Marvin Burdett Manning collection
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Mr. Marvin Dale Manning donated his father's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 29, 2004. The unit history was added on Apr. 13, 2005.
Scope and Content
Consists of photographs taken upon the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, a hand-drawn map of the camp, lists and a photograph of the members of the 3542 Ordnance unit of the United States Army, a certificate of recognition for Marvin Manning, and a copy of the Jun. 22, 1945 "Pawnee PA Herald" in which a letter from Marvin Burdett Manning is printed describing his experiences visiting Dachau. Also includes photographs depicting SS officers who had been killed. Also includes one folder containing the unit history of the 3542 Ordnance M.A.M Company in Europe. Written in 1986, the folder contains the history of the unit, including remembrances of Dachau.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Newspaper articles.
- Photographs.
- Maps.
- Document