Thomas F. Jones, Sr. papers regarding the Civilian Conservation Corps and Pearl Harbor 1937-1946

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Thomas F. Jones, Sr. papers regarding the Civilian Conservation Corps and Pearl Harbor 1937-1946

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This collection consists of photograph albums, training manuals, documents, and artifacts related to Thomas F. Jones, Sr.'s service in the Civilian Conservation Corps and later as a solider in the United States Army Coast Artillery stationed in Hawaii during and after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

1 linearfoot; (4 boxes)

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University of Delaware Library - Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6363782

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United States. Army. Coast Artillery, 15th.

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Jones, Thomas F., Sr.

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Thomas Francis Jones, Sr., a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served in the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1937-1940, after which he served in the United States Army Coast Artillery. Jones was stationed in Hawaii and saw action at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. He was honorably discharged in 1945 and he married Ann Barras in Philadelphia in May of 1946. Thomas F. Jones worked as a laborer for the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) from 1...

Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)

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The Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal agency, was created as part of the New Deal in 1935. From the description of Civilian Conservation Corps photograph collection [graphic]. 1936. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38548415 On March 31, 1933, congress passed the Emergency Conservation Work Act, creating the Civilian Conservation Corps. On April 5, the president appointed Robert Fechner of Tennessee as Director of Emergency Conservation Work. Fechner, a vic...