USA Service Roll
Files
Dublin Core
Title
USA Service Roll
Subject
World War (1939-1945)
Description
Between 1941 and 1945 over 12 million American men and women would serve in the county’s Armed Forces during the Second World War. Among them were several hundred from Shenandoah County.
The parents, siblings, friends, and sweethearts who stayed hungered for news from these individuals who were deployed around the country and overseas. To do so they wrote letters, thousands of which were sent and delivered every day. Service rolls like this helped residents know where locals were at so they could send letters and keep track of their service.
When this roll was produced, or where it was kept, is unknown. Most likely it came from the Edinburg area since most of the names listed on it were Edinburg residents. These individuals were in the coastal artillery, the US Navy, the infantry, and the air corps. One was even a WASP which were female pilots trained to ferry air craft for the US Army. They were deployed at several places around the country.
The parents, siblings, friends, and sweethearts who stayed hungered for news from these individuals who were deployed around the country and overseas. To do so they wrote letters, thousands of which were sent and delivered every day. Service rolls like this helped residents know where locals were at so they could send letters and keep track of their service.
When this roll was produced, or where it was kept, is unknown. Most likely it came from the Edinburg area since most of the names listed on it were Edinburg residents. These individuals were in the coastal artillery, the US Navy, the infantry, and the air corps. One was even a WASP which were female pilots trained to ferry air craft for the US Army. They were deployed at several places around the country.
Source
Truban Archives, rolled storage collection
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
unknown
Contributor
Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)
Citation
“USA Service Roll,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 26, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/6880.
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