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To Great Yoho and back : a WWII biography of Robert Leon Singleton

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Author: Singleton, Robert L.

Date of Publication: c2002.

Call Number: 940.544 S617

Responsibility: Robert L. Singleton, Jr.

ISBN: 0971684308 (alk. paper)

Author: Singleton, Robert L.

Place of Publication: West Stockbridge, Mass

Publisher: Bearcliff Pub.,

Date of Publication: c2002.

Physical Description: xvi, 279 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-279).

Summary: Army Air Force Veteran of World War II, partner in a successful family business, and a man of faith known for selfless devotion to his family, friends, and community....Half of this book is devoted to his wartime experience, which is brought to life through excerpts from his mission log and intimate letters to Norma.

Subjects: Singleton, Robert Leon, - 1922-; United States. - Army Air Forces - Biography.; World War, 1939-1945; Bombardiers - United States - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 940.544 S617

WWII military records : a family historian's guide

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Author: Knox, Debra Johnson,

Date of Publication: c2003.

Call Number: 940.54 K74

Alternate Title: WW2 military records; World War two military records; World War II military records; World War 2 military records

Responsibility: by Debra Johnson Knox.

ISBN: 1877639915

Author: Knox, Debra Johnson,

Place of Publication: Spartanburg, SC

Publisher: MIE Pub.,

Date of Publication: c2003.

Physical Description: 366 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Notes: Col. ill. on p. [2] and [3] of cover.; Includes index.

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Directories.; Veterans - United States - Directories.; World War, 1939-1945 - United States; United States - Armed Forces - Directories.; United States - Genealogy - Archival resources.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 940.54 K74

Distinguished military men : Word Portraits of Eight of Columbia's Finest

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Author: Von Stetten, Wayne ,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 923.5 V945

Author: Von Stetten, Wayne ,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Minuteman Press ,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: 218 p. : parts. ; 23 cm.

Summary: This book discusses eight successful military men who all grew up in Columbia, Pennsylvania. Chapters: Brigadier General Thomas Welsh, Major General Edward Shannon, Lieutenant General Daniel Strickler, Vice Admiral Charles Mason, Brigadier General Charles Supplee, Rear Admiral Richard Kern, Major General Richard Snyder, and Major General Frank Smoker. No bibliography

Subjects: Welsh, Thomas , - 1824-1863.; Shannon, Edward Caswell , - 1870-1946.; Strickler, Daniel B. , - 1897-1992.; Mason, Charles Perry , - 1891-1971.; Supplee, Charles L. , - 1895-1971.; Kern, Richard , - 1891-1982.; Snyder, Richard , - 1912-1981.; Smoker, Frank H. , - Jr. - 1925-; World War, 1914-1918 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; World War, 1939-1945 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Korean War, 1950-1953; Mexican War, 1846-1848 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Spanish American War 1898 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Military biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.5 V945

Three years in the Bloody Eleventh : the campaigns of a Pennsylvania Reserves regiment

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Author: Gibbs, Joseph,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Call Number: 973.7448 G443

Responsibility: Joseph Gibbs.

ISBN: 0271021667 (alk. paper)

Author: Gibbs, Joseph,

Place of Publication: University Park, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Physical Description: xxi, 378 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-356) and index.

Subjects: United States. - Army. - Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 11th (1861-1865); United States. - Army - Reserves - History; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7448 G443

Recording, Audio

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Title: Oral history interview with Emanuel (Max) Paul Peters, World War II veteran

Object ID: OH0001

Date Range: 2004/07/09

it was kind of a transition for the pilots, especially Max: This is early in the war, and we are an emerging nation and the pilots came from all walks of life. They learned to fly and the water tank was a good thing to read. They knew where they were in the States. They didn't really have all the

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Title: Oral history interview with Emanuel (Max) Paul Peters, World War II veteran

Description: Veteran's oral history interview with Emanuel (Max) Paul Peters.

