Lt. William B. Zimmer notebook, circa 1943.

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Lt. William B. Zimmer notebook, circa 1943.

Lt. William B. Zimmer's notebook, containing handwritten notes and annotations, that served as a ship and aircraft identification manual when he was a flight cadet at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Tex.

.25 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7333439

Library of the Marine Corps

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Naval Air Station Corpus Christi (Tex.)

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Zimmer, William B.

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U.S. Marine Corps aviator during World War II. From the description of Lt. William B. Zimmer notebook, circa 1943. (USMC Research Library). WorldCat record id: 320139051 ...

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...