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In this letter to Governor Schoeppel, PfC Garnold Scheider asks Schoeppel to help facilitate his return to civilian life. Arguing that his experience as a teacher is needed in Goodland, Kansas, Schneider ponders why the school systems in the U.S. have not "banded together and requested the release of men as the railroad and mining industries have?"
Creator: Schneider, Garnold
Date: August 19, 1945
This item can be used alongside other materials on the home front durign World War II to give students an idea of the type of obstacles faced by servicemen as they attempted to get out of the military and return to civilian life.
11th Grade, Benchmark 2, World War II home front (indicator 6)
Item Number: 217037
Call Number: Governor's Records, Governor Schoeppel, Box 65, Folder 3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 217037
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (US_Benchmark 2) - World War II home front (Indicator 6)
Date - 1940s - 1945
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank
Military - Wars - World War II - Homefront
Military - Wars - World War II - Homefront - Returning to Civilian Life
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank, 1894-1962
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Florida
Places - Other States - Florida - Orlando
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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