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Box 5

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Benjamin K. Wallace papers, 1994, 1939-1962, 2001

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 19
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 123
Scope and Contents Materials contain papers relating to Benjamin K. Wallace regarding his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II aboard the U.S.S. Claxton (DD 571) as the supply and disbursing officer. Contains brief memoir in which Wallace discusses his role as the ship's "unofficial chaplain", numerous Kamikaze attacks, and watching General MacArthur return to walk ashore on the Philippines. Includes newspaper clipping written by Wallace entitled "Wartime--Christmas 50 Years Ago" describing Christmas...
Dates: 1994; 1939-1962; 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Pacific) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Navy

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