Ray Sherman Papers and Photographs
1942-1946
WVM Mss 2045
1.8 linear ft. (2 archives boxes and 2 oversized flat boxes) of papers, 0.1 linear ft. (2 folders and 44 negative flaps) of still images, 0.1 linear ft. (3 sound discs) of sound recordings.
Wisconsin Veterans Museum
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Papers and photographs pertaining to the service and imprisonment of Ray Sherman, of Belleville, Wisconsin, who served as a private first class in Company K, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, during World War II. Sherman was captured at the Battle of Anzio (Italy) on February 16, 1944, and remained a prisoner until April 1945, when he was liberated by the United States Army. The collection has been arranged into World War II material and post-war material. Papers consist of correspondence between Sherman and various family and friends throughout his imprisonment, a journal that Sherman kept while a prisoner, news clippings pertaining to his capture and the capture of other local Belleville men, three bibles that Sherman had while he was in the army, and a memoir that Sherman wrote regarding his experience as a POW. Of particular interest is the journal that Sherman kept as a prisoner, as it is written on scraps of toilet paper and canvas and describes daily conditions and life in a POW camp. WWII photographs contain images of Sherman in military attire and some from his time as a POW. Post-war material pertains to Sherman's time in the Army Reserve, and items documenting his interaction with other POWs and veterans. Additional photographs pertain to a trip that Sherman took to Germany after WWII to visit the Krause's, a family he became close with while a POW.
English
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