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Box 07

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

Military, 1943 - 1945

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 394, Series 4, File 2
Scope and Contents

Photographs are from Kern's time in the military which include photographs of him in uniform in numerous different places as well as a couple of group photos featuring the Officer Candidate Class No. 94 in 1943. Also included are photographs sent from Lieutenant Willis Schalliol to the Kern family featuring Schalliol and his wife as well as landscape photographs of places they were at overseas.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1943 - 1945
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Elmer F. Kern, Jr. papers / Photographs

Various Newspaper Clippings, 1943 - 1945

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 394, Series 7, File 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series consists of newspapers from either Purdue publications such as Purdue Exponent and The Yellow Dog or other publications such as The Chicago Daily News and The Stars and Stripes. Also included are various newspapers clippings are included about Kern, more specifically about his death in the war. Some have the following titles; "Named Fildom's Best for 1941", and "When" by Charles T Holman as well as one with photographs of "As British Took Over an Ancient Syrain City".

Dates: Majority of material found within 1943 - 1945
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Elmer F. Kern, Jr. papers / Newspapers and newspaper clippings