United States. Army

Scope and Contents Wartime diary and memoir kept by Pfc. Elbert D. Humphries of a field artillery survey section, titled by him "Life Overseas." Entries run from his embarkation at Boston on November 10, 1944, through the Atlantic crossing, staging in England, and the move into Germany; the opening of the Battle of the Bulge and his capture near Luxembourg on December 19, 1944; the forced march and boxcar transport; imprisonment at Stalag IV-B; labor commandos in Dresden; and an extended eyewitness account of...

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Typed copies of letters written by Elbert D. Humphries to his family in May 1945, following his liberation, describing the collapse of German control, his release, delousing and processing at Gera, and evacuation by air to France, with reflections on his months as a prisoner and on returning home.

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Typescript of Elbert D. Humphries's prisoner-of-war narrative recounting his labor commandos in Dresden, camp conditions, guards, food and Red Cross parcels, and the bombing of the city. Marked "to be continued."

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Letters, documents, and ephemera relating to the wartime service of the Humphries brothers. Includes Malcolm C. Humphries's U.S. Navy identification and separation card and typed copies of Elbert D. Humphries's prisoner-of-war and liberation letters home, together with a typescript of his prisoner-of-war narrative.