USS Collett in the Pacific Ocean, 1947

Gift of Robert and Lanell Barrett
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Photograph. Blue tint. USS Collett (DD-730) Underway. Personal caption on reverse:“"February 22, 1947."”Pacific Ocean. 22 February 1947

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02/22/1947
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Items from the service of Storekeeper 3rd Class Robert E. Baker, who served on the USS Collett (DD-730) during the occupation of Japan. Baker completed basic training at the United States Naval Training Center in San Diego, California, in March 1946, and was then assigned to the USS Collett. He spent some of his service in China, but the bulk of his time was spent in Japan. Items from the collection include a menu, liberty pass, newspaper clipping, photographs of postwar Japan during the American occupation, and souvenir photographs of China and Japan.
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Pacific Ocean
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