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Mason, Leslie B. collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2024.099

Scope and Contents

Framed unit photo, filed seperately with framed photos

Address book

2 boxes of correspondence

Documents

Foreign currency with autographs, incl. Gen Hidiki Tojo, Lt Gen Isogai Renuilse?, Lt Gen Nahamou?, Kushiro Hiranuma, Lt Gen H. Tamune?,

Fort Sill Okla. Replacement Center Newsletters

Misc newspapers, incl. a Japanese newspaper

Diaries, unit patches, small photos.

Ducuments, ID Cards, etc.

USB thumb drive with 2 digital images and audio interview, copied to server.



Forwarded to Collections: Ike jacket, cap, trousers, shirt; 2 swords and rifle with capture papers; medal; Japese chopsticks; 2 trench art lighters; Buddha sculpture; 2.45 shells dated 1942; 3 sterling trench art bracelets, Japanese cigarettes and matches; Japanese flag; dig tags; unit patches; pipe, "Coffee Crew" veteran group mug, Japanese fan

Dates

  • 1942-1945
  • Event: Donated by Mike Mason on 16 Sept 2024. Accession 2024.099

Conditions Governing Use

MMVM may, or may not, hold copyrights to materials in this collection. Donors who own copyrights to their donated materials, i.e., photos taken by their grandfather, typically donate their copyrights to MMVM as indicated on the Donation Gift Form. We recognize it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to copy or publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.

Biographical / Historical

Pvt. Leslie Boyd Mason, Sugamo Japan Prison guard, US Army Engineer,

Extent

1.5 Linear Feet (one grey archival banker's box.)

Language of Materials

English

Status
Completed
Author
Daniel Ewer, Archivist
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum Repository

Contact:
Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum
Camp Ripley
15000 Highway 115
Little Falls MN 56345 United States