Letters and biographical data, 1912, 1917-1918, and 1931.

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Letters and biographical data, 1912, 1917-1918, and 1931.

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Mainly material (1917-1918) documenting the World War I naval service of George S. Cook, Minneapolis, Minnesota, as a United States Radio Service electrician on board the U.S.S. Broad Arrow in the Atlantic Ocean, including two letters detailing crossings to England. There are also two unlabeled 1918 photographs of a man in a naval uniform, presumably Cook, and several items containing information on his family, particularly his father, Seymour S. Cook, relatives in Wisconsin, and George's later career as a writer (1931).

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 6741762

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Cook (Seymour S.) family.

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Cook, George S., 1920-

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United States. Armed Forces Radio and Television Service

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The Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (1954-1969) was a unit of the United States Department of Defense. With the advent and growing popularity of television, the Armed Forces Radio Service was redesigned and renamed the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) to incorporate this new media. The purpose of this organization was to provide American news and media programming to United States military personnel stationed abroad. In 1969 the name of this or...

Broad Arrow (Ship).

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