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Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings was a graduate of The Citadel's Class of 1942. Hollings went on to serve as Governor of South Carolina from 1959-1963 and as a United States Senator from 1966-2005.***The oldest known Citadel Class Ring dates to…

Written account of a few events that Hilton witnessed from 1941-1945. These events were written on the back of cigarette wrappers.

Military identification card issued to Roy C. Hilton by the United States Army on December 10, 1946.

Statement given by Roy C. Hilton about his experiences as a prisoner of war on June 8, 1946.

Chart written by Roy C. Hilton recounting march from Bataan to the prisoner of war camp, Camp O'Donnell. This march is now known as the Bataan Death March.

Supply report written by Hilton as a Colonel in the G.S.C. at Bataan, Philippines on May 5, 1943.

This journal is composed of different entries written by Hilton about events occurring from 1941-1945 and tied together with string. They include diary entries from December 25, 1942-April 1943, Hilton's health chart from November 1941-July 1945,…

This journal contains the lists of officers in charge during the Philippine Campaign from 1941-1942. It also contains maps of Luzon and Bataan and a summary of the American plan of defense.

This journal was kept by Hilton while he was a prisoner of war at Karenko Concentration Camp in Taiwan. The journal contains Winston Churchill's statement as a prisoner of war and also lists all of the prisoners (American, British and Dutch) arriving…

This journal was kept by Hilton while he was a prisoner of war at Tarlac Concentration Camp in the Philippines. The journal contains lists of other prisoners, the pay status of money received from the Japanese, brief history of Hilton's time in the…