World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Capt. George W. Duffy Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-309
Abstract
This collection consists of documents collected by George W. Duffy concerning his supposed death during World War II and actual internment in a Prisoner of War camp in Java.
Dates:
1942 - 1945
Found in:
Manuscripts
Forest Bennett Diaries
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-251
Abstract
Diaries reflecting personal and local events, including many comments on world politics and its effect on the New London, Conn., region. Among local events, Bennett records the Oct. 9, 1936 passage of the HINDENBURG over New London, the hurricane in Sept. 1938 which devastated southern New England, annual Yale-Harvard boat races watched from the New London bridge, events surrounding World War II, and events in nearby towns of Mystic and Niantic and his use of bridges in these towns for his...
Dates:
1935 - 1945
Found in:
Manuscripts
Raymond H. Dubrule Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-298
Abstract
The collection consists of documents, originally part of a scrapbook, assembled by Raymond Dubrule during his service with the Naval Armed Guard from 1943 through 1946. Mr. Dubrule served aboard the liberty ships BERNARD M. BAKER and JERRY S. FOLEY and also spent time in New Orleans, San Diego, Guam, North Korea and Shanghai before being discharged from the Navy in Lido Beach, Long Island, New York.
Dates:
1943 - 1946
Found in:
Manuscripts