Admin/Biographical History: Lt. Col. Peters served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, 642 Bomb Sq., 409th Bomb Group (L) during World War II. He began his military career in 1939 as a communications and camouflage officer. He retired from the Air Force in 1965 as Lieutenant Colonel. Military service 08/03/1939 - 12/25/1965.; DOB 11/14/1920; DOD 04/24/2014. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128641364/emanuel-paul-peters

Date Range: 2004/07/09

Creation Date: 9 July 2004

Date of Interview: 2004-07-09

Creator: Peters, Emanuel Paul, 1920-2014, interviewee

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Friedman, William Frederick; Peters, Emanuel "Max" Paul; Peters, Margaret Jane Groff

Interviewer: Newton, Beverly

Narrator: Peters, Emanuel (Max) Paul

Other Creators: Newton, Beverly, collector

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Subjects: Oral history; United States. Air Force; United States. Army. Air Corps; Veterans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; World War, 1939-1945

Search Terms: Oral histories; United States Air Force; United States Army Air Corps; Veterans; World War II; WWII

Place of Interview: LancasterHistory

Quantity: 1

Object Name: Recording, Audio

Media: Cassette Tape

Length of Interview: 00:33:43

Language: English

Object ID: OH0001

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Mark Subject; 22:16:00 Worked with William F. Friedman; 22:34:00 Studied Enigma, and Purple Machine; 23:00:00 Worked with integrating sigint and electronic warfare; 24:39:00 Head of electronic warfare division; 24:47:00 Wins Legion of Merit; 25:20:00 Goes to California to work.; 26:00:00 Engineers would go to Stanford to share information.; 28:00:00 Returns with wife to Lancaster.; 29:12:00 Didn't realize importance of new science.; 31:41:00 Describes van belonging to local amateur club.; 00:33:67 Ironville named after iron mines in area; 00:55:20 built radios; 01:05:43 Joined Boy Scouts; 01:45:58 Listened to Berlin, Germany on his homemade radio; 02:14:02 Used old parts to make his radios; 02:31:57 Max put his radio on his bicycle; 03:20:20 Joined military in 1939; 04:43:40 Going through jungle in Panama; 04:53:29 Recalls going down river in canoes with alligators close by; 05:19:25 Went to OCS; 05:34:96 Sent to Florida - Tampa International Airport; 06:07:15 Radar Officer on SCR 270; 06:32:21 Transferred to Oklahoma; 07:20:68 Crosses ocean on ship named Martinia; 08:14:00 Was part of convoy. Martinia leaves convoy.; 09:36:90 In England. First mission can't find France (weather).; 09:46:70 Returning aircraft low on fuel. "Mayday" heard often.; 10:01:49 Pilots could see water towers in States. Can't do same in Europe.; 10:48:80 Learned to trust equipment. Found France on 2nd mission.; 11:12:00 Could tell weather by amount of signal received at base.; 11:28:00 "Spoofing" stations on base.; 12:10:00 D-Day.; 12:20:00 Practiced deception often before D-Day.; 12:50:00 Painted black and white stripes on aircraft.; 13:13:00 General Patton was decoy for D-Day.; 15:00:00 "G-equipment"; 15:55:00 Used smoke to designate target; 16:23:00 "No-ball" target; 16:33:00 "no-ball" target signified German V-1 rocket plane; 17:22:00 Wind shifted. Bombs dropped on friendly troops. Gen McNair victim.; 17:38:00 Started infantry and aircorp exchanges.; 17:44:00 River crossing; 18:14:00 "Cat eyes".; 19:36:00 Strafed by Me 109.; 20:28:00 Returns to states. Goes to F & M.; 21:59:00 Gets job at Arlington Hall, Virginia

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: OH0001

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Database record revised by HST, 20 July 2022.

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Finding your father's war : a practical guide to researching and understanding service in the World War II U.S. Army

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18817

Author: Gawne, Jonathan.

Date of Publication: c2006.

Call Number: 940.54 G284

Responsibility: Jonathan Gawne.

ISBN: 1932033149; 9781932033144

Author: Gawne, Jonathan.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Casemate,

Date of Publication: c2006.

Physical Description: x, 341 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-341).

Subjects: United States. - Army - History; United States. - Army - Historiography.; World War, 1939-1945 - United States.; United States - History, Military - 20th century.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 940.54 G284

What this cruel war was over : soldiers, slavery, and the Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16817

Author: Manning, Chandra.

Date of Publication: 2007.

Call Number: 973.74 M283

Responsibility: Chandra Manning.

ISBN: 9780307264824; 0307264823

Author: Manning, Chandra.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf,

Date of Publication: 2007.

Physical Description: 350 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-332) and index.

