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Edwin Buck Memoirs
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1118-SC
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of memoirs written by Edwin Buck as well as photographs of himself and family. One memoir entitled “Only the Grass Gets Hurt” documents the Buck family’s history and experiences in the Philippines prior to World War II and, in particular, their experiences as prisoners of war after the Japanese invasion. Other shorter memoirs detail childhood recollections; cigarette smuggling in the Philippines; the opium trade in Burma; and recollections from mercenary work in the...
Dates:
Event: Majority of material found within 1876 - 1965
Robert W. de Haas Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 472
Scope and Content
The bulk of the collection contains declassified documents, official orders, maps and internal memoranda about the Pacific theater during World War II and the battleship’s engagement against Japanese forces. Additional material contains de Haas’s on-ship memoranda, internal command memoranda, Japanese propaganda, a scrapbook, issues of the battleship newsletter The Queen’s Daily News, United States Navy (USN) publications on battle experiences and USN periodicals.
Dates:
1939-1946
Found in:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
The USS New Mexico Collection (Hutcheson)
Collection
Identifier: AC 430-p
Scope and Content
Collection consists of one folder of ephemera, including newspaper articles, reunion letters, correspondence, and USS New Mexico history.
Dates:
1915-1989
Found in:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
USS New Mexico Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 335-p
Scope and Content
Collection consists of clippings and ephemeral material collected by Casimir Wancowicz while on board the USS New Mexico, including newspaper articles about the accomplishments of the USS New Mexico during World War II.
Dates:
1944-1945
Found in:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
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