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Box 1

 Container

Contains 7 Results:

Letters, 3 February – 5 September 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

These letters, written to Quin's sister, Derby, cover his call to active duty in 1944, and training as a communications watch officer in Norfolk, Virginia, in preparation for his assignment to Landing Ship Tank (LST) 573. Within the constraints of wartime censorship, the letters describe shipboard life, the latter part of the war in the Pacific, and post-war occupation duties in the Far East.

Dates: 3 February – 5 September 1944

Letters, 8 September – 31 December 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

These letters, written to Quin's sister, Derby, cover his call to active duty in 1944, and training as a communications watch officer in Norfolk, Virginia, in preparation for his assignment to Landing Ship Tank (LST) 573. Within the constraints of wartime censorship, the letters describe shipboard life, the latter part of the war in the Pacific, and post-war occupation duties in the Far East.

Dates: 8 September – 31 December 1944

Letters, 5 January – 29 April 1945

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

These letters, written to Quin's sister, Derby, cover his call to active duty in 1944, and training as a communications watch officer in Norfolk, Virginia, in preparation for his assignment to Landing Ship Tank (LST) 573. Within the constraints of wartime censorship, the letters describe shipboard life, the latter part of the war in the Pacific, and post-war occupation duties in the Far East.

Dates: 5 January – 29 April 1945

Letters, 9 May – 29 October 1945

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

These letters, written to Quin's sister, Derby, cover his call to active duty in 1944, and training as a communications watch officer in Norfolk, Virginia, in preparation for his assignment to Landing Ship Tank (LST) 573. Within the constraints of wartime censorship, the letters describe shipboard life, the latter part of the war in the Pacific, and post-war occupation duties in the Far East.

Dates: 9 May – 29 October 1945

Letters, 6 November 1945 – 3 May 1946

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

These letters, written to Quin's sister, Derby, cover his call to active duty in 1944, and training as a communications watch officer in Norfolk, Virginia, in preparation for his assignment to Landing Ship Tank (LST) 573. Within the constraints of wartime censorship, the letters describe shipboard life, the latter part of the war in the Pacific, and post-war occupation duties in the Far East.

Dates: 6 November 1945 – 3 May 1946

Transcription of WWII letters, 1944 - 1946

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

These letters, written to Quin's sister, Derby, cover his call to active duty in 1944, and training as a communications watch officer in Norfolk, Virginia, in preparation for his assignment to Landing Ship Tank (LST) 573. Within the constraints of wartime censorship, the letters describe shipboard life, the latter part of the war in the Pacific, and post-war occupation duties in the Far East.

Dates: 1944 - 1946

CD with transcription of WWII letters, 1944 - 1946

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

These letters, written to Quin's sister, Derby, cover his call to active duty in 1944, and training as a communications watch officer in Norfolk, Virginia, in preparation for his assignment to Landing Ship Tank (LST) 573. Within the constraints of wartime censorship, the letters describe shipboard life, the latter part of the war in the Pacific, and post-war occupation duties in the Far East.

Dates: 1944 - 1946