Contents: "Lincoln and liberty": why an antislavery president meant war -- "Richmond is a hard road to travel": gaps between expectations and experience -- "Kingdom coming in the year of Jubilo": revolution and resistance -- "Mine years have seen the glory": the war and the hand of God -- "Many are the hearts that are weary tonight": the war in 1864 -- "Slavery's chain done broke at last": the coming of the end -- Conclusion: what this cruel war was over.

Summary: Chandra Manning uses letters, diaries, and regimental newspapers to take the reader inside the minds of Civil War soldiers-black and white, Northern and Southern-as they fought and marched across a divided country. With stunning poise and narrative verve, Manning explores how the Union and Confederate soldiers came to identify slavery as the central issue of the war and what that meant for a tumultuous nation. [from the publisher]

Subjects: United States. - Army - History; Confederate States of America. - Army - History.; Soldiers - United States; Soldiers - Confederate States of America; Slavery - United States; Slavery - Confederate States of America; Public opinion - United States; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Causes.; United States - Race relations - History - 19th century.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.74 M283

Dear Catharine, dear Taylor : the Civil War letters of a Union soldier and his wife

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14326

Author: Peirce, Taylor,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Call Number: 973.781 P378

Responsibility: edited by Richard L. Kiper ; letters transcribed by Donna B. Vaughn.

ISBN: 070061205X (alk. paper)

Author: Peirce, Taylor,

Place of Publication: Lawrence

Publisher: University Press of Kansas,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Physical Description: xii, 448 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Series: Modern war studies

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-438) and index.

Contents: August 20, 1862 to March 22, 1863, Missouri -- March 28 to September 24, 1863, the Vicksburg Campaign -- October 4, 1863 to July 24, 1864, Texas and Louisiana -- July 26, 1864 to December 25, 1864, Virginia -- January 9, 1865 to August 2, 1865, South Carolina, North Carolina, Iowa.

Summary: "While there are many collections of letters from Civil War soldiers to their wives, very few include such a rich trove of letters from the homefront. Together they paint an engrossing portrait of a soldier and husband who was trying to do his patriotic and familial duty, and of a wife trying to cope with loneliness and responsibility while longing for her husband's safe return. Beautifully edited and annotated...they bring to life a nation under siege and provide a rare look at the war's impact on both the common soldier and his family." [from the book jacket]

Subjects: Peirce, Taylor, - 1822-1901; Peirce, Catherine L., - d. 1867; United States. - Army. - Iowa Infantry Regiment, 22nd (1862-1865); Soldiers - United States - Correspondence.; Army spouses - Iowa - Des Moines - Correspondence.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.; Iowa - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; Iowa - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.; Des Moines (Iowa) - Biography.

Additional Author: Peirce, Catherine L.,; Kiper, Richard L.,; Vaughn, Donna B.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.781 P378

Camp William Penn

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Author: Scott, Donald,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Call Number: 973.7415 S431

Responsibility: Donald Scott.

ISBN: 0738557358; 9780738557359

Author: Scott, Donald,

Place of Publication: Charleston, SC

Publisher: Arcadia Pub.,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Physical Description: 127 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Images of America

Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: Located in Chelten Hills just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Camp William Penn was the largest and first Civil War facility to exclusively train Northern-based federal black soldiers during the war. Boasting the biggest free-black population in the country and the 19th-centuryâ€™s epicenter of the Underground Railroad, Philadelphia and Camp William Penn, hosted the greatest anti-slavery abolitionists, including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Robert Purvis, and William Still. Douglass and Tubman spoke to and rallied some of the almost 11,000 soldiers, many of them runaway or ex-slaves, who trained in eleven regiments that fought in a slew of major battles, helped to corner the Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his Rebel forces, as well as capture President Lincolnâ€™s assassins. Several earned the Medal of Honor for their bravery, and many gave their lives. At a time when Americaâ€™s very existence was threatened, the warriors and freedom fighters for human equality associated with Camp William Penn were a major part of the countryâ€™s salvation. The complete story is told here. [from the publisher]

Subjects: United States. - Colored Troops.; African American soldiers - Pennsylvania - Biography.; African American soldiers - Pennsylvania; La Mott (Pa.) - History - 19th century.; Camp William Penn (Pa.) - History.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Participation, African American.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7415 S431

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