Balaz - Beville, 1950 - 1970

This collection consists of news releases and glossy photographs of Marylanders in the United Stats armed forces from 1950 to 1970. Vietnam servicemen are well represented. The material was sent to the "Baltimore News American" by the four military services: the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, and the United States Marine Corps. The military services prepared news releases on individual servicemen's training, transfer, and promotion and sent these to the servicemen's hometown newspaper for distribution. The "News American" kept the news releases and photographs together and filed them by the serviceman's last name. Often included with the news release is the newspaper clipping if the information was published by the "News American." The type of information given in the news release was the serviceman's name, parents' names, address, schools attended, military training received, promotions, and transfers. The news releases in the servicemen's files are mimeograph copies. There are approximately 10,250 of these files and the name index has been integrated into the Dielman-Hayward File in the Library.