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Arnold Robbins in Iceland, 1943

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: Squadron B, 3502nd Army Air Forces Base Unit
  • Location of Service: Iceland; England; France
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/1008

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"You see Anne our mail is the only thing that keeps our hearts and our chins way up there and I need someone at home that I can talk to in our mail and my little sister Flo is a little too young to unfathom my letters so Anne may I talk to you in our letters?" Letter from Arnie to Anne, November 7, 1943

In 1943, Arnie Robbins, a heavy equipment operator stationed in Iceland, saw Anne Hass in a group photograph a buddy had received from home. He prevailed on his pal to encourage Anne to write to him, and she offered to be Arnie's "homefront reporter." Friendship blossomed into romance, and in June 1945, while in New York on a two-week leave, Arnie proposed that he and Anne marry and spend his furlough as their honeymoon. Their marriage endured until Arnie's death in 1994.

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More Resources

[ Separation Qualification Record [09/19/45] ]
[ Memoirs: "There'll Never Be Another! 'Ditto' " ]
[ Letter to Anne Hass [6/7/1944] ]
[ Letter to Anne Hass [6/23/1944] ]
[ Letter to Anne Hass [7/5/1944] ]

About this Item

Title

  • Arnold M. Robbins Collection

Names

  • Robbins, Anne C.
  • Robbins, Arnold M.

Home State

  • Texas

Headings

  • -  Robbins, Arnold M.
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: Squadron B, 3502nd Army Air Forces Base Unit
    • Location of Service: Iceland; England; France
    • Highest Rank: Corporal
    • Dates of Service: 1941-1945
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran was burned when his supply truck hit a mine.

Materials

  • Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1945)
  • Manuscript: Mixed (Multiple types of manuscripts) [1 item] -- (collected unknown)
  • Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [7 items] -- Photograph (collected 1945-1993)
  • Manuscript: Correspondence [3 items] -- Handwritten document (collected 1944)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/1008

Cite as

  • Arnold M. Robbins Collection (AFC/2001/001/1008), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Wars & Conflicts

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Location of Service

Service Unit

Highest Rank

Discharge Status

Gender

Home State

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Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

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Citing VHP Materials

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Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Robbins, Anne C, and Arnold M Robbins. Arnold M. Robbins Collection. 1941. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.01008/.

APA citation style:

Robbins, A. C. & Robbins, A. M. (1941) Arnold M. Robbins Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.01008/.

MLA citation style:

Robbins, Anne C, and Arnold M Robbins. Arnold M. Robbins Collection. 1941. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.01008/>.