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Remembering World War Ii Collection : A Collection Guide, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, Elithea Whittaker, Edward Curry Woodward, St. Petersburg Times (Firm)
Remembering World War Ii Collection : A Collection Guide, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, Elithea Whittaker, Edward Curry Woodward, St. Petersburg Times (Firm)
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Ron Brackett, a news director at the St. Petersburg Times, solicited letters to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the end of World War II. This collection includes submissions to the newspaper. Some of the materials in this collection appeared in a commemorative section published by the St. Petersburg Times.
Commander David S. Goddard U.S. Maritime Service Photograph Collection, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, Robert Fernandez
Commander David S. Goddard U.S. Maritime Service Photograph Collection, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, Robert Fernandez
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Commander David S. Goddard arrived at the United States Maritime Training School at Government Island, near Alameda, California, in 1940. He enrolled in one of the first classes at that facility to train licensed officers for the Merchant Marine. He then served aboard the USMSTS American Sailor when that vessel was commissioned as a training ship in the summer of 1941. After receiving a promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, Goddard also spent time at the Maritime Service Training Station at Port Hueneme, California, during the summer of 1942. This facility, dedicated in August 1941, was modeled on the recently …
Remembering Pearl Harbor : A Researcher's Guide To The Collection, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, St. Petersburg Times (Firm)
Remembering Pearl Harbor : A Researcher's Guide To The Collection, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, St. Petersburg Times (Firm)
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In mid-1991 the St. Petersburg Times asked interested readers to submit their reminiscences of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and America's official entry into World War II. On December 4, 1991, the Times published a commemorative section which included many of these submissions. Three days later, Americans somberly observed the fiftieth anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. After publishing this special section, the Times donated this collection to Nelson Poynter Memorial Library for present and future scholarship.