Box 15

Autographed letter, with envelope, to Wayne Monti, Baldwin NY, February 13, 1990, mentioning his article in Naval History, February 1989 and responding to his questions about the mission of the USS Pueblo as a spy ship, the crew’s lack of communication with the outside world and the confessions they made to obtain their freedom.

Personal diary kept aboard the USS Virginia (BB-13) during the 'Round the World Cruise of the Great White Fleet. Gives daily routine aboard ship as well as activities, tourism, and social events in various ports. Postcards, invitations, tickets, newspaper clippings and souvenir booklets are tipped in.

Strike report of 504th Bomb Group, 313th Air Wing, XXI Bomber Command, Twentieth Air Force, Tinian, Marianas Islands, February-August 1945. This Bomb Group flew the last mission of the war on 15 August 1945.

Typescript of reminiscences as a prisoner of war in Japan during the latter part of WWII, March-August 1945. Recounts bombing mission preceding capture, treatment of prisoners, their health, food, their interrogation and events leading up to his liberation.