Frank A. Tuman papers

Identifier
irn71291
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.313.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn71291

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jan Rankin

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Jan Rankin.

Scope and Content

Collection of papers relating to Corp. Frank A. Tuman during his service with Company L, 304th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division of the US Army during WWII. The collection includes a certificate of Merit issued to Tuman for Conspicuously meritorious and outstanding performance of military duty against an armed enemy and a Commendation issued to Tuman from Maj. Gen. Wm. R. Schmidt and Col. Wallace A. Choquette regarding the work Corp. Tuman and Pfc. Harold Levine performed in Mumsdorf, Germany regarding the reburial of victims of Nazi atrocities and the forced confrontation by the local German residents.

People

  • Tuman, Frank.

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army. Infantry Division, 76th

Subjects

  • Soldiers--United States.
  • World War, 1939-1945.

Genre

  • Document
  • Certificates.
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.