World War II - Philippines, New Guinea, Okinawa Photograph Collection, ca. 1940s

Summary

Title:

World War II - Philippines, New Guinea, Okinawa Photograph Collection,

Dates:

ca. 1940s

Extent:

.6 linear feet (2 oversize boxes)

Language:

English.

Preferred citation:

World War II - Philippines, New Guinea, Okinawa Photograph Collection. Bernath Mss 38. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

More than 1,000 mostly World War II b/w photos, loose and in three photograph albums, many lacking identification. Includes scenes in Manila, Lingayen, Laoag, and other Philippine towns, many showing destruction of the war; railroad yards at Tarlac, Luzon; local population, villages and scenes in Philippines and Biak Island, New Guinea; scenes in Okinawa, including surrender of Japanese forces there. Also, U.S. and Japanese military aircraft (intact and destroyed); naval landing-craft during U.S. landing at Lingayen in Jan. 1945; U.S. military camps and personnel.; numerous scenes in the U.S.(Ohio, Florida, California), many with soldiers and sailors with family and friends; 1947 Cleveland air-show; and other post-war travel photos.

Acquisition information:

Purchase, 2003.

Physical location:

Del Sur Oversize

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by D. Tambo

Date Prepared:

© 2003

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 13 June 2003 .

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

World War II - Philippines, New Guinea, Okinawa Photograph Collection. Bernath Mss 38. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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