Papers, 1936-1981.

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Papers, 1936-1981.

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Collection contains correspondence (1949-1981); materials related to his military service, including a D-Day diary, press clippings on the Normandy invasion, and military orders; manuscripts and copies of articles written for United Press and the "Montgomery Independent"; letters written to his family commenting on his experiences in post-war Europe; photographs; issues of "The Crimson-White" edited by Thompson; a copy of his master's thesis; and personal memorabilia.

2.9 cubic ft. (6 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7340386

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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United Press Associations

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News wire service. From the description of United Press Associations miscellaneous records, 1940-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869208 Biographical/Historical Note News wire service. From the guide to the United Press Associations miscellaneous records, 1940-1941, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

Thompson, C. Haynes.

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Thompson (1916- ) was a writer and later editor of the University of Alabama student newspaper "The Crimson-White" from 1936-1941. He served with the Army Air Forces during World War II and participated in the D-Day landing at Utah Beach on the Normandy coast of France. After leaving the service he worked in Europe for United Press Associations from 1946 to 1952, when he returned to Montgomery, Alabama, to work in the family fertilizer business. Thompson continued his journalism career by writin...