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Title: Peters (Shannon L.) Correspondence
Date: 1968-1969
Collection Number: Ms78
Location:
Erickson Vault
Physical Description: 0.4 linear feet
Contributing Institution:
San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum
11793 North Micke Grove Road
Lodi, CA 95240
Language of Material: Records written in English
Abstract: The Shannon L. Peters Correspondence includes two hundred letters between Manteca, California, resident Shannon L. Peters,
his wife, Velma L. Peters, and their eight children in 1968 and 1969, while Peters served in the Vietname War. The letters
afford insights into emotional strains that American military families experienced at that time.
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Preferred citation: [Item name], Shannon L. Peters Correspondence, Ms78, San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum,
Lodi, California.
A native of Iowa, Shannon L. Peters (1922-2010), served in the U.S. Navy during the Second World War. After it ended in 1945,
he moved to Manteca, California, where he resided for the next sixty-five years, thirty-five of which he worked at the nearby
Tracy Defense Depot. In 1968 and 1969, at the height of the Vietnam War, Peters served in the U.S. Army Supply Depot at Qui
Nhon, Vietnam.
Included in this collection are two hundred handwritten pieces of correspondence between Shannon L. Peters, his wife, Velma
L. Peters, and their eight children, Brenda, Geneva, Steven, Karen, Sharon, Leila, Stella, and May, written in 1968 and 1969.
Members of the family express affection for each other and discuss events at work and home. The letters are arranged in chronological
order.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Manteca (Calif.)--History
Peters, Shannon L. (1922-2010
Peters, Velma L. (1923-2004)
San Joaquin County (Calif.)--History
Vietnam War, 1961-1975