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World War II letters of U. S. Army soldier William W. Billings

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 774
Overview

Personal correspondence of William W. Billings, a native of Arkansas City (Cowley County), Kansas while serving in the United States Army during World War II. The collection's 242 cards and letters date from 1943 to 1946, while Billings was posted on the mainland and later in Hawaii, and consist chiefly of letters written from Billings to his Arkansas City family members.

Dates: May 1943-January 1946

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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American 14
World War, 1939-1945 7
World War, 1939-1945 -- Kansas 4
World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American 3
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines 3
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 2
United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans 2
Women journalists 2
Women war correspondents 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Education and the war 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women 2
Abilene (Kan.) -- History 1
African American families 1
Amateur radio stations -- Kansas -- Lawrence 1
Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945 1
Armories -- Kansas -- Hiawatha 1
Autographs -- Collections 1
Bentonville (Ark.) 1
Camp Joseph T. Robinson (Ark.) 1
Campaign literature -- Kansas 1
Carnival -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro 1
Chemical weapons -- Testing -- United States 1
China -- History -- 1928-1937 1
Civil service -- Kansas 1
Communism 1
Dormitories 1
Douglas County (Kan.) -- History 1
Elections -- Kansas 1
Emporia (Kan.) -- History 1
Emporia gazette (Emporia, Kan. : 1892) 1
Essays 1
Family archives -- Kansas 1
Hiawatha (Kan.) -- Description and travel 1
High school students -- Kansas -- Abilene 1
Horton (Kan.) 1
Japan -- History -- 20th century 1
Journalists -- Kansas 1
Journalists -- United States 1
Kansas -- History 1
Kansas -- Politics and government 1
Kirkwood (Mo.) 1
Lawrence (Kan.) -- History 1
Lawrence Massacre, Lawrence, Kan., 1863 1
Leavenworth County (Kan.) -- History 1
Legion of Merit (Military decoration) 1
Mathematicians -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Mexico -- History -- 1910-1946 1
Military bases -- Kansas 1
Nebraska City (Neb.) -- History 1
Norfolk (Neb.) -- History 1
Oral history -- Kansas 1
Ordnance -- Kansas -- Parsons -- Manufacture 1
Osage County (Kan.) -- History 1
Philippines -- History -- 1898- 1
Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 1
Political rights -- United States 1
Pottawatomie County (Kan.) -- History 1
Prisoners of war -- Kansas -- Concordia 1
Ration books -- Kansas -- Specimens 1
Rationing -- United States 1
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Pictorial works 1
Sabetha (Kan.) 1
Sedalia (Mo.) 1
Sheet-metal work -- United States -- Design and construction 1
Slavery -- Caribbean Area -- History 1
Soldiers -- Kansas 1
South America 1
Teachers -- Correspondence 1
Troy (Kan.) 1
United States -- Armed Forces -- Gunners 1
United States -- History -- 1933-1945 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
War correspondents -- United States 1
Wilson County (Kan.) -- History 1
Women -- Drama 1
World War, 1914-1918 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Journalists 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Kansas 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Battlefields -- Marshall Islands 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Bomb reconnaissance 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Brazil 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe -- Pictorial works 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Papua New Guinea 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- South Pacific Ocean 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief -- United States 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Germany 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Hawaii 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Kansas -- Concordia -- Education and the war 1
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Language
German 3
Portuguese 1
 
Names
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 2
Hull, Peggy, 1889-1967 2
University of Kansas 2
Alexander family. 1
Alexander, Donald F., 1923-2004 1
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Alexander, Raymond E., 1919-2002 1
Allen, Mary Moore 1
American Civil Liberties Union 1
Anderson, Roland Giles 1
Arnold, Newton Stephen, 1916- 1
Back, Dorothy Eccleston 1
Bales (Family : 1846- : Logan, KS) 1
Bales, Florence Alexander, 1893-1989 1
Bales, Katharine Kufahl, 1923- 1
Bales, Orin Roland, 1919- 1
Bales, Orin Roy, 1890-1966 1
Baur Family 1
Baur, E. Jackson (Edward Jackson), 1913-2001 1
Baur, Lillian Jacoby, 1912-1991 1
Begole, Edgar R. 1
Begole, Elizabeth 1
Billings family. 1
Billings, William W. (William Wilmer), 1924-1994 1
Bowers family 1
Brandt, Bert 1
Bruce, Margaret Penny, 1921-2019 1
Bryant, William Clark 1
Bushell, Dan 1
Bushell, Sherrill 1
Camp Concordia (Concordia, Kan.) 1
Carlson, Amy E., 1884-1976 1
Chilcott family 1
Clapper, Raymond, 1892-1944 1
Cleveland Plain Dealer (Firm) 1
Coffin, Fern Berniece 1
Coffin, James A., World War II veteran 1
Coffin, John R 1
Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies 1
Common Cause/Kansas 1
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 1
Crafton, Allen, 1890- 1
Dachau (Concentration camp) 1
Dahl, Nancy Fort 1
Davis, Clifford T. 1
Democratic Socialists of America 1
Deviney, Ruth M. 1
Dewey famly 1
Dewey, James 1
Doherty family 1
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 1
Dougherty family 1
Eberhart, Norman E. 1
Eberwein, Robert Vance 1
Emporia Garden Club (Emporia, Kan.) (Emporia, Kan.) 1
Farmer family. 1
Farmer, Lavern E., 1917- 1
Farmer, Roy C. 1
Farmer, Trella T. 1
Fastenau family. 1
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 1
Galbraith family 1
Gautt, Sandra W. (Sandra Whayne), 1943- 1
Goodman, Grant Kohn, 1924-2014 1
Hall, Frederick Lee, 1916-1970 1
Hamill, Mary Fort 1
Haricombe, Lorraine J. 1
Hercules Powder Company 1
Hiawatha Daily World (Newspaper) 1
Holiwell, Janis 1
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 1
Hulbert, Mary Allen, 1862-1939 1
Hungate family 1
Hungate, Carroll P., 1904-1981 1
Hungate, Mary Agnes, 1905-1996 1
Jones family 1
Jones, Herbert R. 1
Kansas Democrat (Newspaper) 1
Kansas Highway Patrol 1
Kansas Ordnance Plant (Parsons, Kan.) 1
Kansas. Legislature. House of Representatives 1
Kansas. Militia 1
Kappelman, Glenn L. 1
Kay family. 1
Kay, John Rex, 1913- 1
Kay, Juliette Martin 1
Kean family. 1
Kellison, Stephen, 1947-2013 1
Kenneth Spencer Research Library 1
Kufahl family. 1
Kufahl, Bertha Fastenau, 1895-1989 1
Kufahl, Sylvester William, 1898-1978 1
Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987 1
Laptad, Agnes T. 1
League of Women Voters (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Leary, Arlene 1
Leary, Richard K. 1
Leonard Wood (Ship) 1
Lincoln University (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1
Lindenberger, Gerald L. 1
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 1
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