Papers and photographs, 1942-1943.

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Papers and photographs, 1942-1943.

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Photographs and military ephemera pertaining to the World War II Marine Corps service of Madison, Wis. native, Sherman Tandvig, who served as a Naval aviator with the Flying Badgers.

Papers 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder) and.Photographs 0.1 linear ft. (5 folders)

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7673398

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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Tandvig, Sherman, 1927-

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Tandvig, Sherman M., 1927-

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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...