Clell Thorpe World War II photographs, 1941-1960.

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Clell Thorpe World War II photographs, 1941-1960.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52094542

The bulk of this collection dates from the years 1943 through 1945. The collection mainly contains black and white photographs taken by Clell Thorpe, as well as some 4x5" negatives, one letter, one manuscript, and some miscellaneous items. The material is arranged in five series: Naval School of Photography, Marine Bombing Squadron (VMB - 613), Pacific Atoll, Tarawa, and Miscellaneous.

2.5 linear ft.

University of Houston, M.D. Anderson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7647815

University of Houston, M.D. Anderson Library

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Thorpe, Clell

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Clell Thorpe served as a Marine Corps photographer documenting the activities of Marines in the South Pacific during World War II. During the period [1944?] - 1945, he traveled to several islands that had been taken from Japanese in earlier battles, such as Tarawa (captured in November 1943) and Kwajalein (captured on February 1944). In 1943, Thorpe trained as a Marine Corps photographer at the Naval School of Photography in Pensacola, FL (the Marine Corps is administrat...