Benedict Stoll Goldberg papers 1942-1946

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Benedict Stoll Goldberg papers 1942-1946

Photographs, postcards, and printed matter, relating to United States Marine Corps operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

1 manuscript box; (0.4 linear feet)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6656548

Hoover Institution Archives

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Goldberg, Benedict Stoll.

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Biographical/Historical Note Photographer, United States Marine Corps, during World War II. From the guide to the Benedict Stoll Goldberg papers, 1942-1946, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

United States. Marine Corps

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The U.S. Marine Corps was established on November 10, 1775. From the description of Papers, 1933-1945. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 754107146 The history of the Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers dates from 1942-1945. In 1942, a white man by the name of Phillip Johnston, who had lived on a Navajo reservation for many years of his life, conceived an idea that he thought might help the war. He believed that the Navajo language, a verbal, rarely-written language, coul...