WWII, Opelika
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
M.C. and E.D. Humphrie WWII Journal Collection
Collection
Identifier: OPL012
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...
Dates:
1944 - 1946
Found in:
Opelika Public Library Archives
Opelika Public Library Vertical File Collection
Collection
Identifier: OPL001
Abstract
Originally created and formed in the Lewis Cooper Jr. Library, The Opelika Public Library Vertical File Collection was built by librarians and archivists who took materials and clippings from newspapers and magazines to entire publications, journals, and maps to create files about Opelika and persons and subjects of interest.
Dates:
1920 - 2014
Found in:
Opelika Public Library Archives