Papers of the Shackelford family, 1911-1919, 1943-1945.

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Papers of the Shackelford family, 1911-1919, 1943-1945.

The collection contains World War I and II correspondence of family members. Topics include military training and the war in France, 1917-1918; employment with the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation's Legal Division; SHAEF messages from Eisenhower re the surrender of Germany, 1945 May 7; tours of duty in Hawaii, Okinawa, and China during and after World War II, 1943-1946, particularly air raids, victory celebrations, fighting on Okinawa, U.S. forces in China at the close of the war, Chinese nationalists and the Communist revolution; as well as the formation of the Monticello Graveyard Association and a proposed armory on University of Virginia grounds.

105 (ca.) items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7346565

University of Virginia. Library

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