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John Joseph Alishouskas World War II Fiji Photograph Album, ca. 1942-1946.
Bernath Mss 277LOCAL
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Title:

John Joseph Alishouskas World War II Fiji Photograph Album, ca. 1942-1946

Creator/Contributor:

Alishouskas, John Joseph., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Online Archive of California

Abstract:

Album and accompanying documentation for a soldier who was assigned to Fiji during World War II, injured, and returned home to McCloskey General Hospital in Texas with honorable discharge. Album contains black and white photographs, postcards, booklets and printed ephemera, beginning with Alishouskas' enlistment and goodbye party at home; training in Fort Dix, Fort Monmouth (New Jersey), and Camp Stoneman (California); arrival in Fiji and assignment to Company Clerk. Following section contains black and white photos of time in Fiji, including fellow soldiers, military buildings, horses; native Fijians; street scenes; sports; a fire-walking ceremony; scenic views. A memo book containing Japanese handwriting, captioned as being taken from a dead Japanese soldier at Guadalcanal, implies that Alishouskas was sent to the Solomon Islands for the Guadacanal Campaign, presumably where he was injured. Album ends with paperwork detailing his return home. Also includes a handbook for Fiji, a booklet from McCloskey Hospital, and a brief overview of Alishouskas' military career.

Date:

1942 (issued)

Subject:

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World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiji
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Fidji
Bataille de Guadalcanal, Salomon, 1942-1943
Fiji -- Pictorial works
Fort Dix (N.J.)
Fort Monmouth (N.J.)
Fiji
New Jersey -- Fort Dix
New Jersey -- Fort Monmouth
Solomon Islands

Note:

Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Purchase, 2007.
Cite as: [Identification of item], John Joseph Alishouskas World War II Fiji Photograph Album. Bernath Mss 277. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Type:

Photographs.
Albums (Books)
photographs.
photograph albums.
scrapbooks.
booklets.
Pictorial works.
Photographs.
Albums (Books)
Photographies.
Albums photographiques.
Albums personnalisés.

Physical Description:

.3 linear ft.

Language:

English
Japanese

Identifier:

Bernath Mss 277LOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.