Hubbard, Elmer
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1916-2002
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Elmer Hubbard papers
Collection
Identifier: 98.0392
Scope and Contents
Elmer Hubbard served as Radioman Second Class in the US Navy's 1st Naval Beach Battalion in the Mediterranean and European Theaters, as well as the Pacific Theater aboard the U.S.S. Buckingham attack ship during World War II. Hubbard participated in the amphibious landings at Anzio, Salerno, and Southern France. The collection consists of original wartime transcribed, typed, and mimeographed letters from original handwritten letters Hubbard wrote to his parents.
Dates:
Created: 1943-1945; Other: Majority of material found in 1944; Other: Date acquired: 05/13/1998
