Humphries, Malcolm Clayton

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Typed copies of two letters written by Elbert D. Humphries to his family from Stalag IV-B, dated January 10 and January 20, 1945. The letters send greetings to family, ask after home, and reference his brother Malcolm's service.

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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.

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United States Navy identification and separation card for Malcolm Clayton Humphries, recording active duty from January 19, 1944 to May 13, 1946, discharge, certificate number 2214667, signature, and right index fingerprint. Two sides.

Abstract The Humphries WWII Journals Collection comprises two personal wartime journals kept by members of the Humphries family during 1944 and 1945, documenting the Second World War from two very different vantage points. Elbert D. Humphries, a field artillery soldier, recorded his capture during the Battle of the Bulge and his months as a prisoner of war, including a firsthand account of the Allied firebombing of Dresden. M.C. Humphries, a Navy pharmacist's mate, kept a log aboard the attack...