Cecil Curtis Teets, World War II Memorabilia, ca. 1930-1945 , A&M 3744

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Abstract

World War II memorabilia collected by Cecil Curtis Teets, a West Virginian who grew up in the Buckhannon area, and who served in the medical service of the 443rd Fighter Squadron of U.S. Army Air Forces. Includes ship transport pass, program for Christmas banquet of 1943 for the 443rd, and three photos and clipping regarding major rodeo and air show in occupied Japan; there are also photographs of fellow soldiers and of a U.S. military encampment on Okinawa, among other subjects. There are Japanese postcards apparently collected by Teets when stationed in Japan after the war. The collection also includes two Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) photographs, including a candid shot of three friends at CCC Camp 518 near Parsons, West Virginia; and a picture of a stream near Horseshoe Forest Camp.

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Cecil Curtis Teets, World War II Memorabilia, A&M 3744, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Cecil Curtis Teets (1920-1995) was born and grew up in the Sago area near Buckhannon, West Virginia. He joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the depression years. Enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1942, he served in the medical corps after training at Lawson General Hospital in Atlanta in January 1943. He was in Okinawa toward the end of World War II, performing duties as an airfield ambulance driver.