Arthur Edwin Brenton papers
Scope and Contents
The collection relates to Arthur Edwin Brenton who served aboard the USS Pennsylvania battleship during World War II in the Pacific Campaign as a member of the U.S. Marine Guard. The collection includes a diary, typed transcript of the diary, personal papers, newspaper clippings, as well as ship's newsletters.
Dates
- Created: 1942-1945
- Other: Majority of material found in 1944
- Other: Date acquired: 06/16/1998
Creator
- Brenton, Arthur Edwin (Family)
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
Arthur Edwin Brenton was born on February 24, 1913, and served as part of the US Marine Guard attached to the USS Pennsylvania, BB38. He participated in the retaking of Attu and Kiska, Makin, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Guadalcanal, Saipan, Guam, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Peleliu, Palau, Admiralties, Leyte, and Luzon Islands. He was also involved in fierce fighting in the Surigao Straits and evacuation of Filipino refugees.
After World War II, the USS Pennsylvania was used as a target ship in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll during July 1946. She was then towed to Kwajalein Lagoon where she decommissioned on August 29. She remained in Kwajalein Lagoon for radiological and structural studies until February 10, 1948, when she was sunk stern first off Kwajalein. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on February 19, 1948. Brenton passed away July 19, 1991.
Extent
5.00 folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
creator
Custodial History
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
Source of Acquisition
Arthur Edwin Brenton
Method of Acquisition
Donation
- Attu, Battle of, Alaska, 1943 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Guadalcanal Island (Solomon Islands), Battle of, 1942-1943 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Guam--History, Military Subject Source: Local sources
- Guam--History--20th century Subject Source: Local sources
- Kiska Island (Alaska) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Kwajalein Atoll, Battle of, Marshall Islands, 1944 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Makin Atoll, Battle of, Kiribati, 1943 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pennsylvania (Battleship)
- Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Savo Island, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Marine Corps
- United States. Marine Corps--History--20th century Subject Source: Local sources
- United States. Marine Corps--Military life Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 4th
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines--Luzon 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--Solomon Islands Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Arthur Edwin Brenton papers
- Author
- Craig Whittington
- Date
- 11/28/2017
- 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
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PO Box 3062047
Tallahassee FL 32306-2047 US
850-644-3271
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