Letters of Bernard M. Pemstein [manuscript], 1943-1946.

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Letters of Bernard M. Pemstein [manuscript], 1943-1946.

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The collection contains the World War II letters of Pharmacist' mate Bernard M. Pemstein. Letters discuss training at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va.; work as pharmacist's mate, Norfolk, Virginia; crossing the Pacific towards Japan, including stops at Pearl Harbor, Saipan, Palau and Okinawa; Wakayama, Japan; and his return to the United States. Topics of interest in individual letters include his reading, celebration of Jewish holy days, retrieving American prisoners of war, duties in sick bay on board the U.S.S. French, leisure activities, a search for a downed Vice-Admiral, a dysentery epidemic, and storms at sea.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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French (Ship)

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Pemstein, Bernard M.

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Pharmacists mate, 3rd class, U.S. Navy, stationed on U.S.S. French. From the description of Letters of Bernard M. Pemstein [manuscript], 1943-1946. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647892122 ...

United States. Naval Hospital (Portsmouth, Va.)

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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...