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Box 4

 Container

Contains 65 Results:

China Gunboatman

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 1-3
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2000-003, Samuel Milner U.S.S. Houston (CA-30) and 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) / China
Dates: 1931-1992
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains folders related to the USS Houston. Folders in the first three subseries contain Milner's files on individuals who were serving on the Houston when it went down in the Java Sea. Most of these contain only brief biographical information and/or a photocopy of the crew member's POW camp record. Some contain handwritten transcripts of interviews Milner conducted with the men (indicated by the words "with interview"). Some of these handwritten transcripts have been typed up...

Gunboat on the Yangtze

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 4
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2000-003, Samuel Milner U.S.S. Houston (CA-30) and 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) / China
Dates: 1931-1992
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains folders related to the USS Houston. Folders in the first three subseries contain Milner's files on individuals who were serving on the Houston when it went down in the Java Sea. Most of these contain only brief biographical information and/or a photocopy of the crew member's POW camp record. Some contain handwritten transcripts of interviews Milner conducted with the men (indicated by the words "with interview"). Some of these handwritten transcripts have been typed up...

Shaplen, New Yorker Place on the Yangtze

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 5
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2000-003, Samuel Milner U.S.S. Houston (CA-30) and 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) / China
Dates: 1931-1992
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains folders related to the USS Houston. Folders in the first three subseries contain Milner's files on individuals who were serving on the Houston when it went down in the Java Sea. Most of these contain only brief biographical information and/or a photocopy of the crew member's POW camp record. Some contain handwritten transcripts of interviews Milner conducted with the men (indicated by the words "with interview"). Some of these handwritten transcripts have been typed up...

Rosenberg Yangtze Patrol

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 6
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2000-003, Samuel Milner U.S.S. Houston (CA-30) and 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) / China
Dates: 1931-1992
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains folders related to the USS Houston. Folders in the first three subseries contain Milner's files on individuals who were serving on the Houston when it went down in the Java Sea. Most of these contain only brief biographical information and/or a photocopy of the crew member's POW camp record. Some contain handwritten transcripts of interviews Milner conducted with the men (indicated by the words "with interview"). Some of these handwritten transcripts have been typed up...

Activation of the Yangtze and South China Patrols

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 7
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2000-003, Samuel Milner U.S.S. Houston (CA-30) and 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) / China
Dates: 1931-1992
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains folders related to the USS Houston. Folders in the first three subseries contain Milner's files on individuals who were serving on the Houston when it went down in the Java Sea. Most of these contain only brief biographical information and/or a photocopy of the crew member's POW camp record. Some contain handwritten transcripts of interviews Milner conducted with the men (indicated by the words "with interview"). Some of these handwritten transcripts have been typed up...

At end of Shakedown Cruise

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 8
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2000-003, Samuel Milner U.S.S. Houston (CA-30) and 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) / Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Cruises
Dates: 1931-1992
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains folders related to the USS Houston. Folders in the first three subseries contain Milner's files on individuals who were serving on the Houston when it went down in the Java Sea. Most of these contain only brief biographical information and/or a photocopy of the crew member's POW camp record. Some contain handwritten transcripts of interviews Milner conducted with the men (indicated by the words "with interview"). Some of these handwritten transcripts have been typed up...

Captain Jesse B. Gay, First Commander, USS Houston

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 9
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2000-003, Samuel Milner U.S.S. Houston (CA-30) and 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) / Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Cruises
Dates: 1931-1992
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains folders related to the USS Houston. Folders in the first three subseries contain Milner's files on individuals who were serving on the Houston when it went down in the Java Sea. Most of these contain only brief biographical information and/or a photocopy of the crew member's POW camp record. Some contain handwritten transcripts of interviews Milner conducted with the men (indicated by the words "with interview"). Some of these handwritten transcripts have been typed up...

Captain Robert A. Dawes

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 10
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2000-003, Samuel Milner U.S.S. Houston (CA-30) and 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) / Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Cruises
Dates: 1931-1992
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains folders related to the USS Houston. Folders in the first three subseries contain Milner's files on individuals who were serving on the Houston when it went down in the Java Sea. Most of these contain only brief biographical information and/or a photocopy of the crew member's POW camp record. Some contain handwritten transcripts of interviews Milner conducted with the men (indicated by the words "with interview"). Some of these handwritten transcripts have been typed up...

