Foss, James collection
Scope and Contents
Collier's Photographic History of WWII, forwarded to Library.
Photo album- Europe. Boxing match. candid soldier photos. R and R. 15 Lansburg Concentration Camp photos, incl. corpses, German civilians removing bodies and digging, prisoner barracks.
Scrap book:
Fallout Protection For Homes with Basements, booklet, 1966
C Company locations, 1944-1945
Operations of the 12th Armored Division map and memo.
Company roster, Thanksgiving, 1943
Hellcat newsletter, V-mails, foreign currency, orders, pressed orchid for Mother's Day, rank and unit patches, Christmas V-mail, valentines (non-military), newspaper clippings, clippings regarding triplet birth (James' aunt)
12th Armored Division Hellcats yearbook. Albert Love Enterprises publisher. ca. 1941. autographs on last page.
Dates
- 1941-1945
- Event: Donated by Nancy (Kaiser) Klecker on 27 March, 2025. Accession 2025.026
Conditions Governing Use
MMVM may, or may not, hold copyrights to materials in this collection. Donors who own copyrights to their donated materials, i.e., photos taken by their grandfather, typically donate their copyrights to MMVM as indicated on the Donation Gift Form. We recognize it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to copy or publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.
Biographical / Historical
James Melgaard Foss. Minneapolis MN. C Company, 134th Ordnance Maintenance BN, 12th Armored Division. First wife Gertrude Foss.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (One scrapbook box. #149-150.)
Language of Materials
English
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Daniel Ewer, Archivist
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum Repository
Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum
Camp Ripley
15000 Highway 115
Little Falls MN 56345 United States
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