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Joseph Farris, Germany [6/1945]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: Company M, 3rd Battalion, 398th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division
  • Location of Service: Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Camp Croft, South Carolina; France; Germany; European Theater
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/97101

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"That is one thing I must admit [about Germany]--it's a wonderful country to look at. The hills and rolling valleys make me want to bring out my drawing board and start working." (Letter to "Folks," 4/21/1945)

Serving with the 100th Infantry Division in France and Germany, Staff Sergeant Joseph George Farris wrote letter after letter to his parents and brothers back home in Danbury, CT. In most, he reassured them that he was "getting along swell"-despite spending more than five continuous months in combat along the Maginot Line. While a few of his sketches depict the darkness and violence of combat, Farris also chose to draw European street scenes, houses, and churches; these pieces evoke peaceful domesticity, a sharp contrast to the suffering that he witnessed on the battlefield. Following the end of hostilities, the Army sent Farris to an art course in Biarritz, France; post-war, he became a professional artist, illustrating cartoons for the New Yorker.

[ Photo Album ]

More Resources

[ Chronology of events for Company M, 398th Infantry ]
[ Typed memorandum to Officers and Trainees [2/23/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/28/1944] ]
[ Temporary pass to Fort Bragg [1944] ]
[ Illustration of how a soldier's gear is to be stowed in barracks ]
[ Guide for fraternization with the French people ]

