Gill Family World War II and Vietnam War papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters and photographs from two brothers who served in the United States Marine Corps on Guadalcanal and Tulagi, Solomon Islands, in the Pacific War Campaign during World War II from 1942 to 1943. Other letters relate to a relative of the brothers who served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968.
Dates
- Created: 1942-1968
- Other: Majority of material found in 1942-1945
- Other: Date acquired: 02/02/2000
Creator
- Gill, Raymond (Person)
- Gill, Robert (Person)
- Gill, William O. (Person)
- Gill, Maree (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to all researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Biographical or Historical Information
The letters from World War II were sent from Raymond and Robert Gill to their first cousins William D. Gill and his wife Maree who lived in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Raymond Gill served with the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific Campaign as a Platoon Sergeant with the Third Barrage Balloon Squadron on Tulagi, Solomon Islands. Robert (Bob) Gill served in the United States Marine Corps on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, with Battery F, 90mm Group, 14th Defense Battalion. An additional group of letters relates to Donor Maree Gill's son, Specialist 5 William O. Gill III who served in the U.S. Army from 1966 until 1968 and served in Vietnam with the Provisional Nha Trang Signal Battalion as part of USASTRATCOM.
Extent
1.00 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Chronological
Source of Acquisition
Maree Gill
Method of Acquisition
Donation
Processing Information
Revised on 02/12/2016 by Mike Kasper.
- Atlantic City (N.J.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Balloons--United States--History--20th century Subject Source: Local sources
- Fort Dix (N.J.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fort Lewis (Wash.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nha Trang (Vietnam) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Nha Trang (Vietnam)--History. Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Parris Island (S.C. : Recruit depot) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Parris Island (S.C. : Recruit depot)--History Subject Source: Local sources
- United States. Army. Signal Corps
- United States. Marine Corps
- Vietnam War Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Balloons Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Balloons--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Solomon Islands--Guadalcanal Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, New Zealand Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Đà Nẵng (Vietnam) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Gill Family World War II and Vietnam War papers
- Author
- Michael G. Kasper
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the FSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
116 Honors Way
PO Box 3062047
Tallahassee FL 32306-2047 US
850-644-3271
lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu
