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Box 5

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Robert Wallace Fossum papers, approximately 1991, 1944-1946

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 29
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 132
Scope and Contents File contains materials related to the service of Robert Wallace Fossum in the U.S. Navy during World War II aboard the U.S.S. Drew (APA 162) as a radar operator. Materials contain brief excerpts from Robert Wallace Fossum's autobiography, oral interviews, and a biography, which describe his naval service throughout the Pacific and Kamikaze attacks. Also includes the wartime experiences of his wife, Crystal B. Fossum, photocopied military documents, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and...
Dates: approximately 1991; 1944-1946
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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