J. Owen Zurhellen Jr. Collection, 1942-1990.

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J. Owen Zurhellen Jr. Collection, 1942-1990.

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The collection contains papers relating to Asia from the files of Joseph Owen Zurhellen, Jr. (1920-1990). The collection focuses mainly on his occupation as a Marine Corps Intelligence Officer during World War II in the Pacific Theatre, from 1942 to 1946. In addition, it includes papers from his time at the US Navy Japanese Language School at the University of Colorado at Boulder andhis return trips to Japan in decades following the war.

3.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)

eng,

jpn,

University of Colorado, Boulder

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SNAC Resource ID: 7913728

University of Colorado, Boulder

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University of Colorado Libraries. Archives Dept.

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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...

Zurhellen, J. Owen (Joseph Owen), 1920-1990

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Joseph Owen Zurhellen Jr. was born to Joseph Owen and Dorrial Bernadette (Levy) in New York City on July 8, 1920. He married Helen Audrey Millar on December 19, 1942, and graduated from Columbia University the following year. He entered the Japanese Language School in Boulder, Colorado in 1942, and graduated the following year. He served as 2nd and 1st Lt. in the US Marine Corps from 1943-1946, remaining on the Marine Corps reserve until his retirement at the rank of Captain. Between 1946 and 19...

United States. Navy. Japanese Language School

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