]> mil_greatestgeneration Finding Aid of the World War II Papers, Private Collections Series, Greatest Generation Project, 1918 - 2011 Processed by: Kenny Simpson; machine-readable finding aid created by: Kenny Simpson &hdrNcDncsa; 2011 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: April, 2011 Description is in English Finding Aid of the World War II Papers, Private Collections Series, Greatest Generation Project, 1918 - 2011 State Archives of North Carolina &tpNcDncsa; Descriptive Summary State Archives of North Carolina. Wilson County Historical Society World War II Papers, Private Collections Series, Greatest Generation Project, 1918 - 2011 Materials in English 9 3.6 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Public Services Branch, State Archives of North Carolina. These papers were collected by the Wilson County Historical Society to capture the stories and materials of World War II veterans from Wilson County. The files were originally contained in nine 3½-inch 3-ring binders, copies of which were also to be filed in the Wilson County Public Library and the academic libraries at Barton College and Wilson Technical Community College. John N. Hackney, Jr., a veteran of World War II, and Betty Ray McCain, former secretary of the Department of Cultural Resources, were the primary collectors of the materials. The collection includes files concerning 268 World War II soldiers from Wilson County, as well as 30 veterans from nearby counties, mostly friends and relatives of Hackney. These files contain copies of personal reminiscences; enlistment and discharge papers; cards and letters; orders; photographs; newspaper clippings; obituaries; correspondence with the project coordinators; and a few compact disks. Some original wartime materials are also included in the veterans' files. Miscellaneous records include project correspondence and publicity; information concerning similar projects in other states; lists of soldiers; unit histories; publications; files concerning four World War I soldiers from Wilson County; and a small cache of original records from World War II. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], World War II Papers, Private Collections Series, Greatest Generation Project, 1918 - 2011, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, USA.

 Acquisitions Information

Donated by B. Perry Morrison Jr., president of the Wilson County Historical Society, March 29, 2011.

 Processing Information

Processed by Kenny Simpson, April, 2011

Encoded by Kenny Simpson, April, 2011

 Historical Note

These papers were collected by the Wilson County Historical Society to capture the stories and materials of World War II veterans from Wilson County. The files were originally contained in nine 31/2-inch 3-ring binders, copies of which were also to be filed in the Wilson County Public Library and the academic libraries at Barton College and Wilson Technical Community College. John N. Hackney, Jr., a veteran of World War II, and Betty Ray McCain, former secretary of the Department of Cultural Resources, were the primary collectors of the materials.

Collection Overview

The collection includes files concerning 268 World War II soldiers from Wilson County, as well as 30 veterans from nearby counties, mostly friends and relatives of Hackney. These files contain copies of personal reminiscences; enlistment and discharge papers; cards and letters; orders; photographs; newspaper clippings; obituaries; correspondence with the project coordinators; and a few compact disks. Some original materials are also included. Miscellaneous records include project correspondence and publicity; information concerning similar projects in other states; lists of soldiers; unit histories; publications; files concerning four World War I soldiers from Wilson County; and a small cache of original records from World War II.

 Collection Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

These materials are part of the Private Collections series of the World War II Papers. The World War II Papers are part of the Military Collection at the State Archives of North Carolina

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Subject Terms Greatest Generation Project Hackney, John N., Jr. McCain, Betty Ray, 1931- Wilson County Historical Society World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States Geographic Terms Wilson County (N.C.) Related Collections

Additional information on topics found in this collection may be found in the Manuscript and Archives Reference System (MARS) http://mars.archives.ncdcr.gov.

