Box AR00052

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This folder contains correspondence, official records, and personal materials related to Ensign Thomas Raymond Jones and his death in the Pearl Harbor attack. Materials include condolence letters, military and insurance correspondence, government records documenting the shipment of his personal effects, commemorative materials, identification items, and photographs of his Naval Reserve officer’s sword.

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This folder contains photographs, correspondence, and printed materials documenting the life, training, and naval service of Ensign Thomas Raymond Jones before his death. Materials include portrait and group photographs, letters and postcards to family members describing daily life, duties, and experiences in Hawaii and during naval training, and items related to his education, service, and the USS Arizona.

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This folder contains a memorial certificate from Louisiana State University honoring Ensign Thomas Raymond Jones.

Scope and Contents This folder contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and personal effects documenting the life and military service of Ensign Thomas Raymond Jones. Materials include condolence letters and telegrams sent to Jones’s family following his death, including correspondence regarding the posthumous award of the Purple Heart, as well as photographs of Jones during his youth, education, naval training, and time stationed in Hawaii. Also included are images of friends, family...

Scope and Contents This folder contains copies of personal and naval correspondence, along with a scrapbook, documenting the life, military service, and death of Ensign Thomas Raymond Jones of the USS Arizona (BB-39). Materials include copies of Jones’s personal letters describing daily life, naval training, duties, and experiences while stationed in Hawaii; a scrapbook containing photographs from his youth and military service; and copies of official naval correspondence regarding his death during the attack...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series documents the creation, administration, and evaluation of Special Training Units at the Armored Replacement Training Center. The records include formal reports on the development, scope, organization, and instructional philosophy of the STU program; analyses of classification procedures; and materials describing the integration of psychiatric services and orientation programs. Extensive documentation from the 19th Battalion STU includes personnel case studies, demographic...

Scope and Contents This folder contains documents on the administrative, instructional, and research activities at the Armored Force Replacement Training Center and Armored School in Fort Knox, Kentucky, along with related military offices. They include materials outlining duties for managing the training center’s operations, like administration, facilities, welfare, mess, and supplies; as well as memorandums addressing discipline, officer promotions, and the handling of military law. Several documents...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Personnel Records series documents the military and professional career of Robert E. Byrns from his early service in the 1930s through his post–World War II and mid-career administrative history, extending into his later civilian affiliations and veteran status. The materials record Byrns’s military appointments, service evaluations, training history, correspondence, and administrative interactions with the U.S. Army and Veterans Administration. Additional materials document his...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Personnel Records series documents the military and professional career of Robert E. Byrns from his early service in the 1930s through his post–World War II and mid-career administrative history, extending into his later civilian affiliations and veteran status. The materials record Byrns’s military appointments, service evaluations, training history, correspondence, and administrative interactions with the U.S. Army and Veterans Administration. Additional materials document his...

Scope and Contents This folder contains various military documents and personal records dating from 1954 to 1963. Included are notes about country alliances, military correspondence, orders, records, and several military pay vouchers. The materials also feature documents related to an individual weapons committee led by Lt. Col. Robert E. Byrns, along with a personnel directory of the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group in Denmark. Photographs in the folder show servicemen at Fort Hood, Texas, during the...