World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
C. Homer Bast manuscript, undated
File — Box 23, Folder: 6-8
Identifier: MSC-364- File MSI 420
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of unpublished typed manuscript entitled “Okinawa War Diary, April 1945, the First Nineteen Days” by the author. This work gives a detailed account of the battle.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Naval War College Archives
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Manuscript Items
Richard E. Bennik reminiscence, 1942
File — Box 23, Folder: 17
Identifier: MSC-364- File MSI 431
Scope and Contents
Holograph reminiscence of the landing of Marines on Gavutu and Tanambogo Islands in August 1942. Describes the logistics, the attack on the Japanese entrenched in caves, the aerial attacks, injuries and chaos of war. Two maps of Guadalcanal and Tulagi Islands in the Solomons.
Dates:
1942
Found in:
Naval War College Archives
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Manuscript Items