LU_154Waverly Putney CollectionLU.154Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-09-14 10:46:39 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script. Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections Waverly Putney Collection LU.154 .25 Linear Feet 1 half-sized Legal Hollinger 1941-1945 English . 01 of 01 Conditions Governing Access

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 Biographical / Historical

The Waverly Putney Collection consists of materials regarding the 38th Engineers Combat Regiment which was responsible (among other things) for the construction of the vital airbase at Ascension Island during WWII. The collection also includes a roster of the Air Force Escape and Evasion Society. This society was created to encourage veterans of WWII who had been aided by resistance groups to remain in touch after the war.

 Custodial History

This collection was donated to the Greenwood Library Archives by Jack Millar.

 Scope and Contents

This collection includes a history of the 38th Engineers Combat Regiment in 5 parts, a roster of the Air Force Escape and Evasion Society, and the WWII memories of Charles Goforth who was a member of the 38th Regiment.

 United States -- History -- World War II -- 1941-1945 Ascension Richmond Times-Dispatch article re: monument01 of 0138th Engineers Combat Regiment, Parts I and II01 of 0138th Engineers Combat Regiment, Supplement to Parts I and II01 of 0138th Engineers Combat Regiment, Parts III, IV, and V01 of 01Les Pas D'un Aviateur, a poem by Lt. James M. Cochran, Jr.01 of 01Charles P. Goforth, WWII Memories1941-194501 of 01Air Force Escape and Evasion Society, Members and Evaders, Vol. I, A-L01 of 01Air Force Escape and Evasion Society, Members and Evaders, Vol. II, M-Z01 of 01Air Force Escape and Evasion Society, Friends, Vol. II01 of 01