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Mobile Public Library Local History & Genealogy Library

The Local History and Genealogy Library is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to the history of Mobile, and the greater Gulf Coast region.

Browse Items (48 total)

R.O. Sullivan portrait photo #4 - circa 1942.jpg
Photographs of Ruse Sullivan and other soldiers, mailed to his mother during his army enlistment

Department of Selective Service Order to Report for Induction (DSS Form 150) - R.O. Sullivan - 7.27.1942.pdf
Order for Ruse Sullivan to report for induction into the U.S. Army

U.S. Army Certificate of Discharge - R.O. Sullivan - 12.2.1943.pdf
Certificate of honorable discharge from the U.S. Army for Ruse O. Sullivan

Enlisted Record for Certificate of Discharge - R.O. Sullivan - circa winter 1943.pdf
U.S. Armed Forces enlisted record for Ruse O. Sullivan

Presidential Memorial Certificate memorializing R.O. Sullivan.pdf
Certificate honoring the memory of R.O. Sullivan for his service in the Armed Forces

Letter from U.S. War Department to D.O. Sullivan - mailed 1942 #1.jpg
Typed letter from Guy I. Rowe, Brigadier General, Q.M.C., to the family members of soldiers, letting them know what the soldier's experience at Camp Lee would entail.

written 11.16.1942.pdf
P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN
2ND PROV. CO. BAR.452
ATLANTA ORD. MTR. BASE
ATLANTA, GA.
4 ATLANTA GA. NOV 17 1942 1130 AM [Stamped in black on top-center of envelope]
FREE
BUY DEFENSE SAVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS [Stamped in black on top-right of…

written 02.23.1943.pdf
FROM [Printed in blue]
P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN
3457TH ORD. AUTO. MAINT. CO.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
2 PHOENIX ARIZ. MAR 24 1943 1230 PM [Stamped in black on top-center of envelope]
FREE
GIVE + RED CROSS WAR FUND [Stamped in black on right-top of…

written 05.30.1943.pdf
P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN
3457TH ORD. A. M. CO.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
2 PHOENIX ARIZ. MAY 31 1943 1130 AM [Stamped in black on top-center of envelope]
[Red postage stamp on top-right of envelope, shows an airplane with “AIR 6¢
MAIL UNITED STATES OF…

written 06.04.1943.pdf
P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN
3457TH ORD. A. M. CO.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA

1 PHOENIX ARIZ. JUN 5 1943 330 PM [Stamped in black on top-center of envelope]
FREE
[S]TAMPS BUY WAR SAVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS [Stamped in black on top-right of envelope]

Mrs. D.O.…
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