Guide to the Marvin Allen Truman Saipan Island World War II collection Bernath Mss 498
Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2019.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2019 August 13
Title: Marvin Allen Truman Saipan Island World War II collection
Identifier/Call Number: Bernath Mss 498
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
1.83 linear feet
(1 document box, 1 flat box)
Creator:
Truman, Marvin Allen
Date (inclusive): circa 1940-1945
Abstract: World War II album and other World War II-related items belonging to Marvin Allen Truman, United States Army Air Corps service
technician stationed on the island of Saipan, Northern Marianas.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], Marvin Allen Truman Saipan Island World War II collection, Bernath Mss 498. Department of Special
Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Marsha Truman Cooper, 2019.
Scope and Content
Photographs, correspondence, newsletters, certificates, memorabilia, personal items, clippings, United States Army pamphlets
and instructions, transcripts, propaganda leaflets in Japanese, and one photograph album belonging to Marvin Allen Truman.
Truman served as an United States Army Air Corps service technician during World War II and was stationed on the island of
Saipan, Northern Marianas.
After the war, Truman returned to his hometown of Modesto, California, and married Donna Truman (nee Ehlers).
Related Archival Material
Marsha Truman Cooper collection, Mss 157, Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University
of California, Santa Barbara.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence
Memorabilia
Newsletters
Pamphlets
Photograph albums
Photographs
Truman, Marvin Allen -- Archives
Truman, Donna Ehlers -- Archives
United States. Army Air Forces
flat-box 1
Marvin Allen Truman World War II Saipan (330th Headquarters Service Group base)
1944-1945
Scope and Content
Original black-and-white photographs: includes B52 bombers, Japanese bombing raids; anti-aircraft guns; American service personnel;
landscapes; bombed tanks and boats; islanders and everyday life on Saipan; life on 330th Headquarters Service Group base.
box 2
Ground Crew, Saipan, The Marianas, newsletters
1944, 1945
box 2
Army Air Corps 73rd Wing Engine Build Up Section personnel names and addresses
1945 June
box 2
Telegrams home to spouse Donna Ehlers Truman from Marvin Allen Truman
1943-1944
box 2
Air Raids and Attempted Air Raids against Saipan from 1 November 1944 to Occupation of Iwo Jima
box 2
Boeing Flying Fortress School Certificate of Technical Aircraft Training B 29 Division
1943 December 17
box 2
Instructions for Passengers While Aboard the U.S.S. Columbia
box 2
U.S. Army Air Forces Technical Training Command, Chicago School of Aircraft Instruments Training Detachment Gyroscopic Aircraft
Instruments Mechanics Diploma, includes class history and photographs
1942 October 24
box 2
"The Pacific Story" transcript for National Broadcasting Company and affiliates
1945 February 11
box 2
Newspaper clippings
1940s
box 2
301st Service Squadron 758th Ordnance Company Avn. (AB) Pendleton Field, Oregon, Thanksgiving, 1942 program; Christmas Day,
Island of Saipan, Marianas, Engineering Squadron menu
box 2
Air Service School Pendleton Field, Oregon, Certificate of Completion
1943 March 13
box 2
Confidential Headquarters VII Fighter Command AAF APO 86 Movement Orders, REE 893
1945 November 30
box 2
Propaganda Leaflets in Japanese containing information on peace negotiations
box 2
Saipan Under Two Flags, pamphlet with statements by generals, prepared as souvenir for members of the 73rd Wing
box 2
Photographs, many of Donna Ehlers Truman in Modesto, California
1940s
box 2
U.S.S. Clarendon Radio Press News
1945 December 9
box 2
Smoky Hill Army Air Field (Salina, Kansas) passes, Pendleton Air Field passes Southern Pacific train Assignment tickets
1943-1944
box 2
Postcards and correspondence
1940s
box 2
Marriage service program; Patterson Lions Club Charter Night brochure
1947 July 12
box 2
Army Air Force matchbooks
box 2
Rocky Mountain Views, Grand Coulee Dam pamphlet
