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  • Title: Benton Weaver Decker papers
    Date (inclusive): 1916-1980
    Collection Number: 74102
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 9 manuscript boxes, 2 envelopes (3.8 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, orders, citations, memorabilia, clippings, and other printed matter, relating to U.S. occupation forces in Japan, and U.S. foreign relations in the Far East.
    Creator: Decker, Benton Weaver, 1899-
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1974, with additional increments thorough 1983.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Benton Weaver Decker Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical / Historical

    Rear admiral, United States Navy; commander, Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 1946-1950.

    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence, speeches and writings, orders, citations, memorabilia, clippings, and other printed matter, relating to American occupation forces in Japan, and American foreign relations in the Far East.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
    Officers
    East Asia -- Foreign relations -- United States
    United States -- Foreign relations -- East Asia
    Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952
    United States -- Armed Forces -- Japan
    United States. Navy
    United States. Naval Base (Yokosuka, Japan)