Personal Narrative Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Software, E-Resource Sidney D. White Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: 930th Aviation Engineers
- Location of Service: Fort Dix, New Jersey; Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Lexington, Kentucky; Gower Field, Boise, Idaho; Geiger Field, Spokane, Washington; North Africa; China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/31890
Eighteen-year-old Army private Sid White caught a big break early in his service career when he was assigned to a topographical drawing class at the University of Kentucky. White got to poke fun at some of the absurdities of GI life in illustrating instruction manuals, before he wound up in a unit of engineers building runways for B-29s in the China-Burma-India Theater. There, his artwork took a more serious turn when he executed designs for modifying aircraft and command quarters. His sketches from his travels through Northern Africa and in India and Burma complement the forthright memoir of a man who admits he never fired a shot in World War II.
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Title
- Sidney D. White Collection
Names
- White, Sidney D.
Home State
- Washington (State)
Headings
- - White, Sidney D.
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Race
- White
Status
- veteran
Service History
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World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: 930th Aviation Engineers
- Location of Service: Fort Dix, New Jersey; Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Lexington, Kentucky; Gower Field, Boise, Idaho; Geiger Field, Spokane, Washington; North Africa; China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Dates of Service: 1943-1946
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 2005-09-07)
- Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] -- (collected unknown)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/31890
Cite as
- Sidney D. White Collection (AFC/2001/001/31890), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image
Additional Metadata Formats
IIIF Presentation Manifest
Part of
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater
- Fort DIX, New Jersey
- Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- Geiger Field, Spokane, Washington
- Gower Field, Boise, Idaho
- Lexington, Kentucky
- North Africa