Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs and recollections of Charles B. Koehler and Ken Mattson. They recall dealing with segregation on buses and sitting in the back on purpose. They also mention living on campus in small cottages, eating interesting meals-fried oysters and Orange Crush, visiting surrounding towns, and marching exercises. They also recollect the training they received at API. The photographs are of assemblies of the sailors at API.

Scope and Contents This collection of materials, 1805-2017 (bulk 1946-2000), related to the military service and academic career of Eugene B. Sledge consists of correspondence, clippings, articles, book reviews, journals, drawings, photographs, slides, video cassettes, memorabilia, awards, and artifacts. Much of the collection concerns Sledge's experiences during World War II and the writing of his memoirs. Portions of the collection contain Sledge family genealogies, along with the papers of John Wesley Rush,...