 Container List Wilson County Soldiers in World War II 147 Adams-Cox Adams, George Hackney Adams, Milton Amerson, James Franklin Andersen, Karl Anderson, Robert Harper Arner, David Michael Arrington, Paul G. Bailey, James L. Bailey, William H. (includes 2 compact disks) Ballance, Charles Edward Ballance, Ralph T. Banner, M. L. Barbee, Benjamin Clifton, Jr. Barkley brothers Barnes, Bennett Harper Barnes, Clinton Charles Barnes, Grady Lee Barnes, James T. Barnes, John Leslie Barnes, Joseph Alton Barnes, Richard F. (and Robert S. Wilkins) Barnes, Troy T. Barnes, Vauclain Winston Barnes, Wade Dupree Barnes, William Edmundson, Jr. Barnes, William H. Bass, Isaac L. Beland, Milton E., Jr. Beland, Oakley B. Benton, H. P. Red, Jr. Bissette, Frank M., Jr. Black, William Mock Blalock, Ralph E. Boone, Edgar I. Borden, John Corbett Borden, Sydnor J., Jr. Boswell, Henry Delmar Bowen, Jobe Harrison Bowling, Tom W. Boykin, Eva Boykin, Graham L. Boykin, Stephen L. Dick, Sr. Brantley, Richard S. Brett, Lawrence Brewer, Travis Brooks, Robert Lee Brown, Daniel S. Brown, Walter Earl Bunn, William Joseph Bussey, William R. Chesson, Arthur, Jr. Church, Carl Norwood Cline, Louis Cockrell, Onnie Robert, Jr. Coleman, Garland D. Connor, H. G. Cooke, Charles S. Cooper, Huron Cooper, Lynn C., Jr. Cox, Guy Offley (includes compact disk) 148Cozart-Futrell Cozart, Sydnor M.3 folders Culbreth, Henry B. Cummings, Bolden - see Jesse Luper Dail, George, Jr. and three brothers Darden, Paul C., Jr. Davis, Henry Day, John A. Deans, Edwin G. Deans, Lemon Calvin, Jr. Dempsey, James C., Jr. Dickens, James H. Dickerman, Morgan Paul Edmondson, Raymond P. Edwards, Wade Elliott, Charles R., Jr. Ellis, James E. Ellis, William H., Jr. Etheridge, Selby A., Jr. Evans, William Edgar Farmer, Sunny W. Farris, Fred Farris, Robert A. Fife, William Franklin Fitzgerald, James Morgan, Jr. Fleming, Charles M. Fleming, Hunter L., Jr. Futrell, Ashley Brown - see Julian Rogers 149Gardner-Lyles Gardner, Elmo L. Gardner, Ralph Garner, Nathan Gay, Benjamin Earl Gilbert, John P. Gilbert, Ralph Ury Gillette, John B. Gliarmis, Richard D. Glover, Varnell R. Gold, Comann D. Grantham, James E. Graves, John Griffin, Henry R. Hackney, Ernest Deans Hackney, George, III Hackney, John N., Jr. Hackney, Thomas Jennings, Jr. Hackney, Willis Douglas, III Hardison, Trafton Tunny Harrell, Frank L. Harrell, Jiles Pickton Harrell, William I. Harrison, R. Woodrow, Sr. Hathaway, James H. Herman, Bandy A. Herring, Thomas Lindsay Herring, William C. High, James A. High, Junior Hill, Moses Marion Horne, James C. Howard, William Julius Howell, Milford J. Howell, Osburne K. Hussey, H. Moseley Ikner, John Jackson, Jr. Jackson, George - see Louis Rowe Jackson, James Thorn James, Milton Don Johnson, Luther Ralph Johnston, Harmon Pitts, Jr. Jones, Marvin Kelly, Hugh F., Jr. Kemp, Charles O. Kirkland, Robert Edward, Jr. Ladwig, Harold A. Lamm, George Land, Joseph Glenn Laughinghouse, Lyman Wooten Lee, Frank Hackney Lewis, Edward Liles, Jack H. Little, Charles Harvey Little, Edward Earl Dick Lucas, Paul A. Lucas, W. T. Hambone, Jr. Luper, Jesse (and Bolden Cummings) Lyles, Paul Bishop 150McCain-Ruffin McCain, John Lewis McClain, Clarence Edward, Jr. McClees, Thomas A. McElroy, Richard - see Jack O'Connell Maclaga, John Mandanyohl, Joseph A. Mangum, Fred E. Matthews, Floyd Leslie Meacomes, Horace Melton, Sr. Miller, Thomas D. Mitchell, Warren Moore, Robert Lee Mooring, Arthur, Jr. Morgan, Charles E. Morrison, Brame P. Newcomb, William Thomas Nichols, John Franklin, Jr. O'Connell, Jack (and Richard McElroy and Harry Weyner) Oettinger, Elmer R., Jr. Ottimo, Vince Owens, Arnold Kermit Owens, Thomas P., Jr. Parry, Ernest B. Paschall, James E. Pate, Luby Patterson, Stafford Allen Peele, Addison Petway, William Carl Phillips, Charles L. Pipkin, Edward E. Plyler, Beal Brent, Jr. Poole, Robert B. Pope, Robert Clyde Poythress, Marion Ed Poythress, Oliver Pridgen, William W. Primm, Charles T. Proctor, Thomas Carlton Proffitt, Lucille Higgins Rains, William Rowe Rasmussen, Birger K. W. Riley, Jack Owens Riley, John G. Roberson, Wallace Reid Rogers, Julian [internal evidence suggests Ashley Brown Futrell] Rogerson, Milton Harold, Sr. Rose, Matthew Elmer Rountree, Richard C., Sr. Rowe, Louis (and George Jackson) Ruffin, Mary Harvey 151Saleeby-Walston Saleeby, Edward C. (includes computer disk) Sasser, John William Self, Robert Edward Sellers, William A., Jr. Selvidge, John Junior Severance, Harry W. (and Harriet Pripps Severance) Shapou, Teddy Roosevelt Sharpe, William M. Shaw, Edwin Ferebee Shepard, Warren C. Simon, Louis J. Smiley, Glaucus Graham Smith, Ernest E., Sr. Smith, Relmond Carl, Jr. Smith, Walton Wright Smith, Williard