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Preferred Citation:

McGilvray Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase.

Biographical Information:

Burl McGilvray was from Gatesville, Texas and served in the Marines during World War II.

Scope and Contents

Letters home to Gatesville, Texas from two brothers, Cam and Burl McGilvray who served in the Army and Marines respectively during World War II. Cam McGilvray was in the Army Officer Candidate School No. 1 in Fargo, North Dakota.  Burl McGilvray was stationed overseas and returned in April 1943 to the U.S. Naval Hospital in San Diego, California due to a heat stroke complication. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, song lyrics and postcards.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Army Officer Candidate School No. 1 (Fargo, N.D.)
• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Gatesville (Tex.)
• Letters (correspondence)
• Postcards
• United States. Army.
• United States. Marine Corps
• World War, 1939-1945--United States