Title: Robert W. Dirks Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1942-1945
Inclusive Dates: 1990

Creator:

• Dirks, Robert W.

Call Number: Eau Claire Mss CN

Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the Area Research Center, William D. McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Eau Claire McIntyre Library / Eau Claire Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Letters written by Robert W. Dirks of Jackson County, Wis. to his future wife, Leatrice Sonenberg, during World War II and a reminiscence based on the letters written by Mr. Dirks in 1990. Dirks served from 1942 to 1945 with the 178th Signal Repair Company. He describes his training at Camp Shelby, Miss., the Midland Radio School in Athens, Ga., radio school in Lexington, Ky., and Camp Polk, La. After being shipped overseas, much of his duty time was spent installing radios in vehicles in England and driving supply trucks in France, Belgium, and Germany. The letters and reminiscence describe conditions and activities, and contain observations about his surroundings as well as glimpses into what was happening at home.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ec00cn

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Acquisition Information

Loaned for copying by Robert W. Dirks, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, 1990. Accession Number: M91-088

Processing Information

Processed by Donna Sereda and Jamie Szudy, 1997.

	Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   1-9	1942, May-1943, January
Box   2 Folder   1-6	1943, January-April
Box   3 Folder   1-7	1943, May-October
Box   4 Folder   1-8	1943, November-1944, June
Box   5 Folder   1-14	1944, July-1945, August
Box   6 Folder   1-2	1945, September-October
	Notes and Letter Excerpts for Reminiscence
Box   6 Folder   3	U.S. and Maneuvers
Box   6 Folder   4	England
Box   6 Folder   5	England and France, 1943-1944
Box   6 Folder   6	France and Belgium, 1945
Box   6 Folder   7	France, 1945
Box   6 Folder   8-9	Toul, France to Trip Home, 1945, July December
Box   6 Folder   10	Reminiscence