CCSU Veterans History Project

- William A. O'Neill Papers, 1943, 1950-1954, 2005
- Korean War, 1950-1953; United States Air Force -- Airmen; Fighter plane combat; B-29 bomber
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- Enjoying entertainment on Guadalcanal
- World War, 1939-1945; Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943; United States. Navy; Soldiers -- Recreation;
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- U.S. Army Medic Charles Bourgeois (seated) and Edward C. Foley at 52nd Army Field Hospital on Guadalcanal
- World War, 1939-1945; Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943; Hospitals, Naval and marine -- Solomon Island; Medicine, Naval;
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- 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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- Sergeant John J. Gavin posing in a foxhole on 'Bennett Island'.
- World War, 1939-1945; Kwajalein Atoll, Battle of, Marshall Islands, 1944; World War, 1939-1945 -- Trench warfare; Intrenchments;
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- Aerial view of United States troop barracks on Enewetak, Marshall Islands
- World War, 1939-1945; United States. Marine Corps -- Barracks and quarters
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- Lou Brosius posing with his rifle on R & R on 'Bascomb Island.' (Meck Island)
- World War, 1939-1945;United States. Marine Corps -- Officers;
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- Edward C. Foley at 52nd Army Field Hospital on Guadalcanal
- World War, 1939-1945; Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943; Hospitals, Naval and marine -- Solomon Island; Medicine, Naval;
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- Synopsis of oral history interview with Louis Miklos
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews; Queen Mary (Steamship); B-17 bomber; United States. Air Force -- Aviation mechanics;
- Typed synopsis of video interview with Louis Miklos conducted by Robert Mastroni. Miklos describes his time in the U.S. Army Air Corps/Force during World War II.
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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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- Marine Bomber Squadron flight crew in front of PBJ-1H Airplane
- World War, 1939-1945; United States. Marine Corps -- Officers; United States. Marine Corps -- Aviation;
- Back row standing left to right, Mike Brennan (Sergeant Navigator), Dan Hazelnus (Co-pilot), Wayne Youngren (Pilot), Donald Clay (Radio gunner). Front row kneeling left to right, Wayne Mathews (Ordnance), John “Chico” Duarte (Radio) and...
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- Posing on the beach with the Majuro Tower in the background.
- World War, 1939-1945; United States. Marine Corps -- Officers;
- Back row standing, Lou Brosius, Bob Dillon and Tony Blaso. Front row kneeling, Warren Ritter and Stanford Inman on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands.
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- Cast of Arsenic & Old Lace visiting Kwajalein, Marshall Islands
- World War, 1939-1945; United Service Organizations (U.S.); Soldiers -- Recreation; Theater -- United States;
- Boris Karloff and cast of Arsenic and Old Lace, a theatrical play performed between 1941 - 1944, visting Kwajalein Island as a part of USO tour.
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- Group of squadron members in VMB-613's compound on Kwajalein Island
- World War, 1939-1945; United States. Marine Corps -- Officers;
- from left to right Warren Ritter, Lou Brosius and William Wright Kwajalein, Marshall Islands
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- Three Marines in VMB-613's compound on Kwajalein Island
- World War, 1939-1945; United States. Marine Corps -- Officers;
- From left to right: Stanford Inman , Warren Ritter, and Charles Cannato , Kwajalein, Marshall Islands
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- Group of squadron members in VMB-613's compound on Kwajalein Island
- World War, 1939-1945; United States. Marine Corps -- Officers;
- In jumpsuits from left to right Charles Cannato, Bob Dillon and Warren Ritter, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands
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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 Robert Cerosky recorded on 2009 Feb. 10
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews; Typhoons -- Guam
- Interview conducted by Bill Piccolo. Robert Cerosky enlisted in the United States Navy in 1944. He was commissioned as an Ensign in 1946. He served in the South Pacific, where he was an officer on a weather station/ship. Their job was to...
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- Oral history interview with Francis O. Cunningham recorded 2006 Mar 10
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area; Marriage; Rationing -- United States;
- Interview conducted by Darcey Cunningham. Interview contains stories by both Francis O. "Ham" Cunningham, and Mary "Polly" Cunningham. Mr. Cunningham was recruited in 1941, while in his senior year at UCONN, into the Marine Corps Officer...
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- Oral history interview with Edward W. Gilbert recorded on 2004 June 17
- Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews; World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- New Guinea; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American;...
- Interview conducted by Eileen Hurst on June 17, 2004. Edward Gilbert, originally from Wethersfield (CT), was drafted into the U.S. Army in June of 1942. He was inducted into service in Fort Devens (MA), and then completed his basic training at...
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