Name/Title
ScrapbookEntry/Object ID
2014.099.0019Scope and Content
Scrapbook with brown padded covers, held together with brown shoe laces; military themed cover; size: 11-3/4"W x 14-1/2"H
Clippings and pictures from Vallejo News-Chronicle - gives a bird's eye view of World War II action and the reporting thereof; articles are clued in place, close together; some month/day dates are written in pencil on articles
Overview of types of articles:
Pearl Harbor bombing; Effects on West Coast; War News; British Ships Sunk; Text of U.S. War Resolution; Blackouts/Instructions; Mare Island - Ship Launching; Nimitz, New Chief of Navy; Air Raid Alerts - Siren Upgrades; Submarines off California Coast; Pacific Island Occupations; Manila - "Open City"; American Freighters Sunk; Sneak Attack Details - Survivors Arrive in S.F.; Automobile Rationing (February 2, 1943); Dormitories at Mare Island (14); New Homes Being Built; Ship Sinkings off U.S. East Coat; Air Craft Marking for IDing planes; Air Craft Crash - Carole Lumbard; Dereliction of Duty Scandal - Ranking Officers;
Separate Items:
"Ship Defense News": Jan 1942, Vol. 1 no. 1, published for Shipworkers of America - 4 page folded over.
"The Mare Island Grapevine" - published semi-monthly to promote a better understanding of all the tasks ahead of us. Vol. 1, No. 10 January 20, 1941.
"The Torch" Puget Sound Assn of Zeta Psi, Vol. 2, No. 1, February
Phi Lamda of Zeta Psi, Seattle Washington, 2-sided flier.
"The Grapevine" - published weekly in the interests of the Men and Ships of Mare Island". August 14, 1942, Vol. II No. 25
"The Mare Island Navy Yard Grapevine" - Mare Island Ships are Fighting Everywhere, Fri. 22 September 1944 Vol. IV No. 38
"Vallejo News-Chronicle" Feb. 8, 1946, Pictures of Submarine Preservation at Mare Island
A Series of 11 Articles (one may be missing) regarding Adm. David G. Farragut - 1st Commandant of Mare Island, not sure of year but hand written dates are on each clipping from 11/1 thru 11/10 (paper clipped together)Collection
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