Simeon A. "Alex" Box scrapbook, 1942-1944.

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Simeon A. "Alex" Box scrapbook, 1942-1944.

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This scrapbook, compiled by Mrs. Earle Hubert Wagley, concerns Simeon A. "Alex" Box, an LSU alumnus and World War II soldier, whom Mrs. Wagley (then Hubert) was seeing at the time of his death. The three main topics covered within the scrapbook are Box's death in Algeria, his military decorations, and the subsequent naming of places in his honor after he was killed in combat. The majority of items are newspaper clippings and letters written to Mrs. Wagley following Box's death.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

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Arthur Taylor Prescott (1863-1942) graduated from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La., in 1884. He became commandant of the student cadet organization at the University of Virginia in 1887, the first president of the Louisiana Industrial Institute at Ruston in 1894, and professor of government at Louisiana State University in 1899. From the description of Arthur T. Prescott receipts, 1880-1885. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 308362360 ...

Wagley, Earle Hubert.

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Simeon A. "Alex" Box was born in Quitman, Mississippi, in 1920 and graduated from Louisiana State University in 1942, where he played both baseball and football. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, earning the Distinguished Service Cross for his service with an Engineer Regiment in Algeria. He was killed in action shortly thereafter in February of 1943. From the description of Simeon A. "Alex" Box scrapbook, 1942-1944. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 770...

Box, Simeon A. (Simeon Alex), 1920-1943

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