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Osborne F. Ingram papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-262

Scope and Contents

The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence with members of VC Squadron 36 and planning reunions of the group and Ingram's naval orders, leave request, vouchers and appointments. Booklets include war diary of the USS Mission Bay, the History of Composite Squadron VC 36 and training manuals and notebooks from Quonset Point NAS. Photographs are mainly ofVC 36 reunions and maps are of Japan and areas of the South Pacific during WWII.

Dates

  • Creation: 1942 - 2004

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Access is open to all researchers, unless otherwise specified.

Conditions Governing Use

Material in this collection is in the public domain, unless otherwise noted.

Biographical Note

Osborne F. Ingram was born in 1915 and spent his youth in Cohasset, MA. He graduated from Harvard University in 1935 and worked for the Boston Herald before joining the Navy in 1942. He was an air intelligence officer with Composite Squadron VC 36 in USS Mission Bay, USS Cord and USS Croatan and was discharged in 1946.

Extent

7 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Correspondence, Letters sent and received from VC-36 and others, 1945-1946, 1980-1983, 2000-2004; various courses taken at Quonset Point, NAS, 1942; War Diaries of USS Mission Bay (CVE 59), USS Cole (CVE 13), USS Crotan (VE-25); ship's newspapers, 1944; Service Record, 1942-1952; Maps and Newsmaps, 1944; Notebooks, 1945; Account of the Squadron's history; Aviator's Flight Logbook; Songs, poems; Reunion information, photographs and booklets, 1962-1997; WWII photograph album; Luck is my Lady by Joseph R. Daly and Hunter Killer by William Y'Blood; various publications.

Arrangement

Organized in eleven series: I. Biographical information II.Correspondence, 1943-2004 Ill. Naval Orders and Official Documents, 1942- 1955 IV.Books, 1983-1989 V. Booklets, 1942-1993 VI. Manuals, 1943 VIL Newsletters, 1944-1998 VIII. Awards, 1942-1946 IX. Miscellany, 1943-2004 X. Photographs 1943-2004. XI. Maps, 1943-1945.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Osborne F. Ingram, 2005.

Status
Inventory
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Naval War College Archives Repository

Contact:
US Naval War College
686 Cushing Rd
Newport RI 02841 US