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Robert Bell Bradley Collection
Biographical Sketch
Robert Bell Bradley was a corporal and a medical technician in the 120th Infantry. He was a student at the University of Maryland when enlisted in October 1942. Sent to France with the invasion forces, Bradley was captured in August 1944, and reported missing. He spent nearly a year in a German Prisoners of War camp until the Russian army liberated him.
Scope and Content
The materials in the Robert Bell Bradley Collection form a complete record of Bradley’s military life. The Bradley Collection includes personal correspondence, oral histories and photographs. Also included are a draft and a typescript of Bradley’s book Aid Man, an account of his wartime experiences.
Inventory
Folder
1 Pre-induction items and commentary, 1942
2 Seven letters from Camp Blanding, 1942
3 Six letters from Camp Blanding, 1942
4 January through February letters from Camp Blanding, 1943
5 March through April letters from Camp Blanding, 1943
6 May through June letters from Tennessee, 1943
7 July through August letters from Tennessee, 1943
8 September through November letters from Tennessee, 1943
9 Letters from Tennessee and Indiana, 1943 and undated
10 January correspondence, 1944
11 February through April correspondence, 1944
12 May correspondence, 1944
13 June through July letters, 1944
14 August 1-15 letters, 1944
15 August 16-31 letters and papers, 1944
16 Package labels
17 September through October letters, 1944
18 November through December letters, 1944
19 Prisoner of war items
20 Prisoner of war items
21 Prisoner of war items
22 Mr. Bradley’s parents
23 Mrs. Bradley’s letters to bob in prison camp
24 Mrs. Bradley’s letters to Bob in prison camp
25 Prisoner of war letters, 1944
26 Prisoner of war letters, 1945
27 Prison items liberation, commentary
28 June through September letters, 1945
29 Miscellaneous army items, instructions, honorable discharge, comments
30 World War II items
31 Peacetime items
32 Photographs and comments, a few negatives
33 Newspaper clippings
34 Loose poems, manuscripts by Robert B. Bailey
35 Armband and commentary
36 Patch and commentary
37 armband and commentary
38 Box containing manuscript of Aid Man, draft, and three small books
39 Typescript poem Veni, manuscript for book by that name.
40 Will, 1944
