Billy Junior Wilhite memoir and photographs, approximately 1943, approximately 2000

File — Box: 5, Folder: 22

Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 126

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Materials contain a memoir of Billy Junior Wilhite regarding his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II aboard the destroyer U.S.S. McCall DD-400 as an electrician's mate. Includes highly detailed description of Wilhite's naval training and service, the service record and history of the U.S.S. McCall, purposes and functions of destroyer vessels. Also discusses the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the rescue of navy radioman George Ray Tweed from Guam, naval combat including participation at Guadalcanal and the bombardment of Iwo Jima, duty in Kodiak, Alaska, and liberty in New Zealand. Includes two photocopied photographs of Wilhite during World War II. Dated approximately 1943 and approximately 2000.

Dates

approximately 1943
approximately 2000

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Saints at War Project records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.