COLLECTIONS
Eddie Deerfield Collection
Eddie Deerfield was a member of the 303rd Bomb Group during World War II. Deerfield flew 30 combat missions over Nazi Germany and Occupied Europe. Deerfield was honorably discharged in 1945 as a technical sergeant. he was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and a Purple Heart.
He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U. S. Army Reserve in 1949 and called back into service in 1951 in the 1st Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet Group, a psychological warfare unit. He was based in Pusan, Korea, as detachment commander.
This small collection contains pamphlets and menus.
