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Everhart, John M., fl. 1942-1945 [Collection belonging to John M. Everhart, 1942-1946][Decimalized .01-.83]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10048 Author/Creator: Everhart, John M., fl. 1942-1945 Place Written: s.l. Type: Header Record Date: 1942-1946 Pagination: 99 items Order a Copy

Collection of letters belonging to John M. Everhart dated 1942-1946. Consists of 99 letters, newspaper clippings and documents pertaining to Everhart's service during World War II. Letters are written primarily to his family: John H. Everhart (father), Teresa Stewart Everhart (mother), and his sisters; Hope E. Everhart, Elizabeth "Betty" Adams, and Margaret Rising. Relays his day to day life while serving on the 601st CA Battalion, Battery K.

Everhart, Hope E., 1925-2020
Everhart, John H., 1881-1961
Everhart, John M., fl. 1942-1945
Everhart, Teresa Stewart, fl. 1942-1945
Adams, Elizabeth, fl. 1944-1945
Rising, Margaret, fl. 1942-1944
Gillis, Crawford E., fl. 1944-1945
Pape, Marchel, fl. 1945
Sterret, Sherman M., fl. 1945

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