Book excerpt: Description: This series (1 folder) consists of military correspondence and documents from the service of Roy Rickerson. The items range from travel and personnel orders at home and abroad to his involvement in Operational Groups (OG). Specifically in the series are papers regarding his involvement in special operations in pre-invasion Southern France, parachute training, notes to turn over captured German money, awards, citations and promotions, questions and answers regarding OSS operations behind Japanese lines in China, and separation papers.;Military correspondence, certificates, souvenirs, photographs, newspaper clippings, and maps from the service of Roy Rickerson, who was in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in an Operational Group in North Africa, Italy, France, the Balkans, Germany, Norway, Burma, and China as a Tactics Instructor.The collection is arranged into four series: I. Military correspondence and documentation, August 1943-December 1952; Souvenirs, 1944-1945; Photographs and newspaper clippings, 1944-1945; and IV. Maps.