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Gerlach, Maurice collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023.072

Scope and Contents

Discharge

The Mock-Up newsletter. 1943. US Naval Amphibious Training Base, Fort Pierce, Florida.

Wolf Call newsletter.

The A-Tee-Bee newsletter. 1943. Navy.

Amphibian Armies. Newsmap poster.

The Service Man. Service Men's Center St Paul brochure.

A Merry XMas cards.

Full color world map. by Litchfield MN company. dated events.

HQ 37th Engineer Bn roster. 1945

Two photo albums. 1941-1943 vacations in US. European travel. soldier pics.

France maps.

Address book.

Catholic Prayer Book for the Army and Navy. My Military Missal. filed in Annex B box.

Souvenir postcards. Paris Libre. filed in postcard collection.

Army booklets. filed in Manual Collection.

Dates

  • 1943-1945
  • Event: Donated by Lynette VanDeSteeg on 17 July 2023. Accession 2023.073

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

Tec5 Maurice Floyd Gerlach, Company A, 264th Engineer Bn. D-Day Omaha Beach 1st wave. Melrose MN.

Extent

2 Linear Feet (One 6" grey flip-top archival box. Shelf 6-B-6.)

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

Contact:
Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum
Camp Ripley
15000 Highway 115
Little Falls MN 56345 United States