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[ Chain of command in a Heavy Weapons Company ]
[ Order of the Day for May 30th 1943 ]
[ Memo Re: Essential Additions to FM 23-55 Required for M-2 Ammunition ]
[ Draft copy of the memoirs of Joseph Farris ]
[ Draft copy of the memoirs of Joseph Farris ]
[ Draft copy of the memoirs of Joseph Farris ]
[ Draft copy of the memoirs of Joseph Farris ]
[ Memoir and digital print of water color artwork, "Hill 578, France, Nov. 1944." ]
[ Memoir and Map, "19 Nov 1944" and "Summary of tactical Operations in the Vosges Campaign Nov 9 to 24, 1944." ]
[ V-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/26/1945] ]
[ Letter, possibly a page missing, to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/27/1945] ]
[ V-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/28/1945] ]
[ Letter, possibly a page missing, to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/29/1945] ]
[ V-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/30/1945] ]
[ V-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/31/1945] ]
[ V-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/1/1945] ]
[ V-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/3/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/3/1945] ]
[ V-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/4/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/5/1945] ]
[ V-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/6/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/8/1945] ]
[ V-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/10/1945] ]
[ V-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/11/1945] ]
[ V-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/12/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/13/1945] ]
[ V-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/14/1945] ]
[ V-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/15/1945] ]
[ V-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/16/1945] ]
[ V-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/17/1945] ]
[ V-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/18/1945] ]
[ V-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/19/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/21/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/22/1945] ]
[ V-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/23/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/24/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/25/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/26/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/27/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/28/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/28/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/1/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/2/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/5/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/6/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/8/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/7/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/9/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/10/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/11/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/12/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/13/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/14/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/17/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/18/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/19/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/20/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/21/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/22/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/23/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/25/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/26/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/27/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/28/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/29/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/30/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [4/3/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [4/4/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [4/7/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [4/9/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [4/12/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [4/17/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [4/19/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [4/21/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [4/24/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [4/25/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [4/26/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [4/28/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [4/29/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/2/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/3/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/5/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/16/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/7/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/12/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/16/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/17/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/19/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/21/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/24/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/28/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/29/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/2/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/4/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/6/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/7/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/10/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/12/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/13/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/15/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/17/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/20/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/21/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/29/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/4/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/6/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/8/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/12/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/16/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/18/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/20/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/22/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/24/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/26/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/29/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/31/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/3/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/7/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/10/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/14/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/17/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/17/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/19/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/22/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/26/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/28/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/30/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/11/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/5/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/8/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/8/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/9/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/11/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/13/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/17/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/19/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/21/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/23/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/25/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/2/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/1/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/3/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/6/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/10/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/12/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/13/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/14/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/16/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/23/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/27/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/30/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/2/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/4/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/5/1945] ]
[ Photocopy of a letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/5/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/9/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/11/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/15/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/18/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/21/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/28/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/2/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/16/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/7/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/11/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/15/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/21/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/27/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/29/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/8/1946] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/15/1946] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/18/1946] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/23/1946] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/28/1946] ]
[ Photocopy of a v-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1946] ]
[ Photocopy of a v-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1946] ]
[ Photocopy of a birthday card [n.d.] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/29/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Mom, Dad, Georgie, and Eddie" from Joseph Farris [5/5/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Mom, Pop, Georgie, and Eddie" from Joseph Farris [5/8/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Mom & Pop, Georgie & Eddie" from Joseph Farris [5/8/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/9/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Dad, Mom, Geo. & Eddie" from Joseph Farris [5/12/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Mom & Dad, Georgie & Eddie" from Joseph Farris [5/13/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Mom, Dad, Georgie, and Eddie" from Joseph Farris [5/14/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Dad, Mom, Georgie & Eddie (& Murphy)" from Joseph Farris [5/15/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Mom, Dad, Georgie, and Eddie" from Joseph Farris [5/16/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Ed" from Joseph Farris [5/17/1943] ]
[ Letter to "George" from Joseph Farris [5/17/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Dad, Mom, Georgie, and Ed" from Joseph Farris [5/18/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Dad, Mom, George & Ed (& Murphy)" from Joseph Farris [5/19/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/21/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/22/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/23/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Mom, Dad, Georgie, and Eddie" from Joseph Farris [5/24/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/26/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/29/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/1/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/4/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/7/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/9/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/12/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/14/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/15/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/16/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/18/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/23/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/24/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/26/1943] ]
[ Postcard to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/9/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/30/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/4/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/6/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/9/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/10/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/11/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/14/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/16/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/18/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/20/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/23/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/24/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/25/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/27/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/30/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/28/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/1/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/4/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/5/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/6/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/8/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/9/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/11/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/12/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/14/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/15/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/16/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/18/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/19/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/20/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/21/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/22/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/23/1943] ]
[ Typed letter to Joseph Farris' parents offering them membership in an Art Circle and requesting permission to display some of Farris' artwork ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/25/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/26/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/29/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/30/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/31/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/2/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/3/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/5/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/6/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/7/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/8/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/9/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/10/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/11/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/12/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/13/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/14/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/15/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/16/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/17/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/18/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/19/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/20/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/21/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/22/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/23/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/24/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/27/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/28/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/29/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/1/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/2/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/3/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/4/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris, including a sketch of a barracks at The Citadel in Charleston, SC [10/1/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/8/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/11/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/12/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/15/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/7/1943] ]
[ Typewritten letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/16/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/21/1943] ]
[ Typewritten letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/23/1943] ]
[ Typewritten letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/29/1943] ]
[ Typewritten letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/31/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/1/1943] ]
[ Typewritten letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/4/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/7/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/14/1943] ]
[ Damaged letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/17/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris, includes a sketch of the arm patch insignia on his Citadel uniform [11/1/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/25/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/1/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/5/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/15/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/9/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/11/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/19/1943] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1944?] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1944?] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1944?] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1944?] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1944?] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/11/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/13/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/15/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/17/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/19/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/23/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/23/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/10/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/12/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/14/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/19/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [2/29/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/1/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [3/5/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [4/25/1944] ]
[ V-Mail to Joseph Farris from Charles [4/28/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [4/28/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/13/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/14/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/14 - 15/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/20/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/26/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/28/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [5/30/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/3/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [6/4/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/3/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/5/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/6/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [7/9/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris, includes a diagram of a machine gun emplacement [7/13/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/15/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/17/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/19/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/20/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/27/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/24/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/28/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/29/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [8/31/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/1/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris, includes a diagram of a .30 caliibre shell [9/12/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/3/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris, includes a diagram of an anti-personnel mine [9/4/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/8/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/9/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/10/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [9/13/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/2/1944] ]
[ Photocopy of a V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/23/1944] ]
[ Photocopy of a letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/25/1944] ]
[ Photocopy of a badly damaged letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/26/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [10/28/1944] ]
[ Photocopy of a letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/3/1944] ]
[ Photocopy of a letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/4/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/4/1944] ]
[ Photocopy of a letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/10/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/18/1944] ]
[ Fragment of a letter on lined paper, from Joseph Farris [11/2/1944 ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/24/1944] ]
[ Photocopy of two V-Mails, with artwork, from Joseph Farris [11/24/1944] ]
[ Photocopy of two V-Mails from Joseph Farris [11/24/1944] ]
[ Letter from Joseph Farris, badly damaged [11/25/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/27/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/28/1944] ]
[ V-mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [11/29/1944] ]
[ Photocopy of two V-Mails from Joseph Farris [11/30/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/1/1944] ]
[ Digital print of a letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/6/1944] ]
[ Photocopy of a letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/07/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/8/1944] ]
[ Photocopy of a letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/9/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/11/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/21/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/27/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/29/1944] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/30/1944] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [12/31/1944] ]
[ Partial letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [4/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/3/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/4/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/4/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/7/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/8/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/9/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/9/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/10/1945] ]
[ V-Mail from Eddie to Joseph Farris [1/11-12/1945] ]
[ V-mail to Joseph Farris from George Farris [1/14/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/14/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/15/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/16/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/18/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/18/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/20/1945] ]
[ V-Mail to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/21/1945] ]
[ Letter to "Folks" from Joseph Farris [1/22/1945] ]
[ Original water color art work, "The Citadel - Charleston, S.C." ]
[ Original water color art work, "Camp Croft, S.C. 1943." ]
[ Original water color art work, "Chapel, Fort Bragg, N.C." ]
[ Original water color art work, "Amphitheater, Fort Bragg, N.C., 1944." ]
[ Original water color art work, untitled, probably depicting a building at Ft. Bragg, N.C. ]
[ Original water color art work, "Ft. Bragg, N.C." ]
[ Original water color art work, "Near Marseilles, France, Battalion Aid Station [1944]." ]
[ Original water color art work, "Fellbach, Germany, April 1945." ]
[ Original water color art work, "Wernau, Germany July 1945." ]
[ Original water color art work, "July, 1945 Wernau, Germany Rathaus - (City Hall)." ]
[ Original water color art work, "Place de l'Atalaya [sic.], Biarritz, France Aug 31st, 1945." ]
[ Original water color art work, "Biarritz, France 1945 Atlantic Ocean." ]
[ Original water color art work, "Place de l'Atalaye, Biarritz, France 1945." ]
[ Original water color art work, "Biarritz, France 1945." ]
[ Original water color art work, "Biarritz, France, 1945. The Virgin Rock." ]
[ Original water color art work, a train station at Murrhardt, Germany [1945]. ]
[ Original art work in pencil, Protestant church with American flag, Wernau, Germany [1945] ]
[ Original art work in pencil and chalk, Protestant church in Wernau, Germany [11/1945]. ]
[ Original art work in pencil, Protestant church in Wernau, Germany [11/1945]. ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "The Citadel - Charleston, S.C. 1943." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "The Citadel - 1943." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "Street in Regimental Area of 399th Inf. Ft. Bragg, N.C." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "Rear of Service Club, Ft. Bragg, N.C." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "'Blitzing' the Barracks Fort Bragg, N.C. 1944." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "Troopship U.S.S. William Gordon October, 1944." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "First Morning On Line." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "First Day On Line." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "Rosteig, France 1945." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "Biarritz, France 1945." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "Hill 578, France, Nov. 1944." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "1st Day On Line Nov. 7th, 1944." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "The Dash to Ft. Freudenberg - Maginot Line Bitche, France. Dec. 1944." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "Maginot Line, Bitche, France Dec. 1944." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "German Flare Near Guising, France Jan. 1945." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "Ft. Freudenberg, Maginot Line, Bitce [sic.], France 1945." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "Outside Bitche, France March 1945." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "Defensive Position at Lemberg, France Feb. 1st to Mar. 14th, 1945." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "Oberurbach, Germany June, 1945." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, "Oberurbach, Germany 1945." ]
[ Digital print of an art work, Father's Day greeting to Farris's father. ]
[ Digital print of an art work, Anniversary greeting to Farris's parents. ]
[ Digital print of an art work, Birthday greetings for Farris's mother and someone named Eddie. ]
[ Digital print of an art work, unidentified city scene, possibly in New Jersey. ]
[ Digital print of an art work, unidentified city scene, possibly in New Jersey [1946]. ]
[ Digital print of an art work, unidentified city scene, possibly in New Jersey [1947]. ]
[ Digital print of an art work, a soldier and sunflower salute each other. ]
[ Digital print of an untitled art work. ]
[ Penta Delgado, Feb. 8 1946 ]
[ St. Miguel, Azores, Feb. 9, 1946 ]
[ Map: "Operations of the 100th Infantry Division in the European Theater of Operations" ]
[ Map: "The Battle of the Vosges Mountains 100th Infantry Division." ]
[ Map: "The Battle for Heilbron 100th Infantry Division." ]
[ Map: "The Battle of Bitche." ]
[ Map: "Finale", detailing the 100th Infantry final days of battle in World War II ]

