World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:
Ruth A. Adams Second World War correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2020-035-w-r
Overview
This collection contains 351 correspondence written to Ruth A. Adams by soldiers and sailors during the Second World War, including various holiday cards. Most of the collection, 307 letters, were written by EM3/C Eugene A. "Gene" Gasseaux, USN (USS Jobb). There were ten other soldiers and sailors, as well as six civilian authors of postcards and letters.
Dates:
1943 May 16 - 1946 May 14
Amory A. Miller, Jr. Second World War correspondence
Unprocessed — Box Copies 3
Identifier: 2014-110-wc
Dates:
1945
Found in:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Armed Services Edition book collection
Collection — Object All
Identifier: 2015-012-r
Overview
This collection consists of several small Armed Services Edition books printed for distribution to American military servicemen/women overseas during World War II from 1943 to 1946. The books feature an array of non-fiction titles as well as classics, poetry, cartoons, biographies and fiction titles of various genres. The published books are complete works and not merely digests.
Dates:
1943-1946
Vincent Myers Clark Second World War correspondence
Collection — Box WWII 17, Folder: 16
Identifier: 2017-174-w-r
Overview
This collection contains one postcard, one letter, one v-mail, and three photographs sent to Vincent Myers Clark from his friends T/5 Harry Giddings and Frank Cate, USA, during the Second World War.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1944 May 7- 1945 May 25
J Wilbur Cornwell Second World War correspondence, photographs, documents, and uniform
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019-093-w-r
Overview
This collection contains correspondence, photographs, documents, and one uniform belonging to T/Sgt. J Wilbur Cornwell, USA during the Second World War.
Dates:
1941-10 - 1945-09
Sidney Dashevsky Second World War correspondence
Collection — Box WWII 19, Folder: 5-6, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: 2017-507-w-r
Overview
This collection contains correspondence from SF 1/c Sidney Dashevsky, USN, to his fiancee Emily Van Gelder during the Second World War. SF Dashevsky was was deployed for almost the entire time he knew her during this correspondence, from 1943 to 1946.
Dates:
1943 January 10-1946 January 18
David A. Hudzinski Second World War correspondence
Unprocessed — Box Copies 2
Identifier: 2015-089-wc
Dates:
1944
Found in:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Joe Donovan Second World War correspondence
Collection — Box WWII 18, Folder: 5
Identifier: 2017-325-w-rd
Overview
This collection contains one letter from Joe Donovan to Ruth E. Murphy during the Second World War.
Dates:
1945 November 26
Richard N. Doolittle Second World War correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2015-085-w-r
Overview
This collection consists of original correspondence from LT Richard N. Doolittle, USN to his wife, Ruth Doolittle, during the Second World War, as well as various correspondence to the Doolittles before the war began and some ephemera from time spent overseas. Also included is a summary inventory created by the donor that lists dates, summaries, and locations of each letter in the collection.
Dates:
1940-12 - 1945-05
David Clark Fransen Second World War coconut letter
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2016-001-w-r
Overview
This collection consists of a coconut sent by CPT David Clark Fransen, USAAF, to his daughter Susan during the Second World War. The collection also contains supplemental material pertaining to CPT Fransen and his daughter Susan. a photo of Susan and a photo of CPT Fransen, as well as photocopies of material related to the coconut and CPT Fransen's military service.
Dates:
1943
Frederick G. Hoffmann Second World War correspondence
Unprocessed — Box Copies 2
Identifier: 2016-008-w
Dates:
1945
Found in:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Robert Benjamin Fugate Second World War correspondence
Collection — Document-box Resource Copies 1
Identifier: 2014-149-wc-r
Overview
This collection contains a bound booklet of 33 photocopied letters between Lt. Robert B. Fugate, USA and his parents. Fugate served in the Philippines, surviving Bataan and a P.O.W. camp before being killed in a Manila Bay bombing.
Dates:
1941 - 1946
Harold J. Glickman Second World War correspondence
Collection — Box WWII 7, Folder: 1-2, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: 2014-128-w-rd
Overview
This collection contains correspondence written by 2ndLt. Harold J. Glickman, USA to his sister Frances Glickman Schweitzer, and mother Leah Glickman, from the South Pacific during the Second World War. Also included are two photographs of Lt. Glickman and his headstone.
Dates:
1943 August - 2014; Majority of material found within 1943 August - December
Claude McCoy Gordon, Jr. Second World War correspondence
Collection — Box WWII 60, Folder: 1-7, Folder: 1-7
Identifier: 2017-116-w-r
Overview
This collection contains correspondence written by Capt. Claude McCoy Gordon, Jr., U.S. Army, to Jessie McBrayer Gordon during the Second World War.
Dates:
1944 - 1945
S.E. "Doc" Harold correspondence collection
Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1-4
Identifier: 2015-011-r
Overview
This collection consists of 43 pieces of correspondence written by S.E. "Doc" Harold to his fiancee and then wife, Olynda Weber Harold from 1934-1945 while he served in the United States Navy.
Dates:
1934 - 1945
Ken Horn foreign bank note collection
Collection — Document-box 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 2011-002-r
Overview
This collection contains early 20th century foreign bank notes.
