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Gilder Lehrman Document Number: GLC06567

Title: Collection of Raymond D. Henley relating to the Marines on Okinawa [Decimalized .01-.10]

Author: Henley, Raymond D. (fl. 1945-1953)

Year: 1945

Place: [various places]

Type of document: Various

Description: Henley was a member of the 2nd Squad, 1st Platoon, "G" Company, 3rd Battalion, 29th Marines. The collection includes photographs, photo albums, his squad book, a telegram and letter to his wife, three medals, a certificate showing he fought in China, a Japanese flag he brought home from Okinawa, and other miscellaneous items. The photographs are images from China, the Pacific, Okinawa, United States armed forces, the devastation, and Japanese P.O.W's and dead.

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