Wright, Thomas collection
Scope and Contents
Photo album, 1944. Quantico. Greensboro. Plainfield. Chapel Hill. Wedding in Laguna Beach. Hawaii. Pacific. Landing craft.
Reserve Officers Class, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico VA 1942 yearbook
His Service Record album. Biographical info. Friends: Forrest Goodwin, Paul Moss, Ralph Williams, Red Kirschner.
Marine Corps Chevron newsletter and clippings.
The Leatherneck magazine, Aug 1943.
Pacific War Atlas.
Yank magazine. Persian Gulf edition. Sept 17 1944.
Maps, The Reserve Marine newsletters, April, August 1955. Marine Air Corps Air Facility, Newport Arkansas, 15 Oct 1945 personnel roster. Pinup clippings. Personnel paperwork.
Military documents. 5 folders. Incl. HQ Sqadron 14, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 1st Aircraft Wing muster roll rosters.
Paper ephemera.
Diary, 1942.
Dates
- 1942-1945
- Event: Donated by Thomas' daughter Laurinda W Porter on 8 March 2006 Accession 2005.116
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
Major Thomas A. Wright Jr. US Marine Corps. Wife Christine Allen Wright. Enlisted 7 May 1941, Quantico.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (One white standard banker's box. Shelf 3-B-3)
Language of Materials
English
- Status
- In Progress
- 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
Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum
Camp Ripley
15000 Highway 115
Little Falls MN 56345 United States
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