Guide to the Harold Bank papers MSS.0108
Bank, Harold
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
May 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Harold Bank papers
- Unit ID:
MSS.0108
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (2 items)
- Dates:
1944-1945
- Abstract:
A Battalion log of the 3rd Battalion, 167th Infantry, 31st Infantry Division while stationed in Mindanao, Philippine Islands, from 15 July 1944, until 10 October 1945, and the front portion of the Chicago Daily Tribune, from Tuesday, 8 May 1945. The headline reads “V. E. Day – Today”.
- creator
Bank, Harold, unknown
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains a battalion log and a newspaper. Sgt. Harold L. Bank kept this unit journal from 15 July 1944, until 10 October 1945, from Mindanao, Philippine Islands. It is the Battalion log of the 3rd Battalion, 167th Infantry, 31st Infantry Division. The division was located in the vicinity of Mafin Bay, Dutch New Guinea, along the southeast bank of the Worske River, and then moved to Morotai Island. On 25 December 1944, the 2nd Lieutenant of the 167th Infantry, James D. Spencer, wrote an additional note concerning a night attack. The 31st Division returned to the states in November 1945, and all who desired were discharged.
This newspaper is the front portion of the Chicago Daily Tribune, from Tuesday, 8 May 1945. The headline reads “V. E. Day – Today”.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Harold Bank papers, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Catherine Eddins, 2002; updated by Donnelly L. Walton, 2006
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Transferred from Alabama Museums, 1986 ; gift of Netta Banks, October 22, 1986
Biographical/Historical note
This Tuscaloosa native was a Battalion Sergeant Major with the 3rd Battalion, 167th Infantry, 31st Infantry Division in Mindanao, Philippines from 1944-1945, during World War II. On 22 December 1945, he was discharged at Camp Beale, California.
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Source(s)
Clippings (information artifacts) (aat)
Diaries (aat)
War and Military (localbroad)
World War, 1939-1945 (lcsh)
Unit Journal, the 3rd Battalion, 167th Infantry, 31st Infantry Division, July 15, 1944 - October 10, 1945 Box 2903 Folder 1
Scope and Contents note
Sgt. Harold L. Bank kept this unit journal from July 15, 1944, until October 10, 1945, from Mindanao, Philippine Islands. It is the Battalion log of the 3rd Battalion, 167th Infantry, 31st Infantry Division. The division was located in the vicinity of Mafin Bay, Dutch New Guinea, along the southeast bank of the Worske River, and then moved to Morotai Island. On December 25, 1944, the 2nd Lieutenant of the 167th Infantry, James D. Spencer, has written an additional note concerning a night attack. The 31st Division returned to the states in November 1945, and all who desired were discharged.
Newspaper, Chicago Daily Tribune, March 8, 1945 Box 2903 Folder 2
Scope and Contents note
This newspaper is the front portion of the Chicago Daily Tribune, from Tuesday, May 8, 1945. There is a “V. E. Day – Today” headline at the top of the paper.