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Series II: Documents

Olds military papers, 1943, 1946, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Content Note

Contains "Journal of the 3255 Signal Service Company in Europe 44/45," soldier orientation documents, military separation records, military course certificate, and presidential memorial certificate.

Letter from Olds to his family, published in Lines of Battle, Letters from American Servicement 1941-1945 (photocopy), 1945 July 12

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

U.S. Soldier's Handbook, 1941

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Souvenirs, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Includes postcards, a booklet about Berchtesgaden, and a handmade dictionary.

Money, 1920, 1923

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Contains German marks, German banknotes, and Czechoslovak koruna.

Periodicals, 1945-1978

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Content Note

Contains three issues ofYank magazine and a historical newspaper article about the Holocaust.

Photocopies of excerpts from a glossary, chapter, and map, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.
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