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Photo Memories of a Seabee Battalion

Description: Book compiled by the 136th Naval Construction "Seabee" Battalion documenting the history of the group from boot camp in Virginia to various military installations across the U.S. and more permanent postings in Guam and Japan during World War II. There are photographs of various persons and evens as well as an epistolary narrative and lists of names by company at the end of the text.
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. Naval Construction Battalion, 136th.
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. Sam Legg - May 13, 1943]

Description: Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mrs. Sam (?) Legg', of Providence, Rhode Island, regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'John Alex Jackson Legg (Lane) (?)'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date: May 13, 1943
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Randall Jacobs to Harris L. Kempner, August 27, 1942]

Description: Letter from Randall Jacobs to Harris Leon Kempner discussing orders to report to Pennsylvania and Rhode Island for temporary additional duty around August 29, 1942. Harry Ransom replies with information about transportation furnished. W.W. Webster, A. C. McFall, and J. L. Cotten confirm Kempner reported for and completed his task by the required date. Finally, Kempner responds with an itinerary of his trip.
Date: August 27, 1942
Creator: Jacobs, Randall
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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