Hardy, James Edward, 1895-1951 1943-1945 Letters.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Hardy, James Edward, 1895-1951 1943-1945 Letters.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49235950

Letters written by Col. Hardy to his wife while serving in the Second World War. The early letter are written while he is in training with the 38th Artillery at Camp Livingston, La. He then moves to Hawaii before being sent to New Guinea. In December 1944 his division is sent to the Philippines where the unit remains until the war's end. In his letters he discusses family matters and his Brinly-Hardy business. He describes life in the South Pacific from the inhabitants to the fighting. He also comments on the war in Europe, politics and the army, U.S.O. visits, medical services and military operations.

.66 Cubic Feet.

The Filson Historical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7603556

The Filson Historical Society

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

United States. Army. Artillery Regiment, 38th.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bp6kzp (corporateBody)

Hardy, James Edward, 1895-1951.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q27trg (person)

Col. Hardy is a World War I veteran who volunteers for the army in 1943. He owns the Brinly-Hardy Co. in Louisville, Ky. From the description of Hardy, James Edward, 1895-1951 1943-1945 Letters. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49235950 ...

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jh793p (corporateBody)

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is an engineer formation of the United States Army that has three primary mission areas: engineer regiment, military construction, and civil works. The day-to-day activities of the three mission areas are administered by a lieutenant general known as the commanding general/chief of engineers. The chief of engineers commands the engineer regiment, composed of combat engineer army units, and answers directly to the chief of staff of the army. Comba...

United States. Army

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km312r (corporateBody)

The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

United Service Organization

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m10phr (corporateBody)

Brinly-Hardy Co.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rv763r (corporateBody)