Guide to the H. K. Puckett Letter MSS.2812
Puckett, H. K.
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by Lydia Wommack
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
August 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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English
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H. K. Puckett Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.2812
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet
- Dates:
1951 April 23
- Abstract:
A letter written by H. K. Puckett to Mr. Buckland about his experiences during World War II.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
H. K. Puckett Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Lydia Wommack, 2010.
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains a letter written by H. K. Puckett to Mr. Buckland about his experiences during World War II. He was stationed in the South Pacific with the USAFFE. The USAFFE took charge of planning and tactical control under the command of Major General MacArthur, Lieutennant General Richard K. Sutherland and Major General Richard J. Marshall.
Puckett began his service as a medic and later flew around New Guinea with the Overseas Motion Picture Service. Eventually he operated a radio station. The letter is in response to a request for information about a dollar bill with markings on it. The markings are dates and places most likely marked by a member of the Air Corps. He mentions photos and the names of those in them. Radio actor Jack Benny, famous harmonica player Larry Adler, and actress Mary Nash are among the pictured.
Biographical/Historical note
In 1951 H. K. Puckett was stationed in the South Pacific where he served first as a medic and later as a radio station operator.
Letter Box SC0035 Folder 2812.1
Letter from H. K. Puckett, Detroit, Michigan, to Mr. Buckland, April 23, 1951 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/54942