World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines.

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.

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.

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.

Overview This collection contains correspondence, photographs, documents, and one uniform belonging to T/Sgt. J Wilbur Cornwell, USA during the Second World War.

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.

Overview This collection contains one letter from Joe Donovan to Ruth E. Murphy during the Second World War.

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.

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.

Overview This collection contains correspondence written by 2LT Harold J. Glickman 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 2LT. Glickman and his headstone.

Overview This collection contains correspondence written by Capt. Claude McCoy Gordon, Jr., U.S. Army, to Jessie McBrayer Gordon during the Second World War.

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.

Overview This collection contains early 20th century foreign bank notes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Overview This collection contains letters and sketches from CPL Frederick Robinson, USAAF, during his service in the Philippines during the Second World War.

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...

Overview This collection contains correspondence from Y1C Willard Thomas Siebenaller, USN, to his wife, Ruth Siebenaller, during the Second World War.

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.

Overview This collection contains approximately 70 correspondence to Mildred H. Walter neé Hinds during the Second World War. The bulk of the collection was written to Mildred from Sgt. Richard C. "Dick" McKissick, USA during the Second World War. Also included are returned letters from Mildred to Sgt. McKissick, letters to Mildred from seven other authors, as well as three letters from a Japanese boy named Toshifumi Tatsumi in Osaka and a postcard from B. Kanno in Japan from 1915-1917.

Overview This collection contains 256 correspondence from Cletus O. Ward, USA, written from 1941-1945. There are also three CDs containing scans of his letters and photographs.

Overview This collection contains two reports written by Lt. Don J. Weekes, USN about the sinking of the USS St. Lo during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Second World War.