Name/Title
Waltz at Purdue UniversityEntry/Object ID
2026.1020.2Description
A sailor in whites stands in front of a university building, labelled Purdue University. Person is likely William Waltz.Context
Battleship Texas largely escorted Allied ships across the Atlantic from January 1943 to April 22, 1944. She mainly sailed from New York to either the UK, Gibraltar, or Casablanca.
William R. Waltz enlisted on July 14, 1942, and joined the crew of Battleship Texas on December 25, 1942, as an EM3c. He was transferred off the ship on April 18, 1945, for additional schooling.
Ephriam Dickson was the executive director of Battleship Texas Foundation from June 1995 to February 1999. In addition to his duties, he conducted extensive research on and heavily collected items for the crew of Battleship Texas. He later donated his collection back to BTF.Collection
Donation (Ephriam D. Dickson), Historical CollectionsLexicon
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Category 08: Communication Objects
