Mance, Frank collection

Collection

Identifier: 2026.047

Scope and Contents

Loose photos. incl. planes, tanks, captured German photos.

Brass shell casings.

Souvenier post cards.

Correspondence. approx. 50 letters.

German pocket scrapbook with newspaper clippings.

German whiz wheel. photography aid.

German pocket calendar with notes. 1943. Hoffmann.

Frank and Alice wedding photos and newspaper announcement.

German illustrated maps. Bad Wildungen.

Special Orders 240. 3rd Army released from duty roster. Aug 1945.

Foreign currency.

8x10 photos incl. Frank portraits

Banker's box:

Five photo album/scrapbooks.

World atlas magazine. "War Atlas for Americans"

Dates

Creation: 1941-1945
Event: Donated by Christy Urick in 1 May 2026. Accession 2026.047

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

Tech 4 Frank George Mance. 165th Signal Photo Company, US Army Signal Service. B: 29 Nov 1914, Virginia MN. Normandy, Cleveaux, Luxemborg, Germany, Belgium, Italy. Camp Roberts, CA. Chipping-Sodbery England. Bristol England. D-Day, Omaha Beach. La Cambe France. Bavaria Ger. LaHavre France.