World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Gertrude Blair Women's Army Corps paper
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1094
Scope and Content
The bulk of this collection consists of personal correspondence to and from Gertrude Blair, dated 1943-1956 that describe the daily activities of her WAC service. They include her time at Archer Field in Brisbane, Australia; Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, later renamed Jayapura (Indonesia); and Manilia, Philippines. Other documents include individual soldier records, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, military publications, event programs and a publication titled WACS...
Dates:
1943-1989; Majority of material found within 1944 - 1945
John Cothran papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1131
Scope and Content
This collection primarily contains documents from John Cothran's military service during World War II and as a member of the Organized Army Reserve. Material includes records of service, orders and memos, and discharge papers. Additional items include family papers such as his brother James Jr.'s baby book, diplomas, and awards. Of particular note is material given to discharged soldiers after World War II to aid their return to civilian life.
Dates:
1902-1953, 1995, undated
Private Albert T. Davie photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS45
Scope and Content
The collection contains one scrapbook documenting the military service of Private Albert Thomas Davie and one panoramic image. Most of the images are personal photographs of members of the military serving with Davie, as well as snapshots of him taken by others. All are either unidentified or identified with only a first name. Interspersed in the scrapbook are images of the family of Davie, presumably sent to him while he was in service. The panoramic image consists of a large unidentified...
Dates:
approximately 1949-1952
Roy William Wallace, Jr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS844
Scope and Content
The collection contains material pertaining to the cases in which Wallace served as judge advocate (trial correspondence and proceedings), materials relating to Wallace's Marine service, including payrolls, notice of relief from active duty, home address roster of staff officers, Marine dance invitation, etc., drafts of the historical monograph, The New Britain Campaign, personal items relating to business, notes on the trials at which he served, letters to...
Dates:
1922-1952, undated