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Size | 2 items |
Abstract | The John C. Henry Jr. Scrapbook, 1939-1947, was created by his mother, Ola Young Henry, to document her son's experience serving with the 265th drum-filling platoon stateside and in the Philippines during and immediately after World War II. The scrapbook consists of letters home to Greenville, S.C., and a few letters from the family to him; black-and-white photographic prints of soldiers in uniform and of the Filipino people, the army base, and the landscape; newspaper clippings; annotations by Ola Young Henry; and a message recorded for his family by Henry on 5 February 1944. Also included are typed transcriptions of letters, 1943-1946. |
Creator | Henry, John C.,Jr. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Nancy Kaiser and Lydia Neuroth, October 2017
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, October 2017
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John Clemson Henry Jr., the son of John Clemson Henry (d. 1967) and Ola Young Henry (d. 1975), was drafted into the U.S. Army in October 1943. He served stateside in the 265th drum-filling platoon and in the Philippines until March 1946.
Back to TopThe John C. Henry Jr. Scrapbook was created by his mother, Ola Young Henry, to document her son's experience serving with the 265th drum-filling platoon stateside and in the Philippines during and immediately after World War II. The scrapbook consists of John C. Henry Jr.'s letters home to Greenville, S.C., and a few letters from the family to him; black-and-white photographic prints of soldiers in uniform and of the Filipino people, the army base, and the landscape; newspaper clippings; annotations by Ola Young Henry; and a message recorded for his family by Henry on 5 February 1944. Also included are typed transcriptions of letters, 1943-1946.
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John C. Henry Jr. Scrapbook, 1939-1947Included are transcriptions of letters, 1943-1946, and a folder of loose enclosures to the scrapbook. |