CCSU Veterans History Project

- American service personnel assisting a Japanese soldier on Guadalcanal
- World War, 1939-1945; Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943; Prisoners of war -- Japanese -- Solomon Islands -- Guadalcanal -- 1940-1950;
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- American soldier posing in Japanese airplane
- World War, 1939-1945; Photographs; Airplanes -- Japanese
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- Synopsis of oral history interview with Champa Nankati on June 3, 2010.
- Laos. Royal Lao Army; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, Lao; Concentration camps; Pathet Lao;
- Typed synopsis of video interview with Champa Nankati conducted by Eileen Hurst. The interview describes the time Nankati spent in prison camps after the Vietnam War.
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- V-mail written by Joseph J. Menditto to his parents on 1944 Nov. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; V-mail -- 1940-1950; Military hospitals;
- A letter written by Joseph J. Menditto to his parents while stationed overseas. In the letter he describes a short leave to Rome and his stay at a hospital in Italy.
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- V-mail written by Joseph J. Menditto to his parents on 1944 Oct. 10
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; V-mail -- 1940-1950; Letter writing;
- A letter written by Jospeph J. Menditto to his parents while overseas. In the letter he talked about various issues taking place at home.
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- V-mail letter from Joseph J. Menditto written 1945 Mar. 22
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; V-mail -- 1940-1950; Love-letters
- A love letter written by Joseph J. Menditto to his girlfriend Marge while overseas.
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- Two American Tank Landing Ships , one is bellowing smoke after being struck by Japanese planes
- World War, 1939-1945; Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943; Landing craft -- American -- 1940-1950; Kamikaze airplanes;
- Ambulances from the 52nd Army Field Hospital wait on shore to transport injured military personnel to the military hospital on Guadalcanal.
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- American anti-aircraft guns, New Guinea 1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Connecticut; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- New Guinea; Firearms; Military weapons -- United States;
- American anti-aircraft guns, New Guinea 1945
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- American sailor standing in Nagasaki, Japan 1945
- Atomic bomb -- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi; Buildings War damage;
- American sailor amid the rubble of bombed out buildings. Nagasaki, Japan 1945
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- American ship (Landing craft), Okinawa Between 1944 - 1946
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Connecticut; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island;
- American ship (Landing craft), Okinawa Between 1944 - 1946
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- Japanese anti-aircraft gun, New Guinea 1943
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- New Guinea; Firearms; Military weapons; World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Connecticut;
- Anti-aircraft gun left behind by Japanese when American forces overtook the area, New Guinea 1943
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- Audio recording of Thornton L. Carlough, memoir of war experiences recorded [200?]
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American; Veterans -- Connecticut; Prisoners of war; World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Yugoslavia;
- Audio recording of an oral memoir by Thornton Carlough. Carlough recounts the story of his military service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII. He was a co-pilot on the “Lucky Strike” in the 460th Bomber Group stationed in Italy. On...
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- B-17 Aircraft
- B-17 bomber; Airplanes -- American; World War, 1939-1945;
- B-17 Aircraft in Gioia del Colle, Italy, 1944.
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- B-24 Bomber
- B-24 bomber; Airplanes -- American; World War, 1939-1945;
- B-24 Bomber flying over Italy in 1943
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- Donald J. Perrault's journal
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American; War diaries
- Donald J. Perrault's journal of the time he spent in Vietnam. The date of the first entry is Oct. 8, 1968, and the last entry is Oct. 4,1969.
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- Edmund Grandahl and Angelo Gravino in front of a Piper Cub aircraft, Raleigh Airport. Raleigh, NC 1944
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Connecticut; United States. Air Force -- Airmen; Airplanes -- American;
- Edmund Grandahl and Angelo Gravino in front of a Piper Cub aircraft, Raleigh Airport. Raleigh, NC 1944
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- Guns and artillery left behind, New Guinea 1943
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- New Guinea; World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Connecticut; Firearms; Military weapons;
- Guns and artillery left behind when American forces overtook the area, New Guinea 1943
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- Oral history interview with Stanford R. Inman recorded November 5, 2004
- Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American;
- Inman enlisted in the Marine Corps February 1943 at age 17 and was assigned to Parris Island, NC for basic training (Boot Camp). Advanced training assignment was Naval Aviation school (NAACP), Memphis, TN, where he trained as an aviation mechanic...
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- Oral history interview with Nicholas S. Macsata recorded 2008 Nov. 16.
- Iraq War, 2003- -- Personal narratives, American.; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews; United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.;
- Interview conducted by Alan Peterson. Nicholas Macsata joined the U.S. Army just after graduating from high school in 1994. He went to basic training at Fort Bragg, N.C., which he describes as fast paced, and then went on to Fort Lee, Va. And...
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- Oral history interview with Elliott Gardner recorded 2007 Apr. 16
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews;
- Interview conducted by Allison Kinard. Elliott Gardner was drafted into the U.S. Army on May 7th, 1944. He went to basic training at Fort Dix, NJ and then had additional training in communications at Fort Garden, GA and Fort Campbell, KY. He was...
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