| Abstract |
Collection consists of Colonel Dillon's correspondence (1942-1944), wartime photographs, military orders, and newspaper clippings. Due to the wartime censorship, there is little of major significance in the correspondence, except for one uncensored letter sent to Dillon's mother. Dillon gives his impressions on the upcoming North African campaign, relates that the Vichy French in Morocco are aware of the impending invasion due to the blackout of Casablanca and due to the bypassing of the French fortress of Dakar by the American convoy, and describes the sinking of an enemy submarine and two enemy planes. In other letters, he describes the duties of an Army Air Force Combat Intelligence officer. Collection also includes thank you letters, a pamphlet entitled "North Africa," newspaper clippings, discharge papers, a biographical sketch of Dillon, an issue of "The Purple Heart Magazine," photographs, and lists of medals and citations received. |
| Access restriction | Joyner- No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Fairfax Kirkwood Dillon Papers (#189), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Joyner- Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Mrs. A. B. Raymer. |
| Biographical note | Colonel Fairfax Kirkwood Dillon of Statesville, N.C., was a second lieutenant in World War I and a Combat Intelligence officer in World War II. He participated in the original landing at Casablanca in North Africa. Later, Colonel Dillon was involved in the U. S. landings in Sicily and Italy, and he personally received the surrender of the enemy on the Isle of Capri in Italy. Dillon was next sent to the Pacific theater and was on Okinawa at the time of the Japanese surrender; after which he was ordered to Korea as the Military Mayor of Seoul. Among the medals he received were the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, an Air Medal, World War I and World War II Victory Medals, and numerous campaign awards. |
