Malaria--Philippines
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Kenneth F. Cameron papers
Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2008 Box 1 (08.0001-08.0074), Folder: 08.0042 - Folder 1
Identifier: 08.0042
Scope and Contents
This collection relates to Kenneth F. Cameron of Portland, Maine who provided a telephone interview on February 8, 2001, concerning his experiences in the U.S. Navy during World War II. The collection contains an oral history interview transcript.
The transcript consists of an 8-page oral history interview. In the interview he discusses working in a shipyard, joining the Seabees, and the places he served in the Pacific. He talks about building for the war relief program, and Bundles for Britain. Some other topics Cameron discusses are working on LSTs while under fire from the Japanese, the climate in the South Pacific, catching malaria, weight loss, and returning home to a war...
Dates:
1941-1946; Other: Majority of material found within 1943-1946; Other: Date acquired: 02/14/2008; Other: Date accessioned: 2020-06-09
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
Ronald Morgan papers
Collection — 01.0362 - Box 1
Identifier: 01.0362
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters of personal correspondence written by Ronald Morgan, who served with the 11th Airborne Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He saw action in Luzon and Okinawa and was among the first wave of American soldiers to enter Japan. The collection also contains two artifacts, an 11th Airborne patch and Morgan's Staff Sergeant patch.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1944-1946; Other: Date acquired: 10/02/2001
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
Lawrence E. Vaughan collection
Collection — 00.0651 - Box 1
Identifier: 00.0651
Scope and Contents
This collection relates to Lawrence E. Vaughan who served with the 2811 Engineers Pipeline District Company of the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II in the Pacific Theater. This collection includes letters, journal entries, and a manuscript memoir, and documents.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1942-1946; Other: Date acquired: 12/10/2007
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
- Florida State University Special Collections & Archives
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