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This folder includes a copy of poem authored by Austin in November 1943 titled "So__Solly Charley." Two letters written by Austin in 1988 recount key aspects of his military service that extended into the Korean War. The folder also contains recollections written by Austin entitled "The Okinawa School Chair" and "The Japanese Shovel." In the folder, there is also a letter to veterans of the Field Depot of the 7th Service Regiment encouraging them attend a reunion in Orlando, Florida on October 7, 1995.

Different reports about the El Rio bridge demolition, energy grants, among other things

This folder contains letters between American and Japanese veterans of the Guadalcanal Campaign (primarily Harry Horseman, Akio Tani, and Osaka) decades after the end of the war. These letters include harrowing naratives, battle strategies used, day-to-day life during and after the war, and reminiscing on the war decades later. This file also includes several hand-drawn sketches by Akio Tani depicting battle scenes, camp layouts and maps of troop movement and battlefield strategies.

This folder contains correspondence between Francis J. Ryan and Thomas Cartwright regarding the "Lonesome Lady", personal matters, and about different new sources using the story of the Lonesome Lady's crew and the atomic bombings.