World War, 1939-1945 -- Medals
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Earl Roaine Rhoads Collection
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2552
Scope and Contents
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U.S. Marine. Correspondence (1936–1944) from Rhoads to his brother Sherman, his sister-in-law Ruth, and his nieces Shirley and Gaytha, from military posts in the United States, Iceland, and Guam. The collection also includes correspondence between family members including Rhoads’s parents, Shirley and Lettie Rhoads, and his sister Della. The collection contains a diary (1942) kept by Rhoads while in Iceland; funeral register pages and a funeral announcement (1949) when his body was returned to the United States along with the U.S. flag covering his coffin; Rhoads’s military identification card; six medals, including the Purple Heart; and war ration books used by the Rhoads family during the war.
Dates:
1936-1949
Found in:
Western History Collections
