Robert W. Anderson papers, 1942-1946.

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Robert W. Anderson papers, 1942-1946.

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Correspondence, flight log, certificates, photographs, and related materials of a naval aviation ordnanceman from Minneapolis who served in the Pacific Theater aboard the U.S.S. Franklin during World War II.

1.25 cubic feet (3 boxes and 1 oversize folder)

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7284960

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Franklin (Aircraft carrier)

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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...

Anderson, Robert S. (Robert Spencer), 1922-1984

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Chair of Dept. of Internal Medicine; and interim president of Meharry Medical College (1966-1968). From the description of Robert Anderson collection, 1969-1974. (Meharry Medical College). WorldCat record id: 70979010 ...

Anderson, William L., 1920-1944.

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Staff Sergeant William Lewis Anderson was born at Proctor, Minnesota on November 21, 1920. He came to Minneapolis with his parents in 1921. He attended Tuttle grade school and Marshall High School, graduating in 1939. In 1939 he enrolled at the University of Minnesota, and was in his second year there when his Minnesota National Guard unit was called to duty. Bill Anderson joined the guard in 1939, and after training at Camp Claiborne and Camp Dix went overseas to Irelan...