Finding Aid for the Marty J. Perlmutter Vietnam War correspondence 2017.158.w.r
Wynter Salazar
Center for American War Letters Archives
August 2, 2017
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866
speccoll@chapman.edu
Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Marty J. Perlmutter Vietnam War correspondence
source:
Crane, Anna
Creator:
Perlmutter, Marty
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.158.w.r
Physical Description:
.08 Linear feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1968 April 15 - 1968 August 26
Abstract: This collection contains letters and photographs from Machinist's Mate Fireman Marty J. Perlmutter, United States Navy during
the Vietnam War.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: Vietnam 2
Container: 11
Container: 1
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Anna Crane.
This collection is arranged chronologically.
- [Item title, Box number, Folder number], Marty J. Perlmutter Vietnam War correspondence (2017.158.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 12 correspondence written by MMFN Marty J. Perlmutter, USN to pen pal, 8th grader Anna Rosenzweig
during the Vietnam War. Perlmutter was in the US Navy aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD-850) where he worked primarily
in the engine room. This vessel stayed primarily in Italy during the course of these letters.
Perlmutter is a very sarcastic individual in these letters and speaks to Rosenzweig in a somewhat uncaring yet casual tone.
Some letters of interest are dated June 7, 1968 and July 11, 1968 which both included a picture of Perlmutter. Perlmutter
also describes some functions of the engine room as well as makes snide remarks about how the ship is old and "falling apart."
He also mentions in one letter that three men died in the engine room in the ship next to them and how unsettling it was to
be working there(August 7, 1968). The letter dated May 7, 1968 gives his summation of the Vietnam War and the letter dated
May 31, 1968 mentions the loss of the USS Scorpion. One letter of particular interest is dated June 12, 1968 in which he mentions
the Robert F. Kennedy assassination, stating that, "The world today is in turmoil and the man responsible for this tragic
murder are just products of a sick society which cannot find remedy for its own problems."
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. For further copyright information, please contact the archivist.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Vietnam War (1961-1975) -- Correspondence
Vietnam War (1961-1975) -- Naval operations, American
Pen pals
United States. -- Navy
Vietnam War (1961-1975) -- Italy
Crane, Anna