Raymond L. Willett collection
Scope and Contents
This collection centers around a Corporal and Combat Radio Operator in the 310th Bombardment Wing, 528th Bomb Squadron, 380th Bomb Group, in the Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II. It includes handwritten radio messages, commendations, strike reports, a copy of the Filipino Press from May of 1945, and a Japanese newspaper. It also includes twenty-two aerial photographs of the Southeast Pacific, including Saigon, Indochina, Formosa, and Muong Man, Vietnam. It also includes two envelopes without letters, a Christmas card, and a modern day article from CNN.
Raymond L. Willett was born in Tennessee on January 29, 1924. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps at Ft. Mcclellan, Alabama on November 16, 1942. He served as a radio operator with the 528th Bomb Squadron, 380th Bomb Group, in the Pacific Theater. He passed away in Thomasvile, GA on April 28, 1994 and is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery Thomasville, GA.
Dates
- Created: 1942-1945
- Other: Date acquired: 05/25/2016
Creator
- Ruth Martin Willett (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.
Extent
1 boxes (1 box containing 7 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Ruth Martin Willett
- Aerial photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- B-24 (Bomber) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Formosa (Taipei, Taiwan) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indochina Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indochina--Armed Forces--History--20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indochina--Foreign relations--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indochina--Historical geography. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indochina--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indochina--History, Military--20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indochina--Maps, Pictorial. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mường Mán Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Saigon (Vietnam) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- South East Asia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 5th.
- United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 5th. Bomb Group (H), 380th
- United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group (H), 380th
- United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Squadron, 530th
- Willett, Raymond L. , 1924-1994
- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Raymond L. Willett Collection
- Author
- Jill Szaroleta
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the FSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
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PO Box 3062047
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850-644-3271
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