About this Item

Title

  • Joseph George Farris Collection

Names

  • Farris, Joseph
  • Farris, Joseph George

Home State

  • Connecticut

Headings

  • -  Farris, Joseph George
  • -  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

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: Company M, 3rd Battalion, 398th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division
    • Location of Service: Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Camp Croft, South Carolina; France; Germany; European Theater
    • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1943-1946
    • Entrance into Service: Drafted
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Manuscript: Clippings [51 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1943-1946)
  • Manuscript: Correspondence [406 items] -- Handwritten document (collected 1943-1946)
  • Manuscript: Creative works [136 items] -- Handwritten document (collected 1943-1946)
  • Manuscript: Diaries and journals [5 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1944-1945)
  • Manuscript: Maps [15 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1943-1946)
  • Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1943-1946)
  • Manuscript: Periodicals [17 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1944-1945)
  • Manuscript: Unit histories [15 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1943-1946)
  • Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [34 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1942-1946)
  • Manuscript: Printed matter [58 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1943-1946)
  • Photograph: Original photographic print [225 items] -- Photograph (collected 1943-1946)
  • Photograph: Digital print [9 items] -- Photograph (collected 1943-1946)
  • Photograph: Negatives [90 items] -- Photograph (collected 1943-1946)
  • Photograph: Duplicate [267 items] -- Photograph (collected 1943-1946)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/97101

Cite as

  • Joseph George Farris Collection (AFC/2001/001/97101), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

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Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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:

Farris, Joseph, and Joseph George Farris. Joseph George Farris Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.97101/.

APA citation style:

Farris, J. & Farris, J. G. (1943) Joseph George Farris Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.97101/.

MLA citation style:

Farris, Joseph, and Joseph George Farris. Joseph George Farris Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.97101/>.