Walter Young papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Walter Young papers
- Date
- 1914-1947, undated (inclusive)
- Creator
- Young, Walter Gleason
- Extent
- 0.46 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Military decorations
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- Kentucky
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- United States.
- Young, Walter Gleason
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format.
- Preferred Citation
- 2016ms050 : [identification of item], Walter Young papers, 1914-1947, undated, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Walter G. Young was born in Kentucky in 1895. He was 22 years old when he enlisted to serve in the military during World War I. He spent approximately nine months overseas as a member of Company I of the 355th Infantry. A week prior to the Armistice, he was injured while running messages for Battalion Headquarters, an incident that would later earn him a Purple Heart. Following the war, he returned to his prior occupation as a farmer, married, and had six daughters.
- Source:
- Walter G. Young Gets Purple Heart Medal for Military Merit, Leitchfield Gazette, 1940. 2016ms050 : Walter Young chapter from A Soldier's Anthology, Walter Young papers, 1914-1947, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Scope and Content
- The Walter Young papers (dated 1914-1947, undated; .46 cubic feet; 2 boxes) document Kentucky native Walter Young's military service in World War I as well as medals he received in the 1940s. The collection comprises documents such as military papers (including induction and report orders), postcards to his mother and fiancée, and the Walter Young chapter in A Soldier's Anthology (by Denny Hart). The collection also includes a panoramic photograph of his unit, the 355th Infantry (1919) and 2 packages of recruit photographs from Camp Zachary Taylor. The collection also contains a number of objects, including 3 medals (such as a 1941 Purple Heart), 2 pins, and small objects (such as foreign currency, patches, patches, dog tags, field mess kit, knife, etc.).
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Walter Young chapter from A Soldier's Anthology, 2014 November 11
Correspondence: postcards (2), soldiers' mail card (2), and Christmas card from France (1), 1918 September 7, 1918 November 23, 1919 February 27, undated
Printed material, undated
Military papers, 1931 April 15, 1947 September 2
Military papers, 1917 May 5, 1918 March 9, 1918 May 6, 1918 June 24, undated
Military papers, 1947 September 3, undated
Photographs of Camp Zachary Taylor sent by Walter Young to his mother (Mrs. Isaac Compton Young) and girlfriend (Miss Olga Payton), 1918 July 1
4-18-S67G rifle round and .38 pistol round, undated
Foreign currency, 1914
Coin collection, undated
- Box 1, item E-3
Scope and Contents
Contains a coin collection comprised of 30 various coins from different years.
Coin necklace, undated
- Box 1, item E-4
Scope and Contents
Contains a travel coin necklace comprised of 5 coins. Coins are from various locations and years.
Buttons and ball round, undated
Uniform patch and buttons, undated
Dog tags, undated
Field knife, undated
- Box 1, item L-1
Scope and Contents
Contains a WWI field knife. It is engraved with Walter Young's initials.
Snuff container, undated
Purple Heart medal, 1941 March 6
WWI Victory Medal, undated
- Box 1, item L-4
Scope and Contents
A WWI Victory Medal for the Meuse-Argonne Defensive Sector, awarded to Walter Young.
WWI Germany Occupation Medal, undated
Photograph of Company I, 355th Infantry Regiment on return from Germany, 1919
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