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Marvin H. Mischnick was a veteran of the Third Armored Division of the First United States Army, serving with the 23rd Armored Engineering Battlaion as a Technician, 5th class. He served with the division in the European Theatre during WWII. He was also the Division Headquarters Photographer and captured photos documenting the war and those experiencing it that would later go on to be published in newspapers and in books about the Third Armored Division. His enthusiasm for photography gives us a glimpse into sides of the war left untapped by some other accounts.
Description: Marvin H. Mischnick Papers including correspondence, photographs, books, newspaper clippings, and artifacts concerning the Third Armored Division; World War II action in France, Belgium and Germany; 23rd Armored Engineering Battalion; photography; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Major General Maurice Rose; American Legion; and Third Armored Division Association. This general file contains significant material on World War II and the Third Armored Division, and Mischnick's photographs of places and aftermath of wartime action and of notable persons including General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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