Verner F. Chaffin collection, 1942-1991 (bulk) 1942-1952

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Verner F. Chaffin collection, 1942-1991 (bulk) 1942-1952

The collection consists of the US Navy files of LT Verner F. Chaffin (1918- ). Chaffin graduated from the US Navy Japanese Language School, located at the University of Colorado in Boulder from 1942-1946. Chaffin served in the US Navy during World War II and the Korean War. The collection consists of correspondence, pamphlets, photographs, identification pieces, newspapers, and US Navy Records.

2 linear ft. (3 boxes, 2 map cases)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7108698

University of Colorado, Boulder

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University of Colorado Libraries. Archives Dept.

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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...

Chaffin, Ethel T., 1921-

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United States. Navy. Japanese Language School

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U.S. Naval Technical Mission to Japan

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United States. Navy. Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Areas

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Chaffin, Verner F., 1918-

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Verner Franklin Chaffin was born in Martin, Georgia, on September 26, 1918. He received his A.B., LL.B. from the University of Georgia and his J.S.D. from the Yale Law School. Chaffin was admitted to the Georgia bar in 1942, the Alabama bar in 1953, and the US Supreme Court bar in 1965. Chaffin married Ethel Tison on July 17, 1943, and they had four children, Ethel Tison, Verner Franklin, Jr., Mary Davis, and John Edwards. Chaffin attended the US Navy Japanese Language S...