Contains the following types of materials: official and personal records, letters, memoirs, diary. Contains information pertaining to the following war: World War II(WWII) -- United States (US), -- European Theater of Operations (ETO). Contains information pertaining to the following military units: 33rd Armored Regiment; 3rd Armored Division. General description of the collection: Joseph F. Orient papers include Corporal's memoirs and personal records of service during WWII; service record from induction through unit's drive to Rhine and Elbe Rivers; manuscript on basic and advanced training; letters written to wife and son (1944-1945), mostly low-key and familiar in tone, apart from a description of a liberated concentration camp (Apr 12, 1945, Nordhausen?); diary on return to US, June, 1945.
