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Frank K. Coffee, circa 1935-2012

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Frank K. Coffee served in the Army with the 14th Armored Division in the European Theater (ETO). He served as a reconnaissance soldier in a tank. The collection includes a manuscript of Coffee's account. The manuscript describes the advancement through Germany and Poland. There are photocopied photos of George S. Patton up close. The edited letters are in diary form and are addressed to his mother back home. Though not many photos are included, the manuscript makes mention of the collection of cameras and firearms in small villages.

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Franklin B. Evans, circa 1935-2012

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Tech 4 Franklin B. Evans served with the US Army Air Corps in the China-Burma- India (CBI) Theater from 1944 to 1945. His manuscript covers his enlistment and training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, through his redeployment back to the United States. Evans dedicates a chapter to each new location where was stationed, including Calcutta, Karachi, and the Upper Assam in India, and finally, Kumming Air Force Base in China. While at Kumming, Evans was a Supply Clerk for the Army Air Corps and was responsible for all aircraft manifests for crews flying "The Hump." Evans recalled air strikes from Japanese bombers and being within a hundred miles of the Japanese Army. His manuscript concludes with a section on how Coca-Cola failed China during the war, as well as his discharge from the Army in 1946.

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Franklin: My Most Famous Friend, 2012, Date acquired: 09/11/2012

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Franklin: My Most Famous Friend, is Lynn Rice's memoir regarding her childhood struggle with polio and her visits to White Springs, Georgia where she met then President Franklin Roosevelt.  It also chronicles her years as a student at Florida State University.

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Franklin, Samuel R. (Admiral), Journal, 1885-1887, Date acquired: 10/00/1982

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Manuscript journal covering the commissioning and voyage of the U.S.S. Pensacola, April 1885-August 1887. Covers European and Mediterranean trips with newspaper clippings from the Baltimore Sun about trip.

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Frank Norris manuscript leaf from McTeague, 1899

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Manuscript leaf from Frank Norris's McTeague, Argonaut Manuscript Edition of the Works of Frank Norris, page 176.

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Frank Parrotta collection, Date accessioned: 2006-07-13, bulk 1943-1945

1 folders 1 folder

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This collection relates to Frank Parrotta who served in the U.S. Army 5th Air Force in the Pacific Theater of Operation. This collection contains a veteran questionnaire and a photograph.

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Frank P. Sherwood, circa 1935-2012

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Frank P. Sherwood Papers, Date acquired: 04/17/2006

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Lectures, articles, anthologies, monographs, reports, and other publications created by Frank Sherwood as Professor of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University.

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Frank Trenary Collection, Circa 1930-1953

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The Frank Trenary Collection contains 4 black and white photographs depicting African American schoolchildren in Pompano Beach, Florida.

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Frank W. Wood Collection, Circa 1941-1966

1 Hollinger Box

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Scrapbooks related to Navy Commander Frank W. Wood's service during and after World War II, Rick Smiley watercolors, photographs, maps, and architectural drawings. It also contains two copies of the Sun Colony: South Florida Illustrated News from 1945 and 1946.

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