Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945

Abstract The Earl Malcom Stiefel Papers contains material related to First Class Fire Controlman Earl Malcolm Stiefel's military service and the movements and service history of the USS West Virginia. This collection consists of military service documents, personal journals, military passes, personal documents, published magazines, published materials related to the USS West Virginia, and military roster photographs from the USS West Virginia and the United States. Naval Training Center in Great...

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The George M. Boswell, Jr. Collection comprises various materials related to George M. Boswell, Jr.'s military career, including photographs, operational records, training materials, and maps. Notable items in the collection are those connected to Operation Torch, the USS Henry T. Allen, the USS Sibley, and the USS John R. Brooke. Navigational training materials are also available in the collection.

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The Lawrence H. W. Schain Papers contain two scrapbooks created by Schain during his military service, photographs, newspaper clippings, documents, and bound books. This collection also contains black-and-white scans of Robert Sherrod's book "Marine Corps Aviation in World War II". Schain collected these materials during his service with the United States Marine Corps in World War II and the Korean War.

Abstract This collection contains material collected by James Patrick while he was stationed in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The collection includes manuals and maps used during the war, different Japanese materials he collected during the war, as well as his military documents. The bulk of the collection deals with letters from James to his wife, Mary, while he was in the Pacific Theater. The letters contain discussions about his day-to-day life and the budding relationship that Mary and...

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The Philip Crosland collection contains photographs, military documents, holiday menus, Navy memorabilia, newsletters, a wooden postcard, and letters Philip Crosland sent to his mother while he was away at war in the Pacific.