Box 1

Correspondence, letters sent to his parents from Navy Pre-Flight School, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1942–1943, describing his training and daily routine; Letters to his fiancée, Phyllis Weidman from Camp Endicott, Davisville, RI, regarding his daily schedule, Anti-Aircraft School, Newport, RI and wedding plans, 1945. Photographs of J.L. Rodgers and Phyllis Weidman, 1945.

Photographs; Correspondence, letters sent and received, 1994; two articles by CDR Roman Brooks and Thomas Wildenberg, 1968 and 1993; Change of Command Program, 1974; Obituary.

Photographs; Correspondence, letters sent and received, 1994; two articles by CDR Roman Brooks and Thomas Wildenberg, 1968 and 1993; Change of Command Program, 1974; Obituary.

Letters to Martin Detmer from Ned Lockwood, 1986-1992; Letter of Bill Mead, 31 October 1945, Letter from Ned Lockwood, 15 September 1945, PT Squadron 17 History, PF Squadron 17 All Hands Note; Photographs; Map of The Philippines, NWCF certificae and Program, Veterans Memorial Dedicator, 11/11/2006.

Reminiscences of service in the U.S. Army in Narragansett Bay, 1941-1944; Fort Varnum, 1945; and photographs in Army uniform and unidentified ship. Interview with Michael Trombley, March 10, 2002. Memories of Fort Getty and Fort Wetherill, Karlsruhe, 1946, Kassel, Germany and Korea.

This collection is comprised of 11 official Navy photographs showing Jewish activities, such as Hanukkah and Passover celebrations, held for Jewish military members and their families at the U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, RI, 1942-1945. Also included is a program from their 1942 Hanukah service.

Correspondence, letters sent to his parents and a relative in Chicago, IL from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, IL and Treasure Island, CA, 1944–1945, describing naval training, daily routine, work, boot camp, Bugle Corps, and feelings and opinion about the navy and his duty stations from a sailor who sounded reveille at Great Lakes Naval Training Station.