United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945

Scope and Contents One circa 1941-1945 scrapbook of personal mementos relating to Betty Ward and her husband, Fred Ward. The scrapbook includes photographs, telegrams, playbills, birthday cards, poems, and other materials relating to the couple's relationship during Fred's service in the United States Navy in World War II. Prominent geographic locations in the scrapbook include New York; Jersey City, New Jersey; and San Diego, California. The scrapbook also includes several late 1990s to early 2000s...

Scope and Contents Three 1927-1944 scrapbooks containing photographs, newspaper clippings, postcards, correspondence, and other ephemera relating to Maury High School, Virginia State Teachers College, high school and college football, social engagements, sororities, wedding announcements, and the United States Navy during World War II. The first two scrapbooks dating from 1927 to 1935 and from 1935 to 1942 are personal to Mary Arthur Billups (Prince), whereas the third scrapbook dating from 1941 to 1944...

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Twelve 1945 photographs taken on June 16 and August 30, primarily featuring scenes of sailors and civilians amid naval aircraft, male sailors and female WAVES walking in formation, and naval aircraft releasing smoke screen into the sky.

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Circa 1940s clippings and photographs relating to the Travelers Aid Society/USO during World War II in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbook primarily contains clippings about USO activities and events. Loose photographs show the USO Recreation Center and Auditorium.

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Correspondence, clippings, photographs, programs, and other materials relating to Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, dedication of the historical marker for Operation Torch, Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, naval aviation, the reunion of military members involved in Operation Torch, and the unveiling of the historical marker "Birthplace of Naval Aviation."