Book excerpt: Description: This series (1 folder) consists of souvenirs Roy Rickerson collected throughout his service. Items include: currency, playbills, postcard booklets, a photograph from Rome, a V-mail sent to Mrs. Rickerson, notes, and an envelope from a staff sergeant in the X Corps.;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.