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Oral History Interview with Frank M. 'Tommy' Thompson, February 19, 2005
No full textThe National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank M. ""Tommy"" Thompson. Thompson was attending the University of Virginia in 1942 when he decided to enlist in the Marine Corps with some friends. Soon, he found himself training in Hawaii. He describes the lines of men waiting to get into the whorehouses in Honolulu. He landed on Saipan with the Second Marine Division where he describes a banzai attack by the Japanese infantry. Thompson witnessed the famous incident when Marine General Holland M. Smith fired Army General Ralph Smith on Saipan. Thompson continues with more anecdotes about combat on Saipan. He also went to Guam right before the island was declared secure. Thompson shares an anecdote about selling souvenirs to Army and Navy personnel on Guam. He then discusses landing and fighting on Iwo Jima. He finishes with an anecdote about guarding General H.M. Smith's quarters on Oahu toward the end of the war
Letter from M. Boone Stapp, Retailers Commercial Bureau, Baltimore, Maryland, to Haydn Thompson, Durham, North Carolina, September 13, 1934
No full textThis letter is from the Haydn Neal Thompson Letter Collection. Contents of the collection include correspondence, primarily handwritten and of a personal nature. The bulk of materials are from Thompson's family members, including his mother, Marie Thompson, and sister, Janet Thompson, with a few letters from aunts and cousins. The remaining majority consists of letters from friends, primarily girlfriends. The conversation across letters emphasizes school and social happenings. Politics and the economy (Great Depression) do not receive much notice, though a change in the tone of letters is noticeable from the 1920's to the 1930's, becoming more sober and fatalistic
Letter from M. A. Dale, Taussig, Day, Fairbank, and Company, St. Louis, Missouri, to Haydn Thompson, Alton, Illinois, November 23, 1928
No full textThis letter is from the Haydn Neal Thompson Letter Collection. Contents of the collection include correspondence, primarily handwritten and of a personal nature. The bulk of materials are from Thompson's family members, including his mother, Marie Thompson, and sister, Janet Thompson, with a few letters from aunts and cousins. The remaining majority consists of letters from friends, primarily girlfriends. The conversation across letters emphasizes school and social happenings. Politics and the economy (Great Depression) do not receive much notice, though a change in the tone of letters is noticeable from the 1920's to the 1930's, becoming more sober and fatalistic
Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
No full textLetter from Arthur M. Alpert to Peter and Nancy Thompson inviting them to the annual H. Kempner company dinner
Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
No full textCopy of a letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Peter and Nancy Thompson inviting them to the annual H. Kempner company dinner
Oral Memoirs of Clinton M. Thompson
No full textAn oral history interview with Clinton Marty Thompson, former director of both the Tulsa Medical College Library and Robert M. Bird Health Sciences Library at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.N
Letter from Pearl Thompson to Mrs. [Eartha] M. White
No full textThompson, Pearl. Correspondence: Letter from Pearl Thompson, Vero Beach, Florida to Mrs. Martha [Eartha] M. White, M. White, Jacksonville, Florida, regarding adoption appeal. Envelope included. Date: July 8, 193
M. Thompson letter to Thomas Rotch, Steubenville, February 10th, 1814
No full textM. Thompson states that he authorized Thomas Rotch to sell certain sections of land near Kendal in 1813, but has received no response from Rotch. He has increased his asking price to 4 and 5 dollars per acre, and asks Rotch to look out for the property in order to prevent any waste or misuse of timber. 8"" x 8"" (20.5 by 20.5 cm
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