Title: Kenneth V. Brennan Collection, 1942-1945
ID: RG2/105
Extent: 0.16
More Extent Information
1 folder
Arrangement
The diaries are stored in one archival folder.
Abstract
Kenneth V. Brennan was an American Field Service (AFS) ambulance driver in Syria, the Western Desert, and Italy during World War II. The Kenneth V. Brennan Collection consists of three diaries he kept during his AFS service between 1942 and 1945.
Administrative/Biographical History
Kenneth Victor Brennan was born on September 24, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York to Miriam Applebee and George R. Brennan. In 1942 at age eighteen he volunteered as an ambulance driver with the American Field Service (AFS), and was sent overseas with AFS unit ME 5 in March 1942. He took part in the African Campaign in the Western Desert and Italian Campaign before returning to the United States in October 1943. He returned to AFS service again in January 1944, serving in the Italian Campaign with AFS unit CM 55 until March 1945.
In 1946 Brennan married Joan Longley. Together they had two children, Barbara and Michael. Kenneth V. Brennan passed away in 1986.
Author: Nicole Milano Subjects (links to similar collections) Administrative InformationAcquired:
08/17/2017.
Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
Rights: Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be submitted in writing to the AFS Archives. In the event that this research becomes a source for publication, a credit line indicating the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs is required. Any copyright vested in Barbara Brennan has passed to AFS Intercultural Programs, Inc.
Acquisition Note:
This collection was donated to the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs by Barbara Brennan, Kenneth’s daughter, in 2017.
Related Materials:
Barbara Brennan edited a book of her dad’s diaries and letters, published in 2011 and entitled Death Before Dishonor: Memoirs of a World War II Ambulance Driver. For more information on Brennan’s AFS units during World War II, see RG2/001, AFS World War II Records.
Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], [Date]; Kenneth V. Brennan Collection; Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs, New York, NY.
Collection Material Type: Mixed Materials
