Finding Aid for the John P. Grey Second World War correspondence 2022.108.w.r
Andrew Harman
Center for American War Letters Archives
4/1/2022
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866
speccoll@chapman.edu
Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: John P. Grey Second World War correspondence
source:
Gibbons, Minta neé Grey
Creator:
Grey, John Paul, 1922-1997
Identifier/Call Number: 2022.108.w.r
Physical Description:
0.01 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
Date: 1945 February 10
Abstract: This collection contains one letter from John P. Grey, USN to his mother during the Second World War.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: WWII 157
Container: 7
Container: 1
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Minta Grey Gibbons
John Paul Grey, United States Navy (4/1/1922 - 1997) was born in Olympia, Kentucky and joined the Navy at 17 years old in
1939, reporting to Naval Training Station Great Lakes in Illinois. While transferring to San Francisco aboard a train he met
his future wife. Grey then served in the Pacific aboard the USS San Francisco and participated in many battles including the
Battle of the Coral Sea.
Grey and his family settled in Palatka, Florida where he lived until his death in 1997.
According to the donor:
"My father was not a good correspondent, but when his mother had not heard from him in several months, she contacted her congressman to see if he could find out if John was okay. When the Captain of the ship was contacted about the situation, he called John into his office and told him to write to his mother. This letter is the result of that order. It is short and sweet and just enough to comply with the Captain's order. My father was a man of few words, so I'm sure this was a painful assignment."
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], John P. Grey Second World War correspondence (2022.108.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 one letter from John P. Grey, USN to his mother during the Second World War. This letter was written
while attending training FFC [sic] school at the United States Navy Rep. [sic] school in San Diego (additional research could
not uncover the meaning of the abbreviation or acronym). He asks his mother about people back home and says that he is doing
well in school and hopes to return home on leave when he is finished.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
World War (1939-1945)
United States. -- Navy
Military training camps
Basic training (Military education)
Gibbons, Minta neé Grey