Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Stanford Gail Holsonback Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Service Unit/Ship: E Division, USS New Jersey (BB 62); E Division, USS New York (BB 34)
- Battles & Campaigns: North Africa; Marshall Islands; Caroline Islands; New Guinea; Mariana Islands; Leyte; Luzon; Iwo Jima; Okinawa; Philippines
- Location of Service: Morehead, Kentucky; Norfolk, Virginia; Washington, DC; Truk (Caroline Islands); Marshall Islands; New Guinea; Mariana Islands; Peleliu Island (Palau); Philippines; Iwo Jima; Okinawa (Ryukyu Islands); North Africa
- Highest Rank: Electrician's Mate Third Class
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/68813
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About this Item
Title
- Stanford Gail Holsonback Collection
Names
- Augusta Historical Society
- Finley, Scott
- Holsonback, Stanford Gail
- Gehle, Frederick P.
State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation
- Georgia
Headings
- - Holsonback, Stanford Gail
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Navy.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Race
- White
Status
- veteran
Service History
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World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Service Unit/Ship: E Division, USS New Jersey (BB 62); E Division, USS New York (BB 34)
- Location of Service: Morehead, Kentucky; Norfolk, Virginia; Washington, DC; Truk (Caroline Islands); Marshall Islands; New Guinea; Mariana Islands; Peleliu Island (Palau); Philippines; Iwo Jima; Okinawa (Ryukyu Islands); North Africa
- Battles & Campaigns: North Africa; Marshall Islands; Caroline Islands; New Guinea; Mariana Islands; Leyte; Luzon; Iwo Jima; Okinawa; Philippines
- Highest Rank: Electrician's Mate Third Class
- Dates of Service: 1942-1945
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2008-05-04; 2008-05-05)
- Photograph: Digital print [1 item] -- Photographs (collected 2008-05-08)
- Manuscript: Correspondence [1 item] -- Handwritten document (collected 1967-09-29)
- Manuscript: Printed matter [1 item] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents) (collected unknown)
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2008-05-04; 2008-05-04)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/68813
Online Format
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Special Format
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Iwo Jima
- Mariana Islands
- Marshall Islands
- Morehead, Kentucky
- New Guinea
- Norfolk, Virginia
- North Africa
- Okinawa (Ryukyu Islands)
- Peleliu Island (Palau)
- Philippines
- Truk (Caroline Islands)
- Washington, DC
Battles & Campaigns
- Caroline Islands
- Iwo Jima
- Leyte
- Luzon
- Mariana Islands
- Marshall Islands
- New Guinea
- North Africa
- Okinawa
- Philippines
Service Unit/Ship
- E Division, USS New Jersey (BB 62)
- E Division, USS New York (BB 34)
- USS New Jersey (BB 62)
- USS New York (BB 34)