“It’s been a strange way to do my wartime service but somebody had to do it and, since…I wondered inside who will take care of the monuments and the objects of art, I’m afraid I rather asked for it and so it was not improperly myself who was chosen.” – Staff Sargeant Bernard M. Peebles Read More
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The Archivist’s Nook: A Venus Fixer Goes to War
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Art History, Bernard M. Peebles, Greek and Latin, Italy, manuscripts, MFAA, Monuments Men, Museum Fine Arts and Archives Subcommittee, Sicily, University Archives, Venus Fixers, World War II, WWII | Comment