Papers, 1942-1945.

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Papers, 1942-1945.

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Collection consists of documents relating to professor and Marine corps officer H. Arthur Steiner's service as an operations officer during WWII. Included are U.S. military maps, intelligence photographs, photograph albums documenting Saipan operations, military proclamations and military pamphlets and ephemera, as well as Japanese language material. Also included are clippings taken from several Los Angeles area newspapers documenting Steiner's military service and commendation in March of 1945 by Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz.

11 map folders.

eng,

jpn,

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7759366

University of California, Los Angeles

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Steiner, H. Arthur, 1905-1991

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H. Arthur Steiner was born in 1905; he completed his BA and MA degrees at UCLA in the late 1920s and received his PhD from Berkeley in 1930, specializing in the field of international relations. He taught political science and international law first at the U. of Michigan and returned to teach at UCLA in 1931. Apart from his wartime service Steiner stayed in residence at UCLA until his retirement at the end of the 1960s. In 1942, Steiner left his position as assoc. prof. at UCLA to serve as a ca...

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...