Golden Wallis collection 1943-1946 Wallis, Golden collection

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Golden Wallis collection 1943-1946 Wallis, Golden collection

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This collection consists of 18 items related to Golden J. Wallis of the United States Navy and his wife Roberta, natives of Memphis, Tennessee. Wallis wrote 10 love letters and 1 telegram to his wife while serving onboard the USS in 1944 and 1945, and they received 4 additional letters and telegrams from friends and family. Other items are an invitation, a church program, and an unidentified wedding photograph. Missouri

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William L. Clements Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6391983

William L. Clements Library

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Wallis, Roberta Parrish, 1909-1993

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Golden J. Wallis ("Goldie") was born in Arkansas on September 2, 1914, the son of Charles T. and Flora Wallis. He had 3 sisters: Faye, Charline, and Martha. He married Roberta Parrish (1909-1993) before 1943. Harris enlisted in the United States Navy during the World War II, serving as a carpenter's mate, 3rd class, on the USS Missouri, where he witnessed the signing of the Japanese surrender in September 1945. After the war, Golden and Roberta Wallis lived in Memphis, Tennessee, wh...

Sterling, Mary Alice.

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Wallis, Faye.

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Missouri (Battleship : BB 63)

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USS Missouri was commissioned in June 1944. She participated in the Iwo Jima invasion, Okinawa campaign and bombarded the Japanese mainland during the last days of the war. From the description of Photograph, September 2, 1945. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 732621984 ...

United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Wallis, Goldie (Golden J.), 1914-1999

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Golden J. Wallis ("Goldie") was born in Arkansas on September 2, 1914, the son of Charles T. and Flora Wallis. He had 3 sisters: Faye, Charline, and Martha. He married Roberta Parrish (1909-1993) before 1943. Harris enlisted in the United States Navy during the World War II, serving as a carpenter's mate, 3rd class, on the USS Missouri, where he witnessed the signing of the Japanese surrender in September 1945. After the war, Golden and Roberta Wallis lived in Memphis, Tennessee, wh...

Burk, Billy.

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New York Naval Shipyard

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The origins of the Brooklyn Navy Yard (officially known as the New York Naval Shipyard) date to 1801, when the United States Navy acquired what had previously been a small, privately owned shipyard in order to construct naval vessels. By the time the Department of Defense ceased shipbuilding activities at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1966, 88 vessels had been manufactured at the facility. In 1967, the Brooklyn Navy Yard was acquired by the City of New York and was converted for private commercial u...