Box 15
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Walton R. Farmer papers, approximately 2001-2002, 1942-1945
File — Box: 15, Folder: 17
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 3 File 395
Scope and Contents
File contains materials related to service of Walton R. Farmer in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II from 1942-1945 achieving the rank of a corporal. Materials include photocopied newspaper article, photocopied photographs, and photocopied military documents. Describes the story of Farmer getting rejected for service in the Marine Corps because an injury he had sustained as a child to his little finger, he paid thirty dollars to have it amputated so that he could enlist. Includes a...
Dates:
approximately 2001-2002; 1942-1945