Archival Finding Aids
Title
American Militaria Collection
Dates
1931-1982
Collection Number
MSS.2013.01.15
Abstract
This collection consists of militaria belonging to various service-members in the WWII and Cold War eras. Included are: the lapel pins and certification cards of WWII Merchant Mariner William H. Pabst Jr.; a WWII-era Army Medical Department First Aid Kit assigned to a service-member with the surname Daley; photographs, documents and historic objects belonging to WWII Army soldier James Nolan Hoover, who served in North Africa and occupied Japan with the 62nd Signals Battalion, and Thomas J. Durkin, who served in the U.S. Air Force in the early 1950s and was stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska with the 925th Engineer Aviation Group.
Document Type
Finding Aid
Upload Date
2013
Recommended Citation
American Militaria Collection (1931-1982), MSS 2013-01-01, San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives.
Indexing Terms
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Durkin, Thomas J. Hoover, James Nolan Pabst, William H. Airmen Armed Forces Elmendorf Air Force Base (Alaska) Merchant marine--Medals, badges, decorations, etc. Soldiers World War II -- History