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Mindanao Island (Philippines)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Pasquale DiPierro collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 19.0021
Content Description

This collection relates to Electrician's Mate 1st Class Pasquale DiPierro who immigrated from Italy in 1920 and served with Company A, 5th Platoon, 118th Naval Construction Battalion, "Seabees" in the Pacific Theater during World War II on New Guinea and the Philippines. He was recalled during the Korean War and served again with the U.S. Navy in a construction battalion. The collection includes letters, military personnel documents, 118th Naval Construction Battalion newsletters, and objects.

Dates: 1943-1951; Other: Date accessioned: 2019-10-03

Wrightson Ely Clinton, Sr. collection

 Collection — 09.0005 - Box 1
Identifier: 09.0005
Scope and Contents

This collection pertains to Corporal Wrightson Ely Clinton Sr., who served in the 116th Field Artillery Battalion of the United States Army National Guard's 31st Infantry Division. He served in the Netherland East Indies and the Philippines from 1944 to 1945 as a clerk of the Battery.

This collection consists of one half-box, primarily containing photographs and artifacts he was issued, collected, or awarded during his service. It also includes correspondence with his family, separation papers, scanned copies of the original scrapbook his photographs were stored in, and rosters of servicemen from his battalion.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1943-1946; Other: Majority of material found in 1944-1945; Other: Date acquired: 01/23/2009