Guide to the James Lohman Correspondence Sent to Jeannette Lohman While Serving in the United States Naval Construction Battalion, 1944-1945 SPEC.RARE.0239 Finding aid prepared by Sara Fuetter Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2018 February This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2018-05-08T10:18-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard James Lohman Correspondence Sent to Jeannette Lohman While Serving in the United States Naval Construction Battalion SPEC.RARE.0239 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.2 Cubic feet 1944-1945 The James Lohman Correspondence Sent to Jeannette Lohman While Serving in the United States Naval Construction Battalion During World War II primarily contains correspondence from James Lohman, a member of the 2nd section of the 15th Special United States Naval Construction Battalion, to his wife, Jeanette. The letters describe Lohman's day to day activities while being stationed on a Marshall Islands base. The collection dates 1944-1945. (1) 2.5" letter document box English Lohman, James Arrangement of Materials

Collection is arranged chronologically.

 Acquisitions Information

Accession No. RARE.2018.0045: Purchased, 2017 December

 Preferred Citation

[identification of item], James Lohman Correspondence Sent to Jeannette Lohman While Serving in the United States Naval Construction Battalion, SPEC.RARE.0239, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University

 Access to Materials

Materials in this collection are available for use, but may be used in the Thompson Library Special Collections reading room only.

 Processing Information

Processed by: Sara Fuetter, 2018 April; Finding aid written by: Sara Fuetter, 2018 April

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 Biographical Note

James F. Lohman (1912-2002) was a member of the 2nd Section of the 15th Special United States Naval Combat Battalion. Beginning his military service in April 1943, Lohman began training at Camp Parks near Dublin, California, before being stationed in the Marshall Islands. Lohman was discharged in November 1945.

 Scope and Contents

The James Lohman Correspondence Sent to Jeannette Lohman While Serving in the United States Naval Construction Battalion During World War II contains 28 postcards and letters from US Naval Combat Battalion member James Lohman to his wife, Jeanette, while Lohman was serving in World War II. Lohman writes about his day to day non-military activities at his base in the Marshall Islands. In addition, the collection also contains one postcard and two letters sent to Jeanette from other individuals in the U.S. military. The collection dates from February 1944 to June 1945, with the bulk of the materials dating between February 1944 and May 1944.

 Lohman, James Lohman, Jeannette United States. Naval Construction Battalion, 15th. United States. Navy. Seabees--Military life. Correspondence Military engineers--United States--Correspondence Soldiers--Family relationships--United States--20th century 1 1 1944 February 1 2 circa 1944 February 1 3 1944 March 1 4 1944 April 1 5 1944 May 1 6 circa 1944 December 1 7 1945 January 1 8 1945 April 1 9 1945 June