Papers, 1936-1949.

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Papers, 1936-1949.

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U.S. Marine. Correspondence (1936-1944) from Earl Roaine Rhoads to his brother, Sherman Rhoads, his sister-in-law Ruth, and his nieces Shirley and Gaytha from military stations in the United States, Iceland, and Guam. Also, other correspondence between family members including Roaine's parents, Shirley and Lettie Rhoads, and his sister, Della Rhoads. Besides correspondence, the collection contains a diary (1942) kept by Roaine Rhoads while in Iceland, funeral register pages and funeral announcement (1949), miscellaneous items such as war ration books and Roaine Rhoads' military identification cards, and six (6) medals including the Purple Heart.

.33 ft.

University of Oklahoma, Bizzell Memorial Library

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University of Oklahoma, Bizzell Memorial Library

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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...

Rhoads, Earl Roaine.

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