Vernon H. Bindner Collection

Collection — Box: AR00008

Identifier: 000099

Scope and Contents

The Vernon H. Bindner Collection consists of photographs, magazines, books, correspondence, and U.S. Navy personnel documents from 1942-1949 relating to the service of Vernon H. Bindner, Motor Machinist’s Mate Third Class. The materials predominantly consist of correspondence from the Selective Service System and documents by the Veterans’ Administration for adjusting to civilian life after separation from the U.S. Navy. Some of the letters from the Selective Service System are addressed to John F. Bindner and Donald John Bindner, Vernon H. Bindner’s father and brother respectively. There are also books, photos, and magazine materials related to military life while deployed, including an Esquire pocket calendar with pin-up illustrations by Varga (Alberto Vargas) and a copy of HALT, Volume 3, Number 7.

Dates

Creation: 1942 - 1949

Creator

United States. Navy (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection in any form must be obtained from the National Museum of the Pacific War, Center for Pacific War Studies.

Biographical / Historical

Motor Machinist’s Mate Third Class Vernon H. Bindner (1923-2009) was deployed on USS LSM-75 in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater under the U.S. Navy. Prior to deployment, he trained at Naval Training Station in Farragut, Idaho. On the ship, his general station was at the 50-caliber machine gun. Bindner was an active-duty service member from March 21, 1944 to June 3, 1946, when he was honorably discharged after a little over 2 years of service and separated from the U.S. Navy.