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[Portrait of Harold Gilbert]
Date: 1944
Creator: W. C. Stripling Company
Description: Photograph of Private 1st Class Harold Gilbert, an officer from Fort Worth, Texas. In this portrait, he is pictured from the chest up and is wearing his uniform and beret. Gilbert was killed en route from England to France in 1944, where his troopship was torpedoed by the Germans in the English Channel. Fort Worth's Rubin-Gilbert AZA chapter (the B'nai B'rith youth group for boys) is named after him and Lt. Alvin Rubin, who also died in the war.
Contributing Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
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[Memorial Service Flyer]
Date: 1946
Creator: B'nai B'rith Lodge
Description: Flyer announcing a community memorial service held at the Ahavath Sholom Synagogue in Fort Worth, Texas. The memorial service was held for soldiers "fallen in battle," and was officiated by Rabbi Samuel Soskin and Rabbi Charles Blumenthal. The soldiers remembered were: Richard Burt, Harold Gilbert, Alvin Rubin and Walter C. Sanders.
Contributing Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
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[George Marshall's Sympathy Card]
Date: 1945
Creator: Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
Description: A letter from General George C. Marshall, the United States Army Chief of Staff, expressing his condolences for the death of an unidentified soldier. The text reads: "General Marshall extends his deep sympathy in your bereavement. Your son fought valiantly in a supreme hour of his country's need. His memory will live in the grateful heart of our nation."
Contributing Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
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[Ladies Cemetery Society Minutes]
Date: January 16, 1945
Creator: Mehl, Mrs. I. N.
Description: Handwritten minutes for the Ladies Cemetery Society commenting on the death of Private Harold Gilbert, the son of the society's recording secretary, Rose Gilbert. The text notes: “The absence of the secretary ...who had the misfortune of losing her son, Harold, Dec. 25, 1944, in the European Theater of the war, made the meeting a sad one; each and every one of the members present were in tears.” On the second page of the minutes, the group’s long-time president Mrs. Becky Goldstein recalls how she and Mrs. Gilbert used to “go out to collect dues at 25 cents each. Mrs. Gilbert furnished the horse and buggy.”
Contributing Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
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[Letter to Gilbert Family]
Date: April 30, 1945
Creator: Voelker, William J., Jr.
Description: Two photostat copies of a typed letter from William J. Voelker Jr. to Mrs. Max Gilbert, mother of Private Harold Gilbert. The letter describes the attack that killed Harold Gilbert, and discusses the details of Gilbert's burial in Normandy, France on on Dec. 27, 1944.
Contributing Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
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[Fort Worth Cats Flyer]
Date: April 1953
Creator: unknown
Description: Illustrated flyer for the Men's Club of the Congregation Ahavath Sholom in Fort Worth, Texas. The flyer invites all members to come enjoy food, baseball and festivities at the congregation. There is an illustration of a cowboy holding a lasso, a baseball and a baseball bat on the flyer.
Contributing Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
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[Letter to a Gold Star Mother]
Date: December 22, 1947
Creator: Carter, Amon Giles, 1879-1955
Description: Typed letter from Amon Carter and his son, Amon Carter Jr. to "a Gold Star Mother." Gold Star Mothers is a support organization formed for mothers who lost a son or daughter in the war. The letter expresses condolences and comfort to an unidentified mother, and was accompanied by a gift basket of grapefruits, as noted in the letter.
Contributing Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117206/
[Letter to Gilbert Family]
Date: February 13, 1945
Creator: Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950
Description: Photostatic copy of a typed letter from the United States Secretary of War, Henry Stimson, to Max Gilbert. The letter awards Gilbert's son, Harold Gilbert with a Purple Heart for his service, and it expresses Stimson's condolences for the death of Harold Gilbert.
Contributing Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
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