Forrestal, James, 1892-1949 [2 documents] [Decimalized .01- .02]

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Typed Naval dispatch. This message was received in the radio room of the USS Vella Gulf CVE-111, an escort carrier, at sea in the Northwest Pacific with 26th carrier division of the 7th fleet (just days before she had been anchored at Okinawa). As well as a biography of a Navy seaman who was present when the message arrived.

GLC#
GLC09649
Type
Header Record
Date
10/07/2013
Author/Creator
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949
Title
[2 documents] [Decimalized .01- .02]
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
2 items
Primary time period
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Sub-Era
World War II

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Collection Item
Typed document

[Naval Dispatch Announcing Victory in Japan]

15 August 1945

Forrestal, James, 1892-1949

Typed Naval dispatch concerning the end of World War II. This message was received in the radio room of the USS Vella Gulf CVE-111, an escort carrier, at sea in the Northwest Pacific with 26th carrier division of the 7th fleet (just days before she...

GLC09649.01
Collection Item
Typed document

[Affidavit of Ralph N. Jones Jr.]

12 May 2017

Jones, Ralph N. Jr., fl. 1944-2017

Typed affidavit of Ralph N. Jones Jr. with a copy of his Navy ID and discharge cards. According to the discharge card he served from September 25, 1944 to June 25, 1946. According to the affidavit, Jones was serving on the USS Vella Gulf CVE III as a...

GLC09649.02