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Box 4

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Gordon Keith Risser papers, 1942-2001

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 26
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 5 File 92
Scope and Contents note Materials contain memoir written by Gordon Keith Risser about his service as a Frogman and as part of the Office of Strategic Services Maritime Unit in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. Includes his training in the Bahama Islands, combat experiences on the Palau Islands, the island of Leyte, and Luzon Bay in the Philippines; and encounters with Kamikaze pilots. Includes periodical articles (1952,1998), newspaper clippings (1946), photocopied photographs (1942-1944) and photocopied...
Dates: 1942-2001
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 Coast Guard

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