Name/Title
CorrespondenceEntry/Object ID
2021.208.014Scope and Content
Collection of letters and papers relating to Maurice La Grua's service with the 12th Infantry division of the U.S. Army during WWII:
*Roster (2 copies) of members of the 2nd Platoon that participated in "D" Day, at Utah Beach, Normandy, France, June 6, 1944, including Staff Seargeant Maurice La Grua
*Bronze Star Medal Citation, awarded to Maurice La Grua, 1944
*Military orders, Maurice La Grua awarded with Oak Leaf Cluster for wound sustained in Germany, September 17, 1944.
*Certificate, Honorable Discharge from the U.S. Army for Maurice La Grua, Staff Sergeant, Co. B, 12th Infantry, given at the convalescent hospital, Camp Edwards, Massachusetts, June 2, 1945
*Letter to Maurice La Grua from the Army Service Forces, re. ceremony to award La Grua with the Bronze Star Medal, September 12, 1945
*Miniature book, "My Military Missal: Advice to Catholics in the Army and Navy," belonged to Maurice La Grua during WWII.
*Letter to Maurice La Grua from the Veterans Administration re. disability insurance claims, March 4, 1947.
*Series of 3 maps showing the positions of the 4th division infantry in Germany and France in 1918 during WWI.