Korean War, 1950-1953
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Blechhammer: From Great Wars to the War on Terrorism, Edgar L. Sherbenov, 2002
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.73a-b
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 2002
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Gordon John Read Papers (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-258
Scope and Contents
The majority of the materials in the Gordon John Read Papers date from 1949 to 1953. Included is correspondence from “Gordy” Read to his parents from January to September 1951 while serving in the Marine Corps. Researchers will find here a scrapbook of materials from Gordon’s boot camp days at Parris Island, South Carolina, and Camp Pendleton, California, photographs relating to Marine Corps activities, and the flag that draped his coffin at the Memorial Service held January 20, 1952. ...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1930-1994; Other: Date acquired: 10/22/2003
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
