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MSS-2013-01-15
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Title: American Militaria Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MSS-2013-01-15
Physical Description:
3 boxes
(3.42 linear feet)
Date (inclusive): 1931-1996
Abstract: This collection consists of militaria belonging to various service-members in the WWII and Cold War eras. Included are: the
lapel pins and certification cards of WWII Merchant Mariner William H. Pabst Jr.; a WWII-era Army Medical Department First
Aid Kit assigned to a service-member with the surname Daley; photographs, documents and historic objects belonging to WWII
Army soldier James Nolan Hoover, who served in North Africa and occupied Japan with the 62nd Signals Battalion, and Thomas
J. Durkin, who served in the U.S. Air Force in the early 1950s and was stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska with
the 925th Engineer Aviation Group.
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions
also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational
purposes.
American Militaria Collection, MSS 2013-01-01, San José State University Library, Special Collections & Archives.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection consists of militaria belonging to various service-members in the WWII and Cold War eras. Included are: the
lapel pins and certification cards of WWII Merchant Mariner William H. Pabst Jr.; a WWII-era Army Medical Department First
Aid Kit assigned to a service-member with the surname Daley; photographs, documents and historic objects belonging to WWII
Army soldier James Nolan Hoover, who served in North Africa and occupied Japan with the 62nd Signals Battalion and Thomas
J. Durkin, who served in the U.S. Air Force in the early 1950s and was stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska with
the 925th Engineer Aviation Group.
This collection is arranged in four series: Series I. Thomas J. Durkin; Series II. William H. Pabst, Jr.; Series III: The
Hoover Family; Series IV.: The Daley Medical Kit
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War II -- History
Merchant marine -- Medals, badges, decorations, etc.
Airmen
Armed Forces
Soldiers
Elmendorf Air Force Base (Alaska)
Hoover, James Nolan
Pabst, William H.
Durkin, Thomas J.