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Gill Family World War II and Vietnam War papers, 1942-1968, Date acquired: 02/02/2000, bulk 1942-1945

 

Summary

Creator:
Gill, Raymond
Gill, Robert
Gill, William O.
Gill, Maree
Extent:
1.00 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Gill Family World War II and Vietnam War papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-00-0065

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of letters and photographs from two brothers who served in the United States Marine Corps on Guadalcanal and Tulagi, Solomon Islands, in the Pacific War Campaign during World War II from 1942 to 1943.  Other letters relate to a relative of the brothers who served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968.

Biographical / historical:

The letters from World War II were sent from Raymond and Robert Gill to their first cousins William D. Gill and his wife Maree who lived in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  Raymond Gill served with the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific Campaign as a Platoon Sergeant with the Third Barrage Balloon Squadron on Tulagi, Solomon Islands.  Robert (Bob) Gill served in the United States Marine Corps on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, with Battery F, 90mm Group, 14th Defense Battalion.

An additional group of letters relates to Donor Maree Gill's son, Specialist 5 William O. Gill III who served in the U.S. Army from 1966 until 1968 and served in Vietnam with the Provisional Nha Trang Signal Battalion as part of USASTRATCOM.

Acquisition information:

Maree Gill

Donation

Processing information:

Revised on 02/12/2016 by Mike Kasper.

Arrangement:

Chronological

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Gill Family World War II and Vietnam War papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-00-0065

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA