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Africa, North

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Irene and Hugh Currin papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-018
Abstract

Irene and Hugh Currin served abroad together as nurse and doctor, respectively, with the 46th General Hospital from Portland during World War II in both North Africa and France. This collection contains military documentation, photographs, postcards, memoirs and obituary, diaries, World War II era ephemera from their tours, newspaper clippings, and letters detailing their story.

Dates: 1942-2004

Evart A. Tinker 46th General Hospital scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-005
Abstract

Evart A. Tinker was a Technical Sergeant with the 46th Base Hospital in Besancon, France. His collection is comprised of photographs he took and arranged in handmade cardboard scrapbooks. Materials cover France, North Africa, and Switzerland as well as images of prisoners and soldiers.

Dates: 1942-1945