Marshall A. Webb papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Marshall A. Webb papers
- Date
- 1890s-2004
- Extent
- 0.45 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans
- Soldiers -- Kentucky.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Photography
- Military history.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Poetry
- Preferred Citation
- 2013ms0397 : [identification of item], Marshall A. Webb papers, 1890s-2004, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- World War II veteran and lifetime resident of Campbellsville, Taylor County, Ky. Born Feb. 24, 1922. Served in the 5th Army, 85th Infantry Division, 339th Infantry Company E. Drafted December 3, 1942 and honorably discharged Oct. 21, 1945. Shipped to Africa in 1944 and left for Italy a few months later. Participated in a major attack in Tremensuoli, Italy on May 11, 1944. Earned a purple heart medal and a bronze star. Married Opal Keen (born October 3, 1928) on February 13, 1947, and had three children, Eva (died March 28, 1994), Marsha, and Roger. Worked as a farm hand (1940-1942) and as a print operator. After the war, Died May 26, 2004. Buried at Green River Memorial Cemetery, Campbellsville, Ky.
- Scope and Content
- The Marshall A. Webb papers comprise primarily photographs, poetry notebooks (digitized copies only), a diary/address book/photograph album, and a memorial scrapbook of copied and original items, all documenting Webb's U.S. military service during World War II, 1942-1945. He served mainly in Italy. Military photographs include photographs of prison camp Dachau; Adolf Hitler; and two panoramic group images of the 5th Army, 85th Infantry Division, 339th Infantry Company E in 1942 when Webb was mustered in. Webb included handwritten notes about his military service on the cardboard backing of the panoramic photographs. There is also a binder of poems Webb wrote in 1962 while he was in the hospital being treated for cancer.
- Collection also includes other poetry he wrote while in service; military orders and other records; two V-mail cards (1944-1945); his wife, Opal Keen's, ration book (Grant Park, Ill.); personal and family photographs (1890s-2000s). There are also items related to Webb's oral history interview, including an address book/diary in which he records the name of the prison camp he could not remember during the interview with interviewer Colonel Arthur Kelly; and his 50th wedding anniversary citation from the Kentucky State Senate on a motion from Col. Kelly's son, Senator Dan Kelly (1997).
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Open for research
- Use Restrictions
- Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky. The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky. For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections.
Contents of the Collection
Poetry binder and loose pages: poems written while in hospital being treated for cancer (digital copy only), 1962
Panoramic photographs, group images of the 5th Army, 85th Infantry Division, 339th Infantry Company E, 1942
- Folder OS 1
Scope and Contents
Two images. Include handwritten notes about Webb's military service on the cardboard backing included with the photographs.
Photo is captioned "Adolf Hitler with cat." May be an impersonator., about 1940-1945
V-mail Christmas and Easter cards sent to Mr. and Mrs. Alton Webb, Campbellsville, Kentukcy, 1944-1945
"Marshall" acrostic poem, undated
Military orders, copy of honorary discharge, insurance application, and travel documents, 1942-1945
Fiftieth wedding anniversary citation and clipping; copy of death certificate, 1997, 2004
- Box 1, folder 10
Scope and Contents
The Kentucky Senate citation was given on motion of Senator Dan Kelly, son of oral history interviewer, Colonel Arthur Kelly.
Address book/diary, 1994
Memorial scrapbook, compiled 2000s?
"The day you were born," birthday poem to Webb from sister Maxine, undated
Membership cards, Kentucky Colonel and Masons, 1973-1978
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