Slater/Pederson collection

Collection

Identifier: 2025.120

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Pederson collection: painted B4 canvas bag, memoir, photos, discharge,

Slater collection:

Blanket

Dress whites

Mess kit, canteen cup

Japanese aircraft aluminum

Souvenir sea shells

Bluejacket manual, filed with manuals

Hospital school notes

Two New Testaments

Self published photo book

Panoramic photo, filed and described in Panoramic Collection

Navy service records

Japanese items, Guam. booklets, tin, paper money

Photos

3-ring note binder

Documents: laundry, corpsman activites, camp life, chapel services, letters

Panoramic photos in flat file:

- US Army Basic Training, Ft Dix NJ. VC Peterson identified.

- 30 Sept 1942, US Naval Training Station San Diego CA. 42-561. nder David Key. Co Commander Aubrey R Tapp.

Dates

Creation: 1941-1947
Event: Donated by Susan Slater on 8 Sept 2025. Accession 2025.120, 2025.121.

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

Sgt Vernon Carlyle Peterson. US Army. Troop B, 1st Sq, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division. Echo MN. Occupied Japan.

PhM1C Robert Collins Slater. USNR. WWII Pacific. Isanti MN.