Guide to the Allen and Lula Bell Larson Papers

Record Group 278

Date Span:  1942-1945

 

Extent: 9 items

 

Biographical Sketch: Allen H. Larson (Jan 7, 1919 - Oct 31, 1998, buried in Elmlawn Cemetery, Tonowanda, NY) grew up in Buffalo, NY, and entered the US Army Air Corps during World War 2.  He trained in advanced single fighter combat at Napier Field north of Dothan, Alabama and was a member of the 430th Single Engine Fighter Training Squadron.  He worked at Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation in New York State.

 

Lula Belle Dupree (Dec 28, 1922-March 2, 2007, buried in Elmlawn Cemetery, Tonowanda, NY) was a secretary at the USAAF base in Napier Field.  She grew up on an Ashford, AL, farm.

 

They had one son, Allen Leo Larson (born Buffalo, NY, March 10, 1946, d. Winter Park, FL Sept 13, 2022. m. Linda Anger Larson)

 

Scope / Content: Two Napier Field souvenir books (one blue, one red possibly published later); two issues of the Napier Field camp newspaper The Booster; one photograph each of Lula Larson and Allen Larson; two military ID cards plus 1 ration card

Provenance:  Linda Larson (daughter in law) was going through her deceased husband's papers and found these items.  She mailed them to the Wiregrass Archives.

 

Preferred Citation:  Allen and Lula Belle Larson Papers, RG 278.  Wiregrass Archives, Troy University--Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL.

 

Access: Open

 

Date processed:  December 2023

 

 

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INVENTORY

 

File I.D.                                  File Label

278-23-1205-001-001          Napier Field, AL souvenir book (blue)

 

278-23-1205-001-002          Napier Field, AL souvenir book (red)

 

278-23-1205-001-003          Napier Field camp newspaper The Booster, March 12, 1944

 

278-23-1205-001-004          Napier Field camp newspaper The Booster, April 15, 1944

 

278-23-1205-001-005          3.5 x 5 in photo, sepia tone, Allen H. Larson, 1943

 

278-23-1205-001-006          2.5 x 3.5 in photo, b & w, Lula Belle Dupree Larson, 1943

 

278-23-1205-001-007          Napier Field Identification pass, Allen Larson

 

278-23-1205-001-008          Non-Commissioned Officers Club i.d., Allen Larson

 

278-23-1205-001-009          Tobacco ration card, Oct 1945, Allen Larson

 

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