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Pepe (Angelo) Photograph Collection
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Angelo Pepe Photograph Collection
Identifier/Call Number: OCH.APP
Extent:
.02 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1946-1947
Abstract: The Angelo Pepe Photograph Collection
documents Angelo Pepe's military service as a Navy corpsman attached to a United States
Marine unit stationed in Tientsin, China in the post World War II period.
Language of Material: English
This collection is open for research use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Angelo J. Pepe, 2019
Angelo J. Pepe served in the United States military as a Navy corpsman attached to a Marine
unit in Tientsin from July 1946 to July 1947, when his unit was forced out of China and
relocated to Guam. Prior to deployment in China, his all-volunteer Navy corpsmen unit
trained at United States Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Pepe was
discharged in November 1947, and then attended college, got married, and settled in
Louisiana.
The Angelo Pepe Photograph Collection contains a photograph album documenting the Navy
service of Pepe and others attached to or part of the United States Marine unit stationed in
Tientsin, China after World War II. The unit served in Tientsin from July 1946 to July 1947,
when they were forced out of China and relocated to Guam. The album photographs include
portraits and group shots with Pepe and his fellow servicemen, as well as with Chinese
individuals. Local scenes show street acrobats, food, bumboats, and rickshaws. Locations
depicted include the International Bridge, Skid Road, the Imperial Hotel, the Little Club
and St. Anna.
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Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Mallory Furnier, 2019
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographs