A Collection in the Manuscripts and Rare Books Department
Accession Number Mss. Acc. 2007.28
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Special Collections Earl Gregg Swem Library College of William and Mary Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8794 USA Phone: (757) 221-3090 Fax: (757) 221-5440 Email: spcoll@wm.edu URL: http://swem.wm.edu/scrc/
Blizzard, Arlie Raymond, 1909-1966
Blizzard, Arthur Roy, 1918-1992
Blizzard, William Russell, 1912-2000
Language of Materials
The papers are in:
English
Abstract:
Correspondence, papers, and a photograph concerning three Franklin, West Virginia brothers who served in the United States
military during the Second World War. Collection consists of nearly 200 letters of outgoing correspondence penned by three
brothers, Arlie, Arthur, and W. Russell Blizzard to their mother and sisters in Franklin, West Virginia. Most correspondence
concerns training, work, and soldier life on military bases in the United States during World War II. Also included is Arlie
Blizzard's visit to Japan and Korea in late 1945. Collection also contains a few pre and post-war letters and school papers.
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Preferred Citation
Blizzard Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center from eBay on 04/01/2007.
Arlie Raymond Blizzard (17 Sept. 1909 - 20 Oct. 1966) of Franklin, West Virginia and son of Granville Harris (1874-1934) and
Sarah Jane Dahmer Blizzard, enlisted in the United States Army in 1940. In mid 1942, as First Sergeant, he was assigned to
Camp Forrest, Tennessee. In the fall of 1942 he moved to army bases in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. In 1943 he
was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant and was assigned to various bases in the western United States; including bases
in Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Throughout 1944 and early 1945 he was stationed in Hawaii. He spent July and August 1945
in the Pacific, part of it at Okinawa, Japan, and later at a base in Korea. As a Captain, in late December 1945 Blizzard was
honorably discharged and returned home to West Virginia. Blizzard died at Rockingham, Virginia in 1966.
Correspondence, papers, and a photograph concerning three Franklin, West Virginia brothers who served in the United States
military during the Second World War. Collection consists of nearly 200 letters of outgoing correspondence penned by three
brothers, Arlie, Arthur, and W. Russell Blizzard to their mother and sisters in Franklin, West Virginia. Most correspondence
concerns training, work, and soldier life on military bases in the United States during World War II. Also included is Arlie
Blizzard's visit to Japan and Korea in late 1945. Collection also contains a few pre and post-war letters and school papers.