Letters and photographs, 1944-1946.

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Letters and photographs, 1944-1946.

Letters from William Sullivan to his sister, Beverly Sullivan Cody, discussing his World War II experiences as a Marine serving on the Island of Saipan and later in Nagasaki (Japan).

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

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Cody, Beverly,

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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...

Sullivan, William D.

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