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| | • | Cleveland metropolitan area imprints 1996 |
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| | • | United States. -- Army -- Military life |
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| | • | United States. -- Army Air Forces. -- Air Force, 8th -- History |
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| | • | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France |
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| | • | Antwerp, Battle of, Antwerp, Belgium, 1944 |
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| | • | Aquila, Philip L., -- d. 1994 -- Correspondence |
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| | • | Architecture. |
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| | • | Austin family. |
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| | • | Australia -- Description and travel |
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| | • | Band, Jordan C. -- (Jordan Clifford), -- 1923- |
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| | • | Bomber pilots -- United States -- Biography |
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| | • | Bombing, Aerial -- Germany -- History -- 20th century |
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| | • | Bookstores -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Boyington, Gregory, -- 1912- |
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| | • | Boys -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor -- Biography |
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| | • | Bradley, Omar Nelson, -- 1893-1981 |
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| | • | Brereton, Lewis H. -- (Lewis Hyde), -- 1890-1967 |
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| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 61 | Title: | Home front soldier: the story of a G.I. and his Italian-American family during World War II
| | | | Creator: | Aquila, Philip L., d. 1994 | | | | | Aquila, Mary. | | | | | Aquila, Richard, 1946- | | | | Publication: | State University of New York Press, Albany,c1999. | | | | Notes: | Letters written by Philip L. Aquila to his family, addressed to his sister, Mary. Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-274) and index. | | | | Call #: | D811 A656 | | | | Extent: | xi, 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Aquila, Philip L., -- d. 1994 -- Correspondence | United States. -- Army -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence | Italian Americans -- Correspondence | Italian American families -- New York (State) -- Buffalo | Buffalo (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 62 | Title: | Baa baa, black sheep
| | | | Creator: | Boyington, Gregory, 1912- | | | | Publication: | Wilson Press, Fresno, CA,1958. | | | | Notes: | Clifford W. Henderson National Air Races Collection book #222. | | | | Call #: | D790 .B791 1958 | | | | Extent: | 384 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm | | | | Subjects: | Boyington, Gregory, -- 1912- | World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American | World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | Air pilots -- United States -- Biography
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 63 | Title: | A wing and a prayer: the "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force in action over Europe in World War II
| | | | Creator: | Crosby, Harry H. | | | | Publication: | HarperCollins Publishers, New York,c1993. | | | | Notes: | Includes index. | | | | Call #: | D790 .C949 1993 | | | | Extent: | xiv, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm | | | | Subjects: | Crosby, Harry H | United States. -- Army Air Forces. -- Bomb Group, 100th -- History | United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | Flight navigators -- United States -- Biography | Biographies | Personal narratives
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 64 | Title: | "We are proud to bear the title"
| | | | Creator: | Clark, William Sanders. | | | | Publication: | W.S. Clark, s.l,1945] | | | | Notes: | Typescript. "An account of the personal experiences of Captain William Sanders Clark during his tour of duty with the United States Marine Corps, July 1942-September 1945." Clark was a Clevelander, the son of Harold T. Clark and brother of David Sanders Clark. He saw action at Saipan and Iwo Jima. | | | | Call #: | D767.9 C596 | | | | Extent: | ii, 133 leaves ; 28 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Clark, William Sanders | United States. -- Marine Corps -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area | Marines -- United States -- Biography | Marines -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 65 | Title: | The navy connection: a musician hits the high seas
| | | | Creator: | Hruby, Frank M., 1918- | | | | Publication: | F.M. Hruby, Cleveland, Ohio],c1997. | | | | Call #: | D767.9 H873 | | | | Extent: | iv, 145 p. : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Hruby, Frank M., -- 1918- | United States. -- Navy -- Biography | Hogan (Ship) | World War. 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography | Cleveland imprints 1997
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 66 | Title: | My life experiences
| | | | Creator: | Sutton, Fred Crawford, 1925- | | | | Publication: | F.C. Sutton, North Olmsted, Ohio,1997] | | | | Notes: | Typescript. "Family genealogy and World War II." "June, 1997." | | | | Call #: | F34ZHA S967A3 | | | | Extent: | 147 p. ; 28 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Sutton family | Sutton, Fred Crawford, -- 1925- | Sutton, Fred Crawford, -- 1925- -- Family | United States. -- Army -- Biography | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Educators -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography | Cleveland metropolitan area imprints 1997
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 67 | Title: | Best damn garage in town: my life & adventures
| | | | Creator: | Yunick, Henry. | | | | Publication: | Carbon Press, Daytona Beach, Fla,c2004. | | | | Call #: | GV1032.Y956 A3 2004 | | | | Extent: | xvi, 652 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm | | | | Subjects: | Yunick, Henry | NASCAR (Association) | Indianapolis Speedway Race | Stock car racing -- United States | Stock car drivers -- United States -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | Bomber pilots -- United States -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American | Inventors -- United States -- Biography
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 69 | Title: | Berlin diary: the journal of a foreign correspondent, 1934-1941