Captain William Baggaley, January 3, 1933-June 5, 1934

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 11
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2000-003, Samuel Milner U.S.S. Houston (CA-30) and 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) / Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Cruises
Dates: January 3, 1933-June 5, 1934
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains folders related to the USS Houston. Folders in the first three subseries contain Milner's files on individuals who were serving on the Houston when it went down in the Java Sea. Most of these contain only brief biographical information and/or a photocopy of the crew member's POW camp record. Some contain handwritten transcripts of interviews Milner conducted with the men (indicated by the words "with interview"). Some of these handwritten transcripts have been typed up...

Captain Walter Browne Woodson

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 12
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2000-003, Samuel Milner U.S.S. Houston (CA-30) and 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) / Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Cruises
Dates: 1931-1992
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains folders related to the USS Houston. Folders in the first three subseries contain Milner's files on individuals who were serving on the Houston when it went down in the Java Sea. Most of these contain only brief biographical information and/or a photocopy of the crew member's POW camp record. Some contain handwritten transcripts of interviews Milner conducted with the men (indicated by the words "with interview"). Some of these handwritten transcripts have been typed up...

Captain Guy Evans Baker, June 25, 1935-July 16, 1937

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 13
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2000-003, Samuel Milner U.S.S. Houston (CA-30) and 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) / Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Cruises
Dates: June 25, 1935-July 16, 1937
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains folders related to the USS Houston. Folders in the first three subseries contain Milner's files on individuals who were serving on the Houston when it went down in the Java Sea. Most of these contain only brief biographical information and/or a photocopy of the crew member's POW camp record. Some contain handwritten transcripts of interviews Milner conducted with the men (indicated by the words "with interview"). Some of these handwritten transcripts have been typed up...

Captain George Nathan Barker, July 16, 1937-May 24, 1939

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 14
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2000-003, Samuel Milner U.S.S. Houston (CA-30) and 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) / Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Cruises
Dates: July 16, 1937-May 24, 1939
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains folders related to the USS Houston. Folders in the first three subseries contain Milner's files on individuals who were serving on the Houston when it went down in the Java Sea. Most of these contain only brief biographical information and/or a photocopy of the crew member's POW camp record. Some contain handwritten transcripts of interviews Milner conducted with the men (indicated by the words "with interview"). Some of these handwritten transcripts have been typed up...

Captain Francis Cogswell, May 24-September 22, 1939

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 15
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2000-003, Samuel Milner U.S.S. Houston (CA-30) and 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) / Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Cruises
Dates: May 24-September 22, 1939
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains folders related to the USS Houston. Folders in the first three subseries contain Milner's files on individuals who were serving on the Houston when it went down in the Java Sea. Most of these contain only brief biographical information and/or a photocopy of the crew member's POW camp record. Some contain handwritten transcripts of interviews Milner conducted with the men (indicated by the words "with interview"). Some of these handwritten transcripts have been typed up...

Captain Jesse Barret Oldendof, October 16, 1939-August 30, 1940

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 16
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2000-003, Samuel Milner U.S.S. Houston (CA-30) and 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) / Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Cruises
Dates: October 16, 1939-August 30, 1940
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains folders related to the USS Houston. Folders in the first three subseries contain Milner's files on individuals who were serving on the Houston when it went down in the Java Sea. Most of these contain only brief biographical information and/or a photocopy of the crew member's POW camp record. Some contain handwritten transcripts of interviews Milner conducted with the men (indicated by the words "with interview"). Some of these handwritten transcripts have been typed up...

Captain Albert H. Rooks

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 17
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2000-003, Samuel Milner U.S.S. Houston (CA-30) and 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) / Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Cruises
Dates: 1931-1992
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains folders related to the USS Houston. Folders in the first three subseries contain Milner's files on individuals who were serving on the Houston when it went down in the Java Sea. Most of these contain only brief biographical information and/or a photocopy of the crew member's POW camp record. Some contain handwritten transcripts of interviews Milner conducted with the men (indicated by the words "with interview"). Some of these handwritten transcripts have been typed up...