Norman C. Stewart collection 1942-1945 Stewart, Norman C. collection

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Norman C. Stewart collection 1942-1945 Stewart, Norman C. collection

This collection is primarily made up of letters that Pharmacist's Mate Norman C. Stewart wrote to his girlfriend and later wife, Dorothy Seltzer of Norristown, Pennsylvania, about his experiences in the United States Navy during World War II. Stewart served at the United States Naval Hospital in Newport, Rhode Island; in Oakland, California; and in the Pacific Theater.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6392081

William L. Clements Library

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Stewart, Norman, 1917-2008

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Stewart, Katie

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Alameda Naval Air Station (Calif.)

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Stewart, Dorothy Seltzer

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Norman C. Stewart was born on March 3, 1917, the son of Katie D. Stewart. He had two brothers, Sander and Mervin. Stewart enlisted in the United States Navy before April 1942, and worked in a laboratory at the United States Naval Hospital in Newport, Rhode Island. In 1943 and 1944, he trained at Alameda, California, and at the hospital corps school in Portsmouth, Virginia. He served in the Pacific Theater in 1945, assisting with air evacuations from and between overseas and domestic...

Stewart, Mervin.

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United States Naval Hospital (Newport, R. I.)

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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...

United States. Navy. Hospital Corps

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