Charles Sharum WWII P.O.W. diary, [manuscript] 1944-2006.

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Charles Sharum WWII P.O.W. diary, [manuscript] 1944-2006.

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The collection includes the diary of verse Sharum wrote documenting his experiences, and other peripheral material relating to his time as a P.O.W. including a bound, untitled collection of military service records and personalized historical research report by William L. Beigel of WW2Research.com, which includes both American and German military records involving Sharum. Images include a service photograph of Sharum and a ceremony honoring American P.O.W. and M.I.A combatants at the University of Arkansas on April 8, 2004.

.5 linear ft. (1 box)

University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 8205051

University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries

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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Libraries. Special Collections.

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Sharum, Charles, 1922-1992.

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Charles R. Sharum was born on December 31, 1922, to Cornelius and Rosa Sharum of Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas. He was a 1941 graduate of St. Anne's Catholic Academy of Fort Smith, before moving to Northwest Arkansas in 1942. Sharum enlisted in the U.S. Air Corps on January 12, 1943, and served in the 327th Heavy Bomb Squadron during WWII. On May 24th, 1944, on a combat mission to Berlin, his plane was shot down, and he was captured and imprisoned by German forces. He spent the next yea...

Sharum family.

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