Newton McCracken letters 1942-1945.

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Newton McCracken letters 1942-1945.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/460214553

A collection of World War II letters sent by Newton McCracken from the Pearl Harbor Naval Yard in Honolulu, Hawaii, to his parents in Ohio.

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Cleveland Public Library, Main Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7561020

Cleveland Public Library, Main Library

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McCracken, Newton, 1916-1975.

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Newton McCracken (February 5, 1916-September 13, 1975) was born in Hudson, Ohio and lived in Honolulu, Hawaii during the Second World War. Before the war, Newton worked for National Rubber. He moved to Hawaii in 1942, where he worked as a civilian in the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. He lived in an apartment in Civilian Housing Area 3, which housed 12,000 workers during its peak. He wrote a series of letters to his parents, Clinton C. and Nellie McCracken, while living in Hawaii. It is known that Newt...

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility

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