Durrwachter, Henry Louis, Jr., Papers, 1939-1945

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Durrwachter, Henry Louis, Jr., Papers, 1939-1945

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Comprising correspondence, military documents, newspaper and magazine clippings, a diary, a sound recording, and a photograph, the Henry Louis Durrwachter, Jr., Papers, 1939-1945, document Durrwachter's experiences as a Platoon Sergeant and a prisoner during World War II.

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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...

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Durrwachter, Henry Louis, Jr., 1921-1984

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Born in Stewart County, Tennessee, Henry Louis Durrwachter, Jr., (1921-1984), was the son of Henry Louis Durrwachter and Marianne Marianda Keel. Serving as a Platoon Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, Durrwachter was taken prisoner on Wake Island and incarcerated in Kawasaki, Japan, from December 1941 through September 1945. From the guide to the Durrwachter, Henry Louis, Jr. Papers 91-131., 1939-1945, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The Unive...