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Title: Joseph L. Ritzinger letters
Identifier/Call Number: Mss 354
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.83 linear feet
(2 document boxes)
Creator:
Ritzinger, Joseph L.
Source:
Ritzinger, Lillian A.
Date (inclusive): 1934-1942
Abstract: 175 handwritten letters from American sailor, Joseph Ritzinger, killed in action in the Pacific during the Second World War.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Identification of Item], Joseph L. Ritzinger letters, Mss 354. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Library purchase, 2018.
175 letters written by United States Navy sailor Joseph L. Ritzinger to his wife, Lillian Ritzinger in Philadelphia. Ritzinger
was one of fifteen soldiers from the USS Porter, which was sunk by Japanese forces off the Solomon Islands on October 26,
1942.
Most of the letters are in their original mailing envelopes. Several carry United States Censor stamps. The last letter is
dated October 15, a little more than a week before Ritzinger's death.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area -- Personal narratives, American
Ritzinger, Lillian A.
United States. Navy -- Biography