| | | | Creator: | Shirer, William L. (William Lawrence), 1904- | | | | Publication: | A. A. Knopf, New York,1941. | | | | Notes: | "First edition." Sequel: End of a Berlin diary. | | | | Call #: | D811.5 S558 | | | | Extent: | 3. p. l., [v]-vi p., 2 l., [3]-605, xxi, [1] p. 22 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Hitler, Adolf, -- 1889-1945 | Shirer, William L. -- (William Lawrence), -- 1904- -- Diaries | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany | Europe -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945 | Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 70 | Title: | Capers of a medic
| | | | Creator: | James, Frank. | | | | | Justak, Martine H., 1926- | | | | Publication: | AuthorHouse, Bloomington, Ind,2007. | | | | Call #: | D810 N4J27 | | | | Extent: | vi, 123 p. : ill. (1 col.), maps ; 22 cm. | | | | Subjects: | James, Frank | United States. -- Army -- Military life | United States. -- Army -- Medical personnel -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American | World War, 1939-1945 -- Africa | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | Soldiers -- United States -- Biography | African American soldiers -- Biography | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 71 | Title: | Combat diary: a personal record of combat in Europe : while serving with the Second Platoon, Company I, 409th Regiment, 103rd Infantry Division
| | | | Creator: | Enyedy, Gustav. | | | | Publication: | G. Enyedy, Gates Mills, Ohio,c2006. | | | | Notes: | Includes index. | | | | Call #: | F34ZSL H9E71 2006 | | | | Extent: | viii, 201 leaves : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Enyedy, Gustav. -- Diaries | United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Regiment, 409. -- Company I. -- Platoon, Second | United States. -- Army. -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe | Soldiers -- United States -- Diaries | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Diaries
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 72 | Title: | George and Margaret Knowles Papers
| | | | Creator: | Knowles, George and Margaret | | | | Dates: | 1870-1974 | | | | Abstract: | George Knowles was a Cleveland, Ohio, patent attorney who served as assistant executive in charge of patents in the Engineering Department of Materiel Command at Wright Field Air Corps Base (Dayton, Ohio) during World War II. Margaret Knowles was his wife. The collection consists primarily of correspondence, organizational materials, journals, and military files. The collection pertains primarily to George Knowles' military experience, involvement with patents, and organizational activities with the Cleveland Patent Law Association, Exchange Club of Euclid and the Wildwood Yacht Club. Included is a small amount of material relating to Knowles' wife, Margaret, and his nephew, Myles Knowles. | | | | Call #: | MS 4447 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Knowles, George H. 1909-1965. | Knowles, Margaret Keal. | United States. Army Air Forces -- Diaries. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- United States. | Soldiers -- United States -- Diaries. | Patents -- United States. | Evidence, Expert -- United States. | Patent and government-developed inventions -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 73 | Title: | Russell Cartwright Stroup Papers
| | | | Creator: | Stroup, Russell Cartwright | | | | Dates: | 1942-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Russell Cartwright Stroup was a Methodist minister and later a Presbyterian minister who spent his early years in East Cleveland, Ohio. He was the son of Ner Wallace Stroup and Emma Cartwright Stroup. In 1914, his father was killed and his mother crippled in a trolley accident, and in 1918 Emma Stroup moved with her three children to California. Russell Stroup attended Stanford University and Drew Theological Seminary. He served two Methodist churches in California from 1927-1934. He moved to Virginia with his mother and brother in 1934, and served as the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Lynchburg, Virginia. Although a pacifist, he enlisted in the United States Army in World War II, serving as a chaplain in the South Pacific. In 1947 he married Louis Wells Baker. He was pastor of Georgetown Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. 1950-1970, and died in 1977. His nephew, Richard Cartwright Austin, edited a book based on Stroup's letters, entitled Letters from the Pacific: a Combat Chaplain in World War II. Austin is the great-grandson of the founder of the Cleveland, Ohio, firm, the Austin Company. The collection consists of certificates, a diary, envelopes, letters, newspaper and Congressional Record clippings, programs, publications, and service records related to Russell Cartwright Stroup's World War II service in the South Pacific as an army chaplain. | | | | Call #: | MS 4839 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Stroup, Russell Cartwright, 1905-1977. | Stroup family. | Austin family. | United States. Army -- Chaplains -- Correspondence. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. | Chaplains, Military -- United States -- Correspondence. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean -- Correspondence. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Chaplains -- United States -- Correspondence. | Methodist Church -- Clergy. | Presbyterian Church -- Clergy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 74 | Title: | Henry Jerry John Papers
| | | | Creator: | John, Henry Jerry | | | | Dates: | 1903-1971 | | | | Abstract: | Henry Jerry John (1885-1971) was a Cleveland, Ohio, physician who specialized in diabetes. He was born Jindrich Jeroslav John, in Czechoslovakia, and emigrated to the United States ca. 1889. He and his wife founded Camp Ho Mita Koda for diabetic children in 1929. He served in the Army Medical Corps during both world wars. The collection consists of an autobiography, biographical information, diaries, journals, correspondence, medical and literary writings, drawings, legal documents, naturalization papers, contracts, awards, certificates, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous material. Also included are papers of Elizabeth B. John and records of Camp Ho Mita Koda. | | | | Call #: | MS 3621 | | | | Extent: | 2.41 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | John, Henry Jerry, 1885-1971. | Cleveland Clinic Foundation -- Fire, 1929. | Cleveland Clinic Foundation. | Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Correspondence. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care. | Diabetes. | Europe -- Description and travel -- 1919-1944.
