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Homer Eslie Hall Collection
Prisoner of War claim, possibly by someone other than Homer Hall
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Photo Album - 4 pages
Letter from the Selective Service Board [8/13/1942] - 1 page
Letter from Lt. F. E. Pabian [7/1/1942] - 1 page
Postcard from the Selective Service Administration [5/13/1941] - 2 pages
Postcard from the Selective Service Administration [5/20/1941] - 2 pages
Postcard from the Selective Service Administration [1/27/1942] - 2 pages
Postcard from the Selective Service Administration [9/17/1942] - 2 pages
List of members of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Platoon of the 508th Parachute Infantry regiment - 1 page
"Christmas Greetings", map of the "Trois Points" and Wallone region of Belgium [12/24/1944] - 1 page
List of names and addresses for men and their next of kin; Company A 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment - 8 pages
Prisoner of War Claim form [1/16/1950] - 1 page
Typed copy of Homer Hall's responses to a POW claim form - 1 page
Troop assignment card - 1 page
2 blank meal tickets - 2 pages
Pamphlett warning soldiers about venereal disease - 1 page
War Department memo Re: "Publicity in connection with …POWs" - 2 pages
Typewritten account of Homer Hall's capture in Normandy and liberation from POW camp - 1 page
United States Army Meal Ticket - 2 pages
Letter from the United States Department of Labor, Charles Corsaut, Manager, Employment Service - 2 pages
Honorable Discharge - 1 page
Separation Qualification Record - 3 pages
Letter concerning veteran's qualification for the Combat Infantry Badge - 1 page
Letter from Adjutant General [10/25/1945] - 1 page
Memo, "Homeward Bound" - 1 page
Memo from the Parachute School Headquarters, Fort Benning, GA [8/4/1945] - 1 page
Letter of appreciation from Major General Edward F. Witsell [n.d.] - 1 page
Letter from Clarence A. Clawson, Assistant Adjutant, to Enlisted Reservists [11/12/1948] - 1 page
Letter from Congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt [11/1976] - 1 page
Letter from Frank W. Barton, Director, the War Claims Commission [2/13/1951] - 1 page
Letter from War Claims Commission [7/10/1953] - 1 page
Letter from Otto M. Michael, Acting Chief, Administrative Division, Veteran's Administration - 1 page
Letter from G. W. Groves, Service Officer, VFW, to the Veteran's Administration on behalf of Homer Hall [8/26/1949] - 1 page
Prisoner of War Claim [1/16/1950] - 1 page
Prisoner of War claim, possibly by someone other than Homer Hall - 1 page
Former P.O.W. Medical History [redacted] - 4 pages
Untitled memoir, "A grand day for an Airborne invasion" - 34 pages
Miscellaneous stories about Homer Hall's captivity, as told by his wife Aileen Hall - 1 page
V-Mail to Mrs. Aileen Haines from Homer Hall [n.d.] - 1 page
Letter from Homer Hall to a friend, James [1/25/1978] - 1 page
Portion of letter to unknown recipient [n.d.] - 1 page
Letter to "Zig" [n.d.] - 1 page
Letter to Jim Blue [8/22/1996] - 1 page
Letter to Opal [6/10/1994] - 1 page
Letter to Mr. Jacque Adnet thanking him for the translation of an article from French to English [2/12/1985] - 1 page
Letter written on POW Air Mail stationary, from Mrs. Rosa Hall to Homer Hall [10/15/1944] - 2 pages
Letter on American Red Cross stationary from Homer Hall to 1st Sgt. E. Van Enywk [4/22/1945] - 6 pages
A note to Homer Hall's friend, Herk [n.d.] - 1 page
Letter from G. W. Groves, Service Officer for the Wichita, Kansas chapter of the VFW [5/3/1949] - 1 page
Letter from Michael Vanuga to Homer Hall [1/28/1993] - 1 page
Letter from Earl Gibson to Jim Blue [1/15/1979] - 1 page
Letter from Max Cleland "to our nation's veterans" [n.d.] - 1 page
Letter from D. Zane Schlemmer to Jim Blue [11/13/1977] - 1 page
Letter from Jan Bos to Jim Blue [4/24/1983] - 1 page
Memoir: "The 3rd Platoon" - 2 pages
Letter from James M. Gavin to M/Sgt. James R. Blue [3/12/1963] - 1 page
Letter from "John" to James "Jim" Blue [1/31/1963] - 3 pages
Letter from Dr. John Brickley to Sgt. James Blue [12/6/1962] - 2 pages
Diary pages from veteran's time in a POW camp - 31 pages
Original handwritten pages from the diary of Homer Hall - 21 pages
Transcription of Homer Hall's journal detailing the escape of himself and his companions from a German POW forced march [4/8/1945 - 5/14/1945] - 3 pages
Map of Germany depicting locations of POW camps in 1945 - 1 page
Biographical information for Homer E. Hall - 3 pages
Handwritten translation [by Jacques Adnet] of an article by Albert Pipet, from French to English, "Parachutes Over St.-Mere-Eglise" - 5 pages
Three pages from a notebook, with men's names and serial numbers - 3 pages
Newsclippings about Home Hall's capture and detention by the Germans - 1 page
Visitors guide to Brussels, Belgium, including information on places to stay and "do's and don'ts" - 6 pages
Copy of Public Law 94-433, increasing the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans - 4 pages
Handwritten notes on Kansas State Firemen's Association letterhead [n.d.] - 2 pages
Pamphlett advertising a Memorial Eucharist for Homer Hall [3/13/2003] - 1 page
Certificate in honor of the passing of Homer Hall, from President George W. Bush - 4 pages
Certificate in memory of Homer Hall from his comrades in A Co. of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment - 1 page
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment Association Songbook - 6 pages
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment 50th Anniversary Speech by Hank LeFebvre [10/24/1992]] - 7 pages
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