Title: Edward Herman Pacific Theater Correspondence

Date/Date Range :   1945 February 20-1946 January 14

Extent: 0.5 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection contains letters sent to Edward Richard Herman, Private First Class in the United States Naval Forces, by various family members, friends, and lovers while he was stationed at Guadalcanal and later the Ulithi Islands in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

Call number: MS-2956

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection was donated to the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Edward Herman Pacific Theater Correspondence, MS-2956. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of one box.

Edward Richard Herman was born in New York and joined the United States Navy at the start of World War II in the city of San Francisco, California as a Private Second Class. In the course of his letters he was promoted to Private First Class.

This collection houses letters and cards sent to Private First Class "Eddie" Herman while he was serving in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The letters are from various friends and family, as well as from girlfriends in both New York and California.

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean.
• Soldiers -- New York -- Correspondence.
• United States. Navy.