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World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Benson Guyton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-345
Scope and Contents

The collection includes issues of Ex-POW Bulletins, the official publication of the ADBC; Omine Machi newsletters; a copy of a speech given by Guyton at the 1977 ADBC meeting at the U. S. Naval Academy; memorabilia from veterans annual reunions and an ADBC convention; and a photocopy of Guyton’s diary.

Dates: 1942 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1977 - 1980

John C. Stennis papers, Series 045: Pre-Senate

 Series
Identifier: CPRC-JCS-045
Scope and Contents This series contains material from Senator Stennis’ pre-Senate years, arranged chronologically from 1927-1946. The material contains correspondence from constituents, friends, and acquaintances, many sent from soldiers fighting in World War II. It also includes correspondence from Stennis' time as a Circuit Court Judge, grades and correspondence from his studies at the University of Virginia, his work as a member of the MSU Alumni Association, and a scrapbook he maintained as a student at...
Dates: 1927 - 1946

William Taylor Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-81
Scope and Contents

Research material, consisting chiefly of correspondence and clippings for Taylor's M.A. thesis about the "Hell Ships", the Japanese ships that carried American POWs, including many from Bataan and Corregidor, from the Philippines to Japan during World War II.

Dates: undated