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Schwartz, Warren Harold, 1914-1992 [Letters belonging to Warren Schwartz, 1941-1945][Decimalized .001-.712]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09662 Author/Creator: Schwartz, Warren Harold, 1914-1992 Place Written: s.l. Type: Header Record Date: 1941-1945 Pagination: 713 items. Order a Copy

Collection of letters belonging to Warren Harold Schwartz dated 1941-1945. Consists of 712 letters, a pamphlet, diplomas and photo album. Addressed to primarily Naomi Horowitz, his girlfriend at the time whom he would marry. Other letters are also addressed to family members: Eva Schwartz, his mother; Morris Schwartz, his father; Sarah Friedman, his grandmother and his younger sister. Covers basic training, his tour of duty in North Carolina, Morocco, Germany, Italy, Tunisia, France and England. Describes daily life, finding solace with the local Jewish community in North Carolina, and comments on various generals. Scrapbook contains 32 pages of photographs taken of and by Warren Schwartz. (see GLC09662.713) Schwartz served in the U.S. Army as a Technician Fifth Grade for the 925th Field Artillery Battallion, 100th Infantry Division.

Abrams, Joe, fl. 1941
Abrams, Rebecca, fl. 1941
Abrams, Warren, fl. 1941-1945
Acervino, Vincent, fl. 1941
Arthur, fl. 1941
Bayar, Barbara, Ann, fl. 1941
Bennett, LeRoy F., fl. 1941
Burtman, Arthur, fl. 1942
Byrne, Gerard, 1934-
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Clifford, Arthur, 1931-
Cline, Doris, fl. 1941
Davis, Marlin, fl. 1941
Dugan (captain), fl. 1941
Friedman, Sarah, 1868-?
Friedman, Solomon, 1866-1942
Hoyle, Rene Edward de Russy, 1883-1981
Hurwitz, Naomi, 1897-1973
Hurwitz, Norman, fl. 1941
Kasowsky, A., fl. 1941
Koontz (lieutenant), fl. 1941
Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
Milne (captain), fl. 1941
Pearlmutter, Irma, fl. 1941
Peterson, Al, fl. 1941
Randall, Jane, 1938-
Ray, Henry, fl. 1941
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945
Schwartz, Eva, 1894-1966
Schwartz, Morris, 1891-1963
Schwartz, Ruth, 1928-2005
Schwartz, Warren Harold, 1914-1992
Selma, fl. 1941
Suther, Nathan, fl. 1941
Suther, Nathan, Mrs., fl. 1941
Suther, Stephen, fl. 1941
Thomas, Peter, fl. 1941
Tierney, Paul, fl. 1941
Warren, Anthony, fl. 1941
Williams, Bernard A., fl. 1941
Winer, Nathan, fl. 1941
Wolf, Jack, fl. 1941
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960

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