Ralph Samuel Jaffe Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

Ralph Samuel Jaffe

State of Birth:

NY

Home State:

RI

Gender

Male

Race

White

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War or Conflict

World War, 1939-1945

Military Status

Veteran

Dates of Service

1944-1945

Entrance into Service

Drafted

Branch of Service

Army

Location of Service

Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Meade, Maryland; Fort Devens, Massachusetts; Manila (Philippines); Pacific Theater

Highest Rank

Private First Class

Prisoner of War

No

Service History Note

At the outset of World War II, Jaffe was living in Newport, Rhode Island, with his wife, Betty, and their two children, Rita and Stanley. The proprietor of a hardware store, Jaffe was drafted into the United States Army in 1944 at the age of 37, leaving his wife to attend to the family business. While in the Philippines, he served as a clerk in a recovered personnel detachment. He achieved the rank of Private First Class. At the end of his enlistment in 1945, Jaffe returned home to Rhode Island and resumed operation of his store.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Artifact: Artifact [8 items] -- Other

Photograph: Original photographic print [22 items] -- Photograph

Manuscript: Clippings [22 items] -- Typewritten document

Manuscript: Creative works [1 item] --

Manuscript: Correspondence [540 items] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents)

Manuscript: Diaries and journals [1 item] --

Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [2 items] -- Typewritten document

Manuscript: Maps [1 item] -- Typewritten document

Manuscript: Printed matter [6 items] -- Typewritten document

Contributor:

Stanley Jaffe

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/20740

Subjects:

Jaffe, Ralph Samuel

World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives

United States. Army.

Cite as:

Ralph Samuel Jaffe Collection
(AFC/2001/001/20740), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress