us-005578-irn109097-irn86882
type: RecordSet
has beginning date: 1942-01-01
has beginning date: 1941-01-01
has end date: 1945-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: 843
has or had subject: 004289
has or had subject: 701
has record set type: Item
history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
history: Edward J. Diehm, originally from Rochester, NY, entered the United States military on January 12, 1942. After training, he was sent to Europe, arriving in England January 11, 1944. He participated in battles in central Europe, Normandy, France, and the Rhineland as a staff sergeant in company A, of the 509th Military Police Battalion. He was honorably discharged from service on October 2, 1945.
identifier: irn86882
is or was included in: us-005578-irn109097
record resource extent: folder 1
record resource structure: The collection is arranged in a single series.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Consists of photographs, a letter, and identity cards owned by Edward J. Diehm, a Sergeant in the Military Police of the United States Army. Includes photographs from his military training, of his service in Europe, and of the occupation of Germany, as well as one photograph of corpses taken at an unknown concentration camp. Also includes copies of his service records, his discharge card, his card for the marine barracks in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, and a typescript letter to Diehm's wife in which he describes the desire of liberated prisoners to return to their homes, as well as wartime souvenirs he is sending home.
title: Edward J. Diehm collection