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Wisconsin (Battleship : BB-64)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Lawrence Burzynski collection

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2007 Box 2 (07.0075-07.0157), Folder: 07.0088 - Folder 1
Identifier: 07.0088
Content Description

This collection relates to Lawrence Burzynski, who enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1939 and was discharged in 1946 with the rank of Chief Electricians Mate. This collection contains a compilation of entries from Burzynski's diary during his seven years in the Navy. The diary provides an account of nearly every facet of U.S. Navy life during WWII and provides testimony on key moments of the war, including the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Dates: June 11, 1939 - June 30, 1946; Other: Date accessioned: 2007-07-17
Found in: FSU Special Collections & Archives

Stewart Abbott Fraser transcript

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2001 Box 17 (01.0421-01.0444), Folder: 01.0439 - Folder 1
Identifier: 01.0439
Scope and Contents

This oral history transcript relates to Stewart Abbott Fraser who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theater. Fraser served aboard the USS Missouri. Fraser was also present during the formal Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945

Dates: Event: 1941-1946; translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: Date of taped Interview
Found in: FSU Special Collections & Archives

Giles Odell Lofton, III papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 99.0464
Scope and Contents The collection of Seaman First Class Giles Odell Lofton, III contains an oral history transcript of an interview provided by the Reichelt Program for Oral History. Lofton served in the Navy aboard the USS Wisconsin in the Third Fleet, under Admiral Halsey in the Pacific Theater (PTO) during World War II. The collection also contains documents, U.S.S. Wisconsin papers, photographs of the USS Wisconsin and the Third Fleet during the invasion of Iwo Jima and the surrender of Japan. The photographs show the ships in combat, bombing the shoreline defenses of Iwo Jima, as well as Kamikaze attacks against the fleet. Also, there are photographs of the amphibious landings at Iwo Jima on invasion...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1943-1945; Other: Date acquired: 09/21/1999
Found in: FSU Special Collections & Archives

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Iwo Jima, Battle of, 1945 2
Kamikaze pilots 2
Leyte (Philippines) 2
Missouri (Battleship : BB-63) 2
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) 2
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Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 2
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.) 1
Bahia (Brazil : State) 1
Balboa (Panama) 1
Buenos Aires (Argentina) 1
Capitulations, Military--Japan 1
Gloucester City (N.J.) 1
Great Depression, 1929 1
Guantanamo Bay (Cuba) 1
Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945 1
Honolulu (Hawaii) 1
Japan--History--1945- 1
Kyūshū Region (Japan)--History 1
Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944 1
Makin, Battle of 1
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