Letter from Joseph C. Torres, 1944:

"We were at Attu Island moving to Hawaii after the battle," Torres writes. "Now, I have just returned from Kwajalein and the invasion of the Marshall Islands." Hawaii is a welcome change, but he spent 5 weeks in the hospital. "Nothing too different" about those battles,...

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Other Authors: Torres, Joseph C. (author), Post, Lauren (Recipient)
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1944
Subjects:
World War II > Campaigns > Pacific
World War II > Combat
World War II > Navy > Higgins boats
World War II > Navy > Landing craft
Asberry
Owen F
Ashfield
Harry
Murillo
Sef
United States Army
7th Infantry Division
Signal Corps
Attu Island
Pacific
Attu
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11929/sdsu:63525
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spelling ftsandiegostateu:oai:drupal-site.org:sdsu_63525 2023-05-15T15:33:31+02:00 Letter from Joseph C. Torres, 1944: Torres, Joseph C. (author) Post, Lauren (Recipient) North America -- United States -- Hawaii -- Oahu -- Schofield Barracks 1944-02-25 Letter 8 inches x 10.5 inches https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11929/sdsu:63525 doi: en_US eng sdsu:63525 local: MS-0369-07T-47 uri: doi: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11929/sdsu:63525 © San Diego State University. All rights reserved World War II -- Campaigns -- Pacific World War II -- Combat World War II -- Navy -- Higgins boats World War II -- Navy -- Landing craft Asberry Owen F Ashfield Harry Murillo Sef United States Army 7th Infantry Division Signal Corps Letter 1944 ftsandiegostateu https://doi.org/20.500.11929/sdsu:63525 2021-01-28T18:11:04Z "We were at Attu Island moving to Hawaii after the battle," Torres writes. "Now, I have just returned from Kwajalein and the invasion of the Marshall Islands." Hawaii is a welcome change, but he spent 5 weeks in the hospital. "Nothing too different" about those battles, "except, possibly the difference in time staying out in the Higgins boats." Lauren C. Post Box 7, Folder 10 Manuscript Attu SDSUnbound (San Diego State University) Attu Island ENVELOPE(172.909,172.909,52.903,52.903) Pacific
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topic World War II -- Campaigns -- Pacific
World War II -- Combat
World War II -- Navy -- Higgins boats
World War II -- Navy -- Landing craft
Asberry
Owen F
Ashfield
Harry
Murillo
Sef
United States Army
7th Infantry Division
Signal Corps
spellingShingle World War II -- Campaigns -- Pacific
World War II -- Combat
World War II -- Navy -- Higgins boats
World War II -- Navy -- Landing craft
Asberry
Owen F
Ashfield
Harry
Murillo
Sef
United States Army
7th Infantry Division
Signal Corps
Letter from Joseph C. Torres, 1944:
topic_facet World War II -- Campaigns -- Pacific
World War II -- Combat
World War II -- Navy -- Higgins boats
World War II -- Navy -- Landing craft
Asberry
Owen F
Ashfield
Harry
Murillo
Sef
United States Army
7th Infantry Division
Signal Corps
description "We were at Attu Island moving to Hawaii after the battle," Torres writes. "Now, I have just returned from Kwajalein and the invasion of the Marshall Islands." Hawaii is a welcome change, but he spent 5 weeks in the hospital. "Nothing too different" about those battles, "except, possibly the difference in time staying out in the Higgins boats." Lauren C. Post Box 7, Folder 10
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Post, Lauren (Recipient)
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title_full Letter from Joseph C. Torres, 1944:
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op_rights © San Diego State University. All rights reserved
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