David A. Walsh Papers (#5062-z) 1943-1945

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David A. Walsh Papers (#5062-z) 1943-1945

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David A. Walsh was born on 9 June 1923. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Forces as a mechanic. The collection is chiefly letters, 1943-1945, relating to David A. Walsh's United States Army Air Forces service during World War II. The largest concentration of letters are those written by Walsh to his sister, Marguerite Walsh. The letters describe Walsh's military training at the Army Air Forces Technical School at Seymour Johnson Field in North Carolina and the places he was stationed, including Harding Field, Baton Rouge, La.; Waycross Army Air Base, Waycross, Ga.; Army Air Field, Punta Gorda, Fla.; and a base in Karachi, India. Walsh also wrote about military life as an airplane mechanic, social activities, family affairs, the Army bureaucracy, the relationship between enlisted personnel and officers, the books he read, and planetary flight.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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United States. Army Air Forces

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Walsh, David A., 1923-

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David A. Walsh was born on 9 June 1923. He was graduated from high school in Babylon, N.Y. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Forces as a mechanic. In 1943, Walsh attended the Army Air Forces Technical School at Seymour Johnson Field in North Carolina. He first joined the 308 Bomb Squadron, 85th FTR Bomb Group, at Harding Field, Baton Rouge, La., then the 502nd FTR Bomb Squadron at Waycross Army Air Base, Waycross, Ga. Walsh rose from the rank of private to corporal in 1944 and was r...

Walsh, David Albert

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