Harrison family papers, ca. 1930s-1990 (bulk 1942-1945)

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Harrison family papers, ca. 1930s-1990 (bulk 1942-1945)

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This collection consists mainly of correspondence between members of the Harrison family of Louisville, Kentucky. Most of the correspondence is between William H. Harrison and his wife Louise Taylor Harrison during William's deployment overseas during World War II. The majority of the collection concerns the periods of Bill's deployment overseas between 1942 and 1945. Letters describe Bill's training in Northern Ireland, his capture by the Germans in Tunisia in December of 1942, and his internment in a prison camp in Italy between December of 1942 and the fall of 1943. Later correspondence concerns his deployment to India in 1945.

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