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Ned Harrison Collection

This collection consists of materials gathered from war veterans and civilians for a newspaper column commemorating the 50th anniversary of U.S. involvement in World War II. Ned Harrison invited people to submit their recollections of events and experiences from 1943 to 1945 to be published in the News & Record, where his column ran from January 1993 to January 1996. The digitized items include only the few that shed light on Greensboro during World War II. Min Klein describes her and her husband’s involvement in supporting troops stationed at the Overseas Replacement Depot. Corrine Fagg and John Lowe tell about what they were doing and thinking on September 2, 1945, the day President Harry Truman declared the official end of World War II.

Letter from Corrine Fagg to Ned Harrison
This folder contains a handwritten letter from Corrine Fagg to Ned Harrison about her personal experiences during World War II in Greensboro. Specifically, she tells the story of her very emotional reaction to hearing the Cone Mills fog horn sound in the middle of the day on September 2, 1945, assuming the worst because the horn was only supposed to make noise at shift-changing time. The mill management had released the workers early to celebrate upon hearing of Japan's surrender to the Allied forces. She closes the letter by wishing that the big horn had been kept to warn people of emergencies and other important events.
Letter from John Lowe to Ned Harrison
This folder contains a handwritten letter from John Lowe to Ned Harrison sharing some of his personal and military experiences in 1945 and 1946. Mr. Lowe writes that he was on duty as a Hospital Adjutant at the 1000-bed Overseas Replacement Depot hospital on September 2, 1945, awaiting the birth of his first child. He mentions the point system used towards dismissal from military service. He also discusses his eventual discharge, including where he worked afterwards.
Letter from Min Klein to Ned Harrison
This folder contains a typed letter from Min Klein to Ned Harrison with a potential article to run in the newspaper regarding her and her husband's experiences during World War II in Greensboro. Mrs. Klein describes the development of troop support services from a small storefront organization for the few troops in Greensboro to the building of the Overseas Replacement Depot and the Greensboro USO, and recommends visiting the then-current "Army Town: 1943-1993" exhibit at the Greensboro Historical Museum.

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