Overview of the John Alfred Burden papers
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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Title: John Alfred Burden papers
Date (inclusive): 1942-1944
Collection Number: 78083
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Japanese
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Reports, captured documents and translations, correspondence, diary, maps, and photographs, relating to military operations
on Guadalcanal and other areas of the Solomon Islands, especially to interrogation of captured Japanese soldiers and translation
of captured Japanese documents.
Creator:
Burden, John Alfred
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1978.
[Identification of item], John Alfred Burden papers,, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Major, United States Army; language officer, 25th Division, during World War II.
Scope and Content of Collection
Reports, captured documents and translations, correspondence, diary, maps, and photographs, relating to military operations
on Guadalcanal and other areas of the Solomon Islands, especially to interrogation of captured Japanese soldiers and translation
of captured Japanese documents.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean
Prisoners of war
United States. Army
Material not yet described
box 1
Material not yet described