Box AR00059

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Robert C. Horch Collection is a collection of materials related to the service of Robert “Bob” Clarence Horch, MSgt USAF, aboard the U.S.S. Omaha (CL-4) and the U.S.S. Steele (DE-8). This collection is organized into three folders that include documents Horch received aboard the U.S.S. Omaha (CL-4) such as Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve dinner menus, a Plan of the Day schedule, holiday greeting cards, and a news bulletin, the original manuscript and a printed copy of Pacific Odessey: A...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Robert C. Horch Collection is a collection of materials related to the service of Robert “Bob” Clarence Horch, MSgt USAF, aboard the U.S.S. Omaha (CL-4) and the U.S.S. Steele (DE-8). This collection is organized into three folders that include documents Horch received aboard the U.S.S. Omaha (CL-4) such as Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve dinner menus, a Plan of the Day schedule, holiday greeting cards, and a news bulletin, the original manuscript and a printed copy of Pacific Odessey: A...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Robert C. Horch Collection is a collection of materials related to the service of Robert “Bob” Clarence Horch, MSgt USAF, aboard the U.S.S. Omaha (CL-4) and the U.S.S. Steele (DE-8). This collection is organized into three folders that include documents Horch received aboard the U.S.S. Omaha (CL-4) such as Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve dinner menus, a Plan of the Day schedule, holiday greeting cards, and a news bulletin, the original manuscript and a printed copy of Pacific Odessey: A...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Robert C. Horch Collection is a collection of materials related to the service of Robert “Bob” Clarence Horch, MSgt USAF, aboard the U.S.S. Omaha (CL-4) and the U.S.S. Steele (DE-8). This collection is organized into three folders that include documents Horch received aboard the U.S.S. Omaha (CL-4) such as Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve dinner menus, a Plan of the Day schedule, holiday greeting cards, and a news bulletin, the original manuscript and a printed copy of Pacific Odessey: A...

Abstract

The Robert C. Horch Collection is a collection of materials related to the service of Robert “Bob” Clarence Horch, MSgt USAF, aboard the U.S.S. Omaha (CL-4) and the U.S.S. Steele (DE-8) and the original manuscript and a printed copy of Pacific Odyssey: A History of USS Steele (DE-8), written by Lt. (jg) Frank W. Bates, an officer aboard the U.S.S. Steele (DE-8).

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The William Burt Lee, Jr. Collection is a collection of photographs taken and compiled by PhoM 1/c William Burt Lee, Jr., during his service aboard the U.S.S. Chenango (CVE-28) between 1942 and 1945. The collection comprises two oversized scrapbooks that document both ship life aboard the U.S.S. Chenango (CVE-28) and Japanese life at the conclusion of the war, as well as the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, a folder of photographs documenting the American occupation of South...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The William Burt Lee, Jr. Collection is a collection of photographs taken and compiled by PhoM 1/c William Burt Lee, Jr., during his service aboard the U.S.S. Chenango (CVE-28) between 1942 and 1945. The collection comprises two oversized scrapbooks that document both ship life aboard the U.S.S. Chenango (CVE-28) and Japanese life at the conclusion of the war, as well as the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, a folder of photographs documenting the American occupation of South...

Scope and Contents This folder contains military records, newsletters, photographs, maps, training materials, and ephemera documenting the Army Air Forces service of L.B. Winfred Hardy. Materials include Selective Service induction records, military orders, pay and physical fitness records, radio code instructional materials, a Pacific weather code-decoding card, shipboard newsletters from the SS Howell Lykes, armed forces news publications, American Red Cross publications from Manila, photographs of Army Air...

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This folder contains a pocket-sized King James Bible with a metal cover engraved with, “May this keep you safe from harm.”

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This folder contains Army Air Forces training and reference materials for military radio operations. Materials include an instructor's guide for radio operator training from Yuma Army Airfield, featuring lesson plans, training schedules, and instructor information, as well as radio facility charts of the United States and Canada that show airports, radio range stations, weather broadcasts, and landing field classifications used for air navigation and communications.