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Arthur Edwin Brenton papers, 1942-1945, Date acquired: 06/16/1998, bulk 1944

 

Summary

Creator:
Brenton, Arthur Edwin
Extent:
5.00 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Arthur Edwin Brenton papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_98_0391.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection relates to Arthur Edwin Brenton who served aboard the USS  Pennsylvania battleship during World War II in the Pacific Campaign as a member of the U.S. Marine Guard.  The collection includes a diary, typed transcript of the diary, personal papers, newspaper clippings, as well as ship's newsletters.

Biographical / historical:

Arthur Edwin Brenton was born on February 24, 1913, and served as part of the US Marine Guard attached to the USS Pennsylvania, BB38.  He participated in the retaking of Attu and Kiska, Makin, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Guadalcanal, Saipan, Guam, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Peleliu, Palau, Admiralties, Leyte, and Luzon Islands.  He was also involved in fierce fighting in the Surigao Straits and evacuation of Filipino refugees.

After World War II, the USS Pennsylvania was used as a target ship in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll during July 1946. She was then towed to Kwajalein Lagoon where she decommissioned on August 29. She remained in Kwajalein Lagoon for radiological and structural studies until February 10, 1948, when she was sunk stern first off Kwajalein. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on February 19, 1948.  Brenton passed away July 19, 1991.

Acquisition information:

Arthur Edwin Brenton

Donation

Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Arrangement:

creator

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], Arthur Edwin Brenton papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_98_0391.

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