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Melvin Olson Papers and photographs

 Incoming Materials
Identifier: 2018-065

Content Description

Correspondence, photographs, and other papers related to the service of Melvin Olson who served with the 254th Engineers during WWII. Melvin Olson was also captured as a prisoner of war.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

Items donated to the museum by Mary Scott on 9 August 2018 (accession number: 2018.065).

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • 1943 - 1985

Inventory

1 box [4-B-2] containing letters, address book, daily prayer book, photographs, 1943 Ft. Leonard Wood Yearbook, war bond books, discharge form, and newspaper clippings.