This is the field promotion for Patrick Collins signed by Abraham Lincoln on February 21, 1862. Patrick Collins was born March 17, 1833 in Ireland and immigrated to the United States as a young man. He enlisted in the army in 1855. He served in the...
Staff of the Y.M.C.A. dock canteen at St. Nazaire, France in April, 1919. (Grace Gallet was born on May 23, 1893 in Pocatello, Idaho. After World War I, Grace was chosen by the General Federation of Women�s Clubs to be sent to France to do war...
The Doughboy Monument in Moscow, Idaho, unveiled by the American Legion on May 30, 1923. The monumnet was provided for by the Latah County Commissioners and constructed by George H. Moody.
John David Rogge Sr. was born July 14, 1920, in Payette, Idaho. While helping Morrison Knudson to build an airbase on Wake Island, he, along with many others, was captured by the Japanese in 1941. The correspondence in the collection is mainly to...
Purple Heart posthumously awarded on February 12, 1951 to Sergeant First Class Joe D. Carter for wounds received in action resulting in his death September 4, 1950.
A telegram sent to Senator William Borah from a constituant regarding Hitler's violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription on March 16, 1935. The constituant, Robert Kellough supports Borah's position of US isolationism.
Silver Star posthumously awarded on December 28, 1950 to Sergeant First Class Joe D. Carter for gallantry in action in Pusan-Dong Korea on September 4, 1950.
This certificate authorized School District 36 to purchase 106 pounds of sugar. During World War II, food and other goods were in short supply. For instance, canned foods were shipped overseas for the military. Gasoline and tire rationing limited...
