Papers, 1942-1986.

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Papers, 1942-1986.

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Correspondence regards his hospitalization due to post war traumatic stress and personal and family matters. Photographs are of the USS WASP, its crew, scenes of the South Pacific and North Africa, and family. Miscellany includes citations, honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps, lists of crew members, log of movements of USS WASP, table of Navy decorations and medals, print of USS WASP (LHD 1), newspapers, including The WASPIRIT, 1985, and VJ Day of the ship's papers, 1945, postcards of the Everglades, ID from the USS WASP, membership cards, and RI Chauffeur's license.

0.6 linear ft; 15 x 13 x 6 in.

Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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Waters, William K.

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William K. Waters joined the U.S. Navy with a fireman's rate in 1942 and was discharged in 1945. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1945 and was discharged in 1947. He served in USS WASP (CV-18) during the war. From the description of Papers, 1942-1986. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 755760558 ...

Wasp (Aircraft carrier : CVS-18)

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