Accession No. RARE.2018.002: Purchased, 2016 September
[identification of item], Scrapbook on United States Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard Activities in World War II Compiled by a Serviceman for his Wife, SPEC.RARE.0226, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University
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Processed by: Courtney Bishop, 2017 December; Finding aid written by: Courtney Bishop, 2018 January
World War II lasted from 1939 to 1945. The United States joined the war on December 7, 1941, when Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese. In 1943, there were numerous Allied victories in the Pacific and the Axis began retreating on all fronts. The United States Navy, Coast Guard, and Marines helped with these victories. The Navy grew during World War II and was instrumental to the "Island Hopping Campaign," where the United States gained military bases on many of the small islands in the Pacific. The Coast Guard was involved in many rescue operations after the Germans began sinking ships off the American coast. The Marines participated in many of the battles in the Pacific.
The Scrapbook on United States Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard Activities in World War II Compiled by a Serviceman for his Wife contains a scrapbook dated circa 1943-1946. The scrapbook contains black and white photographs taken by the United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard from World War II and were put together in a scrapbook by a serviceman named Aldin. Also in the scrapbook are certificates from crossing the International Date Line and a letter.