Brunger papers 1941-1949 1942-1945 Brunger papers

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Brunger papers 1941-1949 1942-1945 Brunger papers

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The Brunger papers consist primarily of letters from United States Navy Seaman Francis D. Brunger to Alice Louise Harrington, his girlfriend and eventual wife, during Brunger's service in the Pacific Theater of the Second World War. He wrote of his life at sea and responded to news from home about his wife and his son, Francis David Brunger, Jr., who was born in December 1944. Additional material includes a photograph, documents, printed material, and ephemera.

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William L. Clements Library

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William L. Clements Library

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Francis David Brunger was born in Oswego, New York, in 1920. His parents, Charles F. and Katherine Brunger, had both emigrated from England. While living in Wilmington, Illinois, in 1942, he joined the United States Navy, and he served onboard the destroyer USS Farenholt in the Pacific Theater during the Second World War. In 1944, he received further training at the West Coast Sound School, and afterward was transferred to the destroyer USS Rooks, also stationed in the Pacific. Afte...