Reo Robbins photograph collection circa 1940-1945

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Reo Robbins photograph collection circa 1940-1945

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The Reo Robbins photograph collection contains photographs of United States naval activity in the Pacific Ocean before, during, and after World War II. Included in this collection are battle scenes and photographs taken in Nagasaki after the explosion of the atomic bomb.

262 photographs

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J. Willard Marriott Library. University of Utah Photograph Archives

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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876. From the guide to the Franklin County, Idaho Post Office Location Records, 1876-1945, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. From the guide to the US Forest Service Photograph Collection., 19...

Reo Robbins

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Reo Robbins was born in Burley, Idaho 2 September 1917, the second of 3 children. At age 15 his father died and his mother remarried. His stepfather, Leonard Bramwell, moved the family to Klamath Falls, Oregon where he owned a small farm. Reo did not care for farm life and at age 18, just before graduating from High School, joined the Navy. His first ship was the USS West Virginia, on which he became a signalman. While on the West Virginia(WV), his first enlistment expired. Whether ...