Scrapbook, 1931-1944.

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Scrapbook, 1931-1944.

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Scrapbook compiled by Keran Whalen, a Lodi, Wis. native, who served aboard the USS Oahu and USS Mindanao with the United States South China Patrol Force between World War I and World War II patrolling the Yangtze River. The scrapbook contains items collected by Whalen while serving in the Navy including ticket stubs, hotel advertisements, Christmas celebration menus, and Chinese money. There are labels from beer bottles, scattered orders, and programs for shipboard activities. There are two pictures of the ships found in the scrapbook.

0.2 linear ft. (1 archives box)

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7760081

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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Mindanao (Gunboat : PR-8)

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Whalen, Keran F., 1905-1965.

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Anderson, Mrs. Lawrence,

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