Parker, Charles "Ace" collection

Collection

Identifier: 2024.032

Scope and Contents

Photographs of Omaha Beach, Normandy maps and Fort Du Portzic maps, 1944 with letter from Geoffrey G Panos, 1980.

Wallet cards.

Entertainment event program. "Company A presents Parker's Revue, produced by Capt Parker."

Army documents.

Loose photographs.

Cartoon postcards.

Correspondence.

Black pocket notebook.

FM 26-5, Basic Field Manual, Interior Guard Duty.

Handbook of the Thompson Submachine Gun, 1940.

Black folder with boarding pass, SS Mauretania, NYC to Liverpool, 1944.

Dog tags.

White canvas laundry bag.

Dates

Creation: 1942-1945
Event: Donated by Victoria Parker-Christensen on 20 May 2024. Accession 2024.032

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

Captain Charles H "Ace" Parker Jr. US Army. WWII. Infantry. Company A commander. 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion. Distinguished Service Cross. Big Stone City, South Dakota.