United States -- Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
General William P. Upshur. World War II Pacific Islands Inspection Reports, 1942-1943. [Digital]
Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/1630
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0006
Scope and Contents
The Lemuel C. Shepherd Papers consist primarily of unpublished memoirs and accompanying documents; photograph albums and scrapbooks dating from Shepherd's years as a VMI cadet, as Commandant of the Marine Corps, and from his service as President of the Inter-American Defense Board; an interview with General Shepherd conducted by the archivist of the MacArthur Library regarding Shepherd's role during the Korean War - assault at Inchon; miscellaneous correspondence; clippings; certificates and...
William P. Upshur collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0082
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two inspection trip scrapbooks, May 1942 and 1943 ("The Cruise of the Flying Cow"; "The Coconut Circuit"), documenting General Upshur's visits to various Pacific islands. Destinations included Midway, Pearl Harbor, Palmyra Island, Johnson Island.
