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Alfred James Shepherd Papers, ca. 1939-1953.
Bernath Mss 251LOCAL
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Title:
Alfred James Shepherd Papers, ca. 1939-1953Creator/Contributor:
Shepherd, Alfred J., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
Collection contains correspondence, photographs, and other printed ephemera relating to Alfred J. Shepherd's naval career
in Taiwan, Japan, and Guam during and after World War II. Materials are primarily from his time in post-war Taiwan as a lieutenant
in the U.S. Navy MAAG (Military Assistance Advisory Group). Items include invitations to various events (mostly in Chinese,
some with English translations in pencil), Christmas cards, Taiwanese yen, items relating to various clubs and fraternal societies,
black and white photographs of naval ships and bomb testing explosions, identification cards including an air raid shelter
pass, local business cards, and clippings relating to Shepherd's activities. Locations mentioned include Kaohsiung (Taiwan);
Iwo Jima, Kyoto (Japan); Guam; Hong Kong (China); U.S. Naval Base at Key West (Florida). Bomb testing photos, which include
a photo of the USS Dixie, may have been taken in Bikini Atoll.
Date:
1939 (issued)Subject:
a-ch--- -- a-ja--- -- pogu--- -- a-cc-hk -- n-us-flWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan
Military bases, American -- Guam
Military bases, American -- Japan
Military assistance, American -- Taiwan
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Campagnes et batailles -- Japon
Bases militaires américaines -- Guam
Bases militaires américaines -- Japon
Assistance militaire américaine -- Taiwan
Armed Forces -- Officers
Military assistance, American
Military bases, American
Military campaigns
Kaohsiung City (Taiwan)
Kyoto (Japan)
Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan)
Guam
Kaohsiung (Taiwan)
Iwo Jima (Volcano, Japon)
Guam
Guam
Japan
Japan -- Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands)
Japan -- Kyoto
Taiwan
Taiwan -- Kaohsiung City
United States. -- Military Assistance Advisory Group in Taiwan.
United States. -- Navy -- Officers
United States. -- Military Assistance Advisory Group in Taiwan.
United States. -- Navy.
Note:
Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Purchase, 2006.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Alfred J. Shepherd Papers. Bernath Mss 251. Department of Special Collections, Davidson
Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Type:
Photographs.correspondence.
photographs.
paper money.
business cards.
identity cards.
clippings (information artifacts)
Photographs.
Photographies.
Coupures de presse.
Physical Description:
.2 linear ft.
Language:
English
Chinese
Identifier:
Bernath Mss 251LOCAL
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.