Papers, 1941-1945.

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Papers, 1941-1945.

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The bulk of the collection is comprised of historical materials relating to Chaplain Larsen's service in the Pacific with the 4th Marine Regiment and Fleet Marine Force, Pacific. There are a few items relating to his tenure at the Bainbridge Naval Training Center and his post-World War II naval service. The collection contains letters to his family, correspondence with families of killed Marines, an account of the Invasion and Battle of Okinawa, and photographs of Guam and Okinawa.

0.25 cubic ft.

Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7639091

Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center

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Boyd, Bernard.

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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...

Danner, Harry

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Myers, Robert J., 1946-....

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O'Neill, William J

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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...

Larsen, William C.

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Larsen began his military service with a two month indoctrination course at William and Mary College in the spring of 1943 after serving as pastor of Bethany Lutheran Church. His first assignment was Bainbridge Naval Training Center, and he subsequently served with the 4th Marine Regiment and Fleet Marine Force Pacific during Marine training and staging operations for the invasion of Okinawa. From the description of Papers, 1941-1945. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Her...