent to Andrews Field in England for combat duty. Harniman flew in combat missions over Europe from 31 July 1943 to 22 April 1944, where he was captured by the Germans as a POW when he bailed out of his B-26. He was interrogated at Frankfurt and held in Stalag Luft III until 27 January 1945. He was then forced to march by foot to Nuremberg until 4 April, where he and other POWs escaped and hid out, and were rescued by U.S. Army soldiers on 29 April. The manuscript has many photos of camp life in the U.S. and abroad, as well as personalized hand-drawn artwork depicting life in Stalag Luft III.

This collection contains a letter from Captain William H. Chase of Pensacola, Florida, to Lieutenant A. H. Bowman, an Army Engineer, directing Bowman to make a survey of the Pensacola area to find a shorter navigation route. A partial transcript of the letter is also available.

This collection includes registration information for events, photos, user guides, and schedules pertaining to the Career Center's annual "Career Day" event.

This collection relates to Carl B. Kindell who served as a Pharmacist with the 242nd General Hospital in the U.S. Army during World War II. Kindell served in the European Theater of Operations. The collection contains the correspondence of Kindell and his mother, father, Aunt Leana, grandmother, brother Ray Kindell, and several friends during his service. This collection contains typed and handwritten letters, pictures, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings.