World War II
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Boccardo Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: GA.BH.36
Abstract
This collection is comprised of material from the Boccardo family, espeicially Vincent James Boccardo Jr., who served in the United States Air Force during Wold War II and died in combat. The collection is comprised of material relating to Vincent Boccardo Jr.'s senior year and graduation from Bristol High School, three military photographs and a family photograph, official documentation reguarding the death and Purple Heart awarded to Vincent Boccardo Jr., the original case and Purple Heart...
Dates:
1926 - 2024; Majority of material found within 1941 - 1944
Found in:
Grundy Archive
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Boccardo Family Collection
Kaiser-Fleetwings Collection
Collection
Identifier: GA.BH.5
Abstract
Established in 1926, Fleetwings, Inc. was an aircraft components factory that moved from Long Island, New York to Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1934. Due to the company's success during World War II, Henry J. Kaiser's Kaiser Industries invested in the company and renamed it Kaiser-Fleetwings Corp.; the company closed in 1962. James M. (Jim) Shimer, Jr. (1914-2007) worked there as a technical illustrator. Henry A. Liese worked there as an engineer.
Dates:
1911-1998
Found in:
Grundy Archive
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Kaiser-Fleetwings Collection
Paul McIlvaine Donation, 1939-1945
Item — Box 9.7, Folder: 3
Identifier: 9.7.3
Scope and Contents
World War ration book that belonged to Anna C. McIlvaine.
Dates:
1939-1945
Found in:
Grundy Archive
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GA.BH.9, Small Collections