"Private John Rex Kay letters home, 1943-1945; the conclusion of World War II in Europe," collected and transcribed by Mary Fort Hamill and Nancy Fort Dahl 1994

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"Private John Rex Kay letters home, 1943-1945; the conclusion of World War II in Europe," collected and transcribed by Mary Fort Hamill and Nancy Fort Dahl 1994

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/9044368651

A one-volume compilation of thirty-six transcribed World War II letters, including thirty-one letters of U. S. Army Private John Rex Kay, a native of St. John (Stafford County), Kansas, written to his wife and parents, 1940-1945. Private Kay's letters describe his pre-combat military training in radio communications and his 1945 tour of duty in France and Germany, including his company's treatment by French and German civilians; the wound which earned him the Purple Heart; his company's liberation of concentration camp prisoners at Dachau, Germany; and his assignment to General George S. Patton's Third Army.

1 folder (ringbound 30-page volume;

eng,

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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Kay, John Rex, 1913-

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John Rex Kay was born April 4, 1913 at St. John (Stafford County), Kansas to John B. and Lelia Dell Webber DeSelms Kay. He married Juliette Martin on December 28, 1938 at Newton, Kansas, with whom he had two sons. Kay was inducted into the U.S. Army at the rank of Private on November 19, 1943 at Newton (Harvey County), Kansas and entered active service December 10, 1943. His basic training was at Camp Callan, California in radio communications, after which he was stationed in Texas at Camp Hulen...

Dachau (Concentration camp)

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The Dachau concentration camp was established in March 1933. It was the first regular concentration camp established by the National Socialist (Nazi) government. It was located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory near the northeastern part of the town of Dachau in southern Germany. During the first year, the camp had a capacity of 5,000 prisoners. Initially the internees were primarily German Communists, Social Democrats, trade unionists, and other political opponents of the Nazi re...

Kay family.

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Hamill, Mary Fort.

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Kay, Juliette Martin.

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Dahl, Nancy Fort.

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United States. Army. Army, 3rd

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Formed in 1918, the Third United States Army was commanded by General George Patton during World War II. From the description of Third United States Army Publication, undated (Georgia Institute of Technology). WorldCat record id: 49047743 ...