Box 27

Memoir of World War II service in USS Hazelwood, including enlistment in the Navy in 1943, torpedo man in USS Hazelwood, Marshall Islands operation, Solomon Islands, Western Caroline operations, Leyte Gulf Battle, Iwo Jima, Kamikaze attack, rescue, assigned to USS Smith and USS Harwood in China, and discharged in 1947.

Memoirs of a photographer' s mate during World War II in the Pacific Theater, 1944-1945, as signed to Combat Photo Unit 6, staff of Admiral Nimitz, under Captain Edward Steichen. Includes narrative interspersed with photographs of various battles including Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Guam, and Japan.

Memoir of Chief Warrant Quartermaster (W-3) Earnest E. Parton that describes his service in the Yangtze patrol, China, 1934-1936 in the USS Henderson, USS Palos, USS Luzon, and plank owner in USS Yorktown, 1937-1942, including account of the Battle of Midway, 1942.