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-----. Loose scrapbook pages of Jack Smith, 1916-1996 in the U.S. Marine Corps. 6 pages. ca. 1944-1945

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Scrapbook page 1: "War is hell." Recto: Jack Smith and fellow Marines. 2 photographs: B&W; 11x8cm and 9x11cm. 1945. Also: Smith, Jack, 1916-1996. To Anna M. Smith. L.S. (typewritten: 1p,); 27cm. Scrapbook page 2. 1944. Recto: Jack Smith, 1916-1996, in uniform, standing by plane. 1 photograph: B&W; 26x21cm. 1944. Verso: Platoon 234 U.S. Marine Corps. San Diego, 1944. 1 photograph: B&W; 21x26cm. Scrapbook page 3. 1945. Recto: Jack Smith, 1916-1996, looking at a "Naming Your Baby" book with three fellow Marines on Iwo Jima. 1 photograph: B&W; 26x21cm. Verso: Jack Smith, 1916-1996, and two marines look on as a marine and a brigadier general pass a clipping. 1 photograph: B&W; 21x26cm. Scrapbook page 4. ca. 1945. Recto: Jack Smith, 1916-1996, looking a camera with cigarette in mount, and five unidentified men in uniform. 1 photograph: B&W; 26x21cm. Scrapbook page 5: "Washington D.C" 1945. Recto: Two unidentified men n uniform and Jack Smith, 1916-1996, holding drinks and barware. 1 photograph: B&W; 21x26cm. Verso: Jack Smith, 1916-1996, and four unidentified men in uniform at a canteen bar. 1 photograph: B&W; 21x26cm. Note: caption "Washington D.C. Just before going to the S. Pacific." Scrapbook page 6. 1944. Recto: Jack Smith, 1916-1996, U.S. Marine Corps certificate of enrollment. 1 item. Verso: Two unidentified men and Jack Smith, 1916-1996, in uniform. 1 photograph: B&W; 11x13cm. Two unidentified men and Jack Smith, 1916-1996, in a small room with Underwood typewriter. 1 photograph: B&W; 11x13cm.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1925-2004.
Call number
mssSmith, Jack papers
Creator
Smith, Jack (1916-1996)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Curtis B. Smith and Douglas F. Smith, May 2004, November 2004, May 2016, and May 2023.
gift of June Lee Pilsitz, May 2008.
gift of Jeanne Cornwell, April 2008.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
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