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 75 | Title: | We made the headlines possible: the critical contribution of the rear echelon in World War II
| | | | Creator: | Havens, George N. | | | | Publication: | Greenleaf Book Group, Cleveland, OH,c2003. | | | | Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-177) and index. | | | | Call #: | D769.733 105th H38 | | | | Extent: | xv, 199 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Havens, George N | United States. -- Army. -- Port Marine Maintenance Company, 105th | World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States | World War, 1939-1945 -- Logistics -- United States | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | Antwerp, Battle of, Antwerp, Belgium, 1944 | Soldiers -- United States -- Biography | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography | Cleveland imprints 2003
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 76 | Title: | Koryta-Kundmueller and Related Families Papers
| | | | Creator: | Koryta-Kundmueller and Related Families | | | | Dates: | 1847-2003 | | | | Abstract: | Frank Koryta, the son of Czech immigrants Josef and Barbara (Poskocil) Koryta, married Clara Stipek, descendant of Czech immigrant George Stipek. These families had settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1870s. Several children of George John and Katherine (Wichert) Kundemueller married into these Czech American families. The Kundemueller family had come to Cleveland, Ohio from Bavaria in 1857 and the Wichert family had come from Silesia in 1873. The collection consists of correspondence, birth, marriage and death records, certificates, deeds, diaries, indexes, legal briefs, lists, newspaper clippings, newsletters, scrapbooks, surveys, tax records, naturalization documents, passports, journals, probate documents, publications, military discharge papers, memoirs, and wills. | | | | Call #: | MS 4936 | | | | Extent: | 3.00 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Koryta family | Poskocil family | Stipek family | Kundmueller family | Wichert family | Koryta, Elmer | Kundmueller, Viola C. | Mayer, Alice C. Stipek | Wolf, Rose C. Koryta | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century -- Sources | United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century -- Sources | United States -- Description and travel
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 77 | Title: | My world: an autobiography
| | | | Creator: | Band, Jordan C. (Jordan Clifford), 1923- | | | | Publication: | 1998], | | | | Notes: | Typescript. | | | | Call #: | F34ZHA B214A3 | | | | Extent: | iii, 130 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Band, Jordan C. -- (Jordan Clifford), -- 1923- | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland (Ohio). -- Community Relations Board | National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council (U.S.) | Jewish Council for Public Affairs | Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 78 | Title: | Michael Kowan Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Kowan, Michael family | | | | Dates: | 1942-1987 | | | | Abstract: | Michael Kowan and his wife, Rachel Howitz Kowan, owned and operated Kay's Book and Magazine Supermarket in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Michael served in World War II and was in England, 1943-1945. The collection consists of family materials, including photograph albums and volumes of Michael's poetry; scrapbooks of Michael and Rachel's travels, particularly to New York City; letters, photographs and articles relating to Kay's Book and Magazine Supermarket; and scrapbooks of souvenirs, photographs and letters relating to Michael's military service and London during World War II, including aerial shots taken in the skies of Great Britain during the war. | | | | Call #: | MS 4944 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Kowan, Michael. | Kowan, Rachel Howitz. | Howitz, Morris. | Kowan family. | Howitz family. | Kay's Book and Magazine Supermarket. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish soldiers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bookstores -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. | World War, 1939-1945 -- England. | World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London. | Voyages and travels. | Poetry. | Scrapbooks. | New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel. | London (England) -- Description and travel.
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