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Created as a fundraiser for the Red Cross, this work includes thirty-six short stories or poems with contributions from such well-known names as Georgette Heyer, T.S. Elliot, A.A. Milne, and Daphne du Maurier, as well as a variety of lesser…

This document provides a 6 month deferment for Arthur F. McBride (Marineland Curator) before joining the WWII effort so that Marineland can find a suitable replacement.

This is a document sent to W. Douglas Burden, the president of Marine Studios, alerting him to the fact that Marineland's Curator, Arthur McBride, has been given a 6 month deferment for joining the war so that Marineland can have time to find and…

This general order issued to the members of the Florida National Guard in November 1940, identifies all components of the 31st Infantry Division that were ordered to active federal service effective 25 November 1940.

This report lists by name every individual called to federal service who was a member of the Florida National Guard and the unit to which he was attached.

This is an excerpt from the annual report of the Adjutant General of Florida. Members of the Florida National Guard who died while on active federal service during World War II are identified.

In the late 1980s, Florida National Guard historian Robert Hawk created a series of Special Archives Publications for distribution to public and college libraries. These publications were later digitized and made available online at the University of…

Oral history interview with Gene Vaughan about life growing up in Mississippi during the Great Depression, how his whole class volunteered in 1943 to be aviator gunners, but he wanted to be a pilot like one of his older brothers. He did basic…

Oral history interview with Harold C. Dye about life in South Carolina during the Great Depression, working in a Pensacola shipyard, basic training, war experiences in the Pacific on troop ships and landing craft, and the transition into post-war…

Henery Grave talks about his experiences during World War II when he was in Europe. He talks about his travels to France, Belgium, Poland, and Russia. He also talks about when he was in Germany, where his company was attacked and he was captured,…