D.F. Constantine Second World War correspondence
Content Description
This collection contains three correspondence written by Staff Sergeantt D.F. Constantine, U.S Army, to his wife, Virginia A. Constantine, during the Second World War. There are two letters and one V-Mail while in service with the 520th Medical Clearing Company in France in March and April 1945. The last letter has two sections cut out where the censors removed the name of a town he wrote.
Dates
- 1945 March 14 - 1945 April 6
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions.
Biographical / Historical
Staff Sergeant Dennis Forest Constantine, United States Army (1/1/1915 - 3/31/1998) served in the 66th Medical Division, 520th Medical Clearing Company during the Second World War. After he enlisted on October 5, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, he saw action in Belgium, France and Germany in 1945. According to Army enlistment records on Ancestry.com, he and Virginia were unmarried at the time of his enlistment.
Extent
.08 Linear feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains three correspondence from SSgt D.F. Constantine, USA, to his wife Virginia A. Constantine during the Second World War.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Susan Constantine Gray in memory of Dennis F. Constantine.
- Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Local sources
- V-mail Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- War -- Medical aspects Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War (1939-1945) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War (1939-1945) -- Battlefields -- France Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War (1939-1945) -- Europe Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War (1939-1945) -- France Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War (1939-1945) -- Hospitals Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Finding Aid for the D.F. Constantine Second World War correspondence
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Andrew Harman
- Date
- 7/18/2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Center for American War Letters Archives Repository