Dates:
1920 - 1944
Jack C. Van Gundy Second World War correspondence
Unprocessed
Identifier: 2017-420-wc
Dates:
1941 January 29 - 1945 February 25
Found in:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Joseph Wesley Maly Second World War correspondence
Unprocessed
Identifier: 2018-099-w
Dates:
1943 - 1945
Found in:
Center for American War Letters Archives
A. John F. Kelley Interwar and Second World War personal accounts, photographs and documents
Collection — Box WWII 19, Folder: 15-18, Folder: 1-4
Identifier: 2018-161-w-r
Overview
This collection contains articles, photographs and documents from the service of CCM A. John F. Kelley, USN during the Interwar and Second World War periods, from 1928 to 1945. Included are personal accounts of travelling the Pacific in peace time and fighting in the Pacific during the Second World War, as well as documents pertaining to the USS Macon.
Dates:
1928 - 1945 April 24
Henry A. Kennedy Sr. Second World War correspondence
Collection — Box WWII 25, Folder: 1-9
Identifier: 2017-235-w-r
Overview
This collection contain correspondence from Maj.Henry Anthony "Stump" Kennedy Sr., USA, to his parents Austin J. and Annie Kennedy and his sister Elna Kennedy during the Second World War. The collection also contains correspondence to Henry Kennedy from his army buddies, as well as correspondence from his wife Naomi to his parents.
Dates:
1930 May 6-1945 November 2; Majority of material found within 1941 May 30-1945 November 2
Anthony P. Krebes Second World War correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2018-135-w-r
Overview
This collection contains correspondence between SSgt. Anthony P. Krebes and his wife Juanita during the Second World War. Also included are correspondence from the other Krebes brothers who served overseas, family and friends, as well as some documents and ephemera.
Dates:
1942 August 6 - 1946 January 5
William Harold Lee Second World War correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2017-580-w-r
Overview
This collection contains correspondence between Sgt. William Harold Lee, USAAF, and his family during the Second World War. Lee was stationed in the Pacific and served in New Guinea, Australia, the Philippines, and Okinawa.
Dates:
1944 April 14-1945 December 11
Ernest O. Lepera Second World War correspondence
Collection — Box WWII 5, Folder: 11
Identifier: 2018-136-w-r
Overview
This collection contains thank you correspondence to Capt. Ernest O. Lepera, USA, and the Catholic Welfare Organization from victims of the Japanese Army in Manila, Philippines during the Second World War.
Dates:
1945 July 22-1945 August 23
Lester B. Levy Second World War correspondence
Collection — Box WWII 13, Folder: 17-21, Folder: 1-5
Identifier: 2017-114-w-r
Overview
This collection contains 32 letters and postcards written by SSgt. Lester B. Levy, USAAC to his fiance, Julie Kostbar, during the Second World War. One letter was written by Kostbar to Levy. Also included in the collection are four photographs, one newspaper clipping, one personal account, and three pages of biographical information. Levy died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in the Philippines in July of 1942.
Dates:
1940-11-11 - 1942
Ray Claude Lobdell Second World War correspondence
Collection — Box WWII 1, Folder: 23-24
Identifier: 2014-009-w-r
Overview
This collection contains correspondence written to Ray Claude Lobdell, USMM from his mother Mrs. H.M. Lobdell during the Second World War Two. A series of completed military test sheets was also included with the correspondence.
Dates:
1944 December 4 - 1945 January 24
Donald H. Miller Second World War Correspondence
Collection — Box WWII 22, Folder: 13
Identifier: 2017-254-w-r
Overview
This collection contains two correspondence from 1st Sgt. Donald H. Miller, USAAF to his mother and his wife Martha after the Second World War.
Dates:
1945 August 12 - 1947 July 8
Frederick Robinson Second World War correspondence
Series — Box WWII 11, Folder: 19-21, Folder: 1-3
Identifier: 2015-115-w-r
Overview
This collection contains letters and sketches from CPL Frederick Robinson, USAAF, during his service in the Philippines during the Second World War.
Dates:
1944-10 - 1945-10
Series 1, Correspondence from Eugene A. Gasseaux, 1943 May 16 - 1946 May 14
Series
Scope and Contents
This series contains 307 letters from EM3/C Eugene A. Gasseaux, USN to Ruth A. Adams during the Second World War. His correspondence is written primarily aboard the USS Jobb from the Pacific Theater. Gasseaux wrote to Ruth as if a lover, though it is unclear how close they really were. Another sailor, PFC Leon Galvia, USA, mentions the two of them as a couple in his letters to Ruth (Series 2). Of note are the following:
November 1944: began writing from the South...
Dates:
1943 May 16 - 1946 May 14
Willard Thomas Siebenaller Second World War correspondence
Collection — Box WWII 17, Folder: 12-14, Folder: 1-3
Identifier: 2017-716-w-r
Overview
This collection contains correspondence from Y1C Willard Thomas Siebenaller, USN, to his wife, Ruth Siebenaller, during the Second World War.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1945
Mildred Sutton Second World War correspondence, photographs and other materials
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019-074-w-r
Overview
This collection contains correspondence to Mildred Sutton from family and friends serving during the Second World War. Also included are photographs of the soldiers and other materials.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1943 February 16 - 1949 May 13