T. Stamper, William Palmer Stephenson, William H. Stone, William S. Stott, Grady B. Swain, Rufus S. Tabb, Douglas Taylor, John Gold Tedder, Joseph Thigpen, E. L. Buster Thompson, Marvin Hubert - see also Henry Davis Thorne, Martin H. Tomlinson, John Sidney Tomlinson, Leslie D., Jr. Tomlinson, Robert L., Jr. (and Phillip Williams) Touloupas, John Z. Turner, William Harvey, Jr. Vines, James R. Wade, Arlin J. C., Jr. Walston, Dewey S. Walston, Dred S. Walston, H. H., III Walston, William Ben 152Warren-Yelverton Warren, Doane Herring Warren, Edward, Jr. Warren, Norman E. Waters, John M., Jr. Watson, Lannis B. Watson, Penn Watson, Thomas L., Jr. Webb, Elmer Webb, Grover E. Webb, Henry Webb, Herbert Lee Webb, Joseph D. Welfare, Rupert C., Jr. Wells, John D., III West, Henry, Jr. Weyher, Harry Frederick, Jr. - see also Jack O'Connell Whitley, Daniel, Sr. Whitley, George A. Whitley, Kermit Whitman, Prentice Rodger Wiggins, John L., Jr. Wilkerson, Graham Whitley Wilkins, Robert D. - see also Richard F. Barnes Williams, Ben Williams, Erwin Norman Williams, Howard B. Williams, Philip R. - see also Robert L. Tomlinson Jr. Williams, Robert E. Williamson, Ellis Warner Wilson, John D. Winborne, James Benjamin Winborne, Sidney Allen Winstead, Carl Milton Winstead, Edward J. Winstead, Eldon D. Winstead, Olna D., Jr. Winstead, Robert Woodard, David Warren, Sr. Wright, Edward K. J. and William S. Yelverton, Ira A. World War II Soldiers not from Wilson County 153Beck-Woodard Beck, Raymond Stone Brantley, Alvin Burt, Millard P. Carpenter, William E. Daughtridge, John H. Evans, James Fredrick, Daniel Henry Gradin Gregory, Haynes (and Stephen P. Millikin) Grier, Joseph Williamson, Jr. Hackney, William Ayers Harvey, Charles Felix, III Jones, George Woodrow Jones, Southgate, Jr. Kelley, Stanley Ormand Long, Willie J., Jr. Lynch, John Franklin, Jr. McClenny, David Millikin, Stephen P. - see also Haynes Gregory Mordecai, Samuel Fox Philips, H. Hyman, Jr. Rhodes, Dr. Rose, Conway J. Rowland, Cohen Thomas Shook, Lenoir Gwynn Bud Shrum, Robert Titchener, Jack Weathersby, Earl Lee Whitley, Robert Edward Lee Woodard, Joseph Ivan Miscellaneous 154Articles-Original Records: Photographs Articles Clippings First Presbyterian Church, Wilson - soldiers from, in World War II Hackney's, Wilson - wartime production Insignia of U.S. armed forces, n.d. Invitation to Betty McCain to attend An Evening with Ken Burns, 2007 The Legacy Project Magazines: Our State (March 2005) Magazines: Smithsonian (August 2005) National Archives - printouts from Web site Oral History Project, National World War II Museum Original records: civil defense publications, 1961 Original records: clippings Original records: letter from National Bank of Wilson to servicemen, 1944 Original records: newspapers: Daily Express (London), November 9, 1939 (copy) Original records: newspapers: Daily Mirror (London), September 4, 1939 (copy) Original records: newspapers: Wilson Daily Times, June 26, 1941 Original records: newspapers: Wilson Daily Times, May 8, 1945 Original records: newspapers: Wilson Daily Times, August 17, 1945 Original records: newspapers: Wilson Daily Times, Victory in Europe Edition, [1945] (2 copies) Original records: newspapers: Wilson Daily Times, August 3, 1995 (2 copies) Original records: photographs 155Original Records: Ration Book-Young American Patriots Original records: ration book and Office of Price Administration red points Original records: v-mail form Original records: War Production Board conservation order, 1943 (copy) Overseas military cemeteries Project correspondence, 2005-2011, n.d. Project publicity, 2005-2008 Reunion of Wilson County soldiers in London, 1944 Tribute to veterans by Stephen P. Millikin, 2005 Unit histories: Fox Company, 398th Infantry Regiment, 100th Division Unit histories: 30th Infantry Division Unit histories: 104th Infantry Division Unit histories: 655th Engineer Topographic Battalion Veterans History Project, Library of Congress Veterans Memorial, Rocky Mount - dedication ceremony, 2007 Wakefield Plantation, Westmoreland County, Virginia - deed, 1813 (copy) Wilson County Genealogical Society - calendar, 2011 Wilson County Public Library - name index to volume of newspaper pictures Wilson County soldiers who died in service in World War II or Korea Wilson County veterans of World War II (project lists) World War I: soldiers from Wilson County: Anderson, Jesse S. World War I: soldiers from Wilson County: Anderson, Robert Banks World War I: soldiers from Wilson County: Hackney, John N., Sr. World War I: soldiers from Wilson County: Walston, John William World War II - important dates Young American Patriots - introduction and Wilson County pages