Contains the following types of materials: documents, manuscript. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: Colonial period; Revolutionary War; War of 1812; Mexican War; Civil War; Spanish-American War; World War I; World War II. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: US Merchant Marines; War Shipping Administration; Army Transport Service, Quartermaster Corps; Water Division; Transportation Corps. General description of the collection: The Charles D. Gibson papers include application under PL 95-202 for veteran's status for a group of WWII civilian seamen who served on Army Transports; manuscript of Merchantman or ship of war which comprised part of application; 1986 and 1987 congressional hearing records.
