Finding Aid for the Debbie Bogdan Gulf War correspondence 2023.053.w.r
Andrew Harman
Center for American War Letters Archives
5/25/2023
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866
speccoll@chapman.edu
Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Debbie Bogdan Gulf War correspondence collection
source:
Bogdan, Debbie
Creator:
Grathwohl, Bruce R., Major
Creator:
Pilkey, Gene C., Gunnery Sergeant
Creator:
Duran, Sigi, Sergeant Major
Creator:
Vest, Dan, Sergeant Major
Creator:
Guilliams, Ron, Lieutenant Colonel
Creator:
Dayley, Brant, First Lieutenant
Creator:
Scullian, Brendon D., Corporal
Creator:
Abeyta, Vinnie, Corporal
Creator:
Prah, Mark, Staff Sergeant
Identifier/Call Number: 2023.053.w.r
Physical Description:
0.075 Linear feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1991 February 2 - August 15
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence to Debbie Bogdan, addressed to Bogies Brass Rail in North Bergan, New Jersey from
several servicemembers serving overseas during the Persian Gulf War.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: Gulf War 1
Container: 14
Container: 1
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Debbie Bogdan.
This collection is arranged by author and chronology. The authors are in the order kept by the donor.
Bogie's Brass Rail, later renamed the Brass Rail Pub, was a bar in North Bergen, New Jersey. The bar was a stand-in for Doc
Fiddler's Saloon in Inwood, New York in the 2022 film The Greatest Beer Run Ever in which a man pledges in the pub to deliver
beer to his friends serving overseas in Vietnam. The movie was based on the book of the same name which was based on a true
story.
Units of the Marines, one soldier, and one sailor include:
- USS Saginau (LST 11-88)
- Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Division
- Headquarters Company, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, G-3 Supply Support Issue Point
- Heavy Marine Helicopter 464, Marine Air Group 26
- B Company, 8th Communications Battalion
- Combat Service Supoort Detachment 10 (CSSD-10), Supply Detachment, 1st Force Service Support Group, Marine Expeditionary Brigade
- D Battery, 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment (US Army)
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Debbie Bogdan Gulf War correspondence (2023.053.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.
Agents were created and linked to this collection for authors for whom there were full names. Those names were recorded as
written in correspondence in the form provided. For instance, "Vinnie" was used and not assumed to be "Vincent." Authors who
only had last names included in correspondence did not have an agent link created.
This collection contains 19 letters written by various servicemembers, mostly Marines, to Debbie Bogdan at Bogies Brass Rail,
a pub in North Bergan, New Jersey during the Persian Gulf War. Also included is one note, small yellow lined paper, with one
sailor's address.
The letters are thank you notes from the servicemembers for packages and letters received, with some information and details
given on their service and location. It is evident that not all of the servicemembers had actually visited the Brass Rail.
The correspondents include the following servicemembers, with dates of letters.
Maj Bruce R. Grathwohl, USMC
- February 6, 1991
- March 8, 1991
- March 16, 1991
- February 13, 1991
- June 27, 1991
- July 21, 1991 (chunk missing)
- August 15, 1991
- Latter correspondence written from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
- February 8, 1991
- March 25, 1991
- February 7, 1991
- February 7, 1991
- March 15, 1991
- February 16, 1991, written from Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii
- Sgt Priest
- GySgt Scarbrough
- Cpl Crouse
- Cpl Lennon
- LCpl Petrescu
- Cpl Abeyta
- Cpl Olsen
- Lt Eason
- Cpl Street
- Cpl Bowers
- February 2, 1991
- March 10, 1991
- February 6, 1991
- April 9, 1991
- February 5, 1991
- March 17, 1991
Note on yellow lined paper:
1SW Michael Coleman, USN
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Persian Gulf War (1991)
Persian Gulf War (1991) -- Correspondence
Correspondence -- Persian Gulf War, 1991
United States. -- Marine Corps
Bogdan, Debbie