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Booth, Donald (Korean War correspondence)
2014.043.w.r
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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Don R. Booth Korean War correspondence
Creator:
Booth, Donald
Identifier/Call Number: 2014.043.w.r
Identifier/Call Number: 149
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1950 September 5 - 1982 March 31
Date (bulk): 1950 September 5 - 1954 January 10
Abstract: Approximately 275 correspondence written by Cpl. Donald Booth,USMC, also a Chapman University Professor, to his parents and
younger brother during his enlistment during the Korean War, 1950-1953.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: Korea 4
Container: 1-6
Container: 1-6
Container: Korea 5
Container: 1-4
Container: 7-10
Container: Oversize 1
Container: 5
This collection is open for research.
This collection is arranged chronologically. Letters of an unknown date and miscellaneous material are collected in the rear
of the last folder.
Donald Booth, United States Marine Corps joined the Marines at the beginning of the war and served most of his enlistment
at Camp Pendelton, California. Don Booth began teaching at Chapman University in 1959 as a professor of business and economics
before retiring in 2013.
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Donald Booth Korean War correspondence (2014.043.w.r), Center for American
War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
This collection contains approximately 275 correspondence from Donald R. Booth, USMC to his younger brother Bob and his parents,
Maude and Floyd Booth during the Korean War. His correspondence was written mostly from Camp Pendleton in Southern California
during the war.
There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Korean War, 1950-1953.
Korean War -- (1950-1953) -- Correspondence
Military training camps
California -- Camp Pendleton