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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: Company G, 422nd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division
  • Location of Service: Camp Phillips, Kansas; Camp McCall, North Carolina; Arkansas; Indianapolis, Indiana; Scotland; England; France; Belgium; Germany; European Theater
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

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William Robert Fordham Collection
Interview / Recording

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William Robert Fordham Collection
Interview / Recording

Transcript: XML
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[ Telegram from the Adjutant General to Fay Fordham, that William Fordam is MIA. January 11, 1945. ]
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[ Telegram from the Adjutant General to Fay Fordham, informing that William Fordam is a POW. April 25, 1945. ]
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[ Telegram from the Adjutant General to Fay Fordham, that William Fordham has returned to military control. May 22, 1945. ]
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[ Telegram from the Adjutant General to Fay Fordham, that William is returning to the United States. July 9, 1945. ]

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[ Image of envelopes of fourteen letters written by Fay Fordham to William Fordham. ]
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[ Telegram from William Fordham, that he is safe and in hospital. April 25, 1945. ]
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[ Boat pass (front) on Queen Elizabeth (US to Scotland). ]

About this Item

Title

  • William Robert Fordham Collection

Names

  • Hammond, Janet
  • Sandra Martin
  • Fordham, William Robert
  • National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)
  • Reed, Helen
  • Park County Veterans History Project

State of Birth

  • KS

Home State

  • WY

Headings

  • -  Fordham, William Robert
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.
  • -  Prisoner of War -- United States

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: Company G, 422nd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division
    • Location of Service: Camp Phillips, Kansas; Camp McCall, North Carolina; Arkansas; Indianapolis, Indiana; Scotland; England; France; Belgium; Germany; European Theater
    • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1943-1945
    • Prisoner of War: Yes
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran

Materials

  • Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [4 items] -- Photograph (collected 1944 - 1945)
  • Manuscript: Mixed (Multiple types of manuscripts) [7 items] -- (collected 1944)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 7/3/2002)
  • Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 3/22/2006)
  • Computer File: Floppy Disk [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 10/27/2006)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 10/27/2006)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/9598

Cite as

  • William Robert Fordham Collection (AFC/2001/001/9598), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio
  • image
  • online text

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should contact the Veterans History Project for assistance.

As a publicly supported institution, the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item from the Library’s collections and for securing any necessary permissions rests with persons desiring to use the item.

Please contact us with questions.

Obtaining Copies of VHP Materials

In order for VHP materials to be duplicated, we must receive written permission from the interviewee for you to obtain a copy of the recording unless the proposed use is limited to personal use, research, or other uses permissible by copyright law. If the interviewee is deceased, their next-of-kin may grant written permission.

Please contact VHP for assistance if you need to contact a veteran for permission to use their materials in exhibition or publication, or if you have received permission from the veteran and need access to high-resolution copies of VHP collection materials.

Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Hammond, Janet, Sandra Martin, William Robert Fordham, National Court Reporters Association, Helen Reed, and Park County Veterans History Project. William Robert Fordham Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.09598/.

APA citation style:

Hammond, J., Sandra Martin, Fordham, W. R., National Court Reporters Association, Reed, H. & Park County Veterans History Project. (1943) William Robert Fordham Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.09598/.

MLA citation style:

Hammond, Janet, et al. William Robert Fordham Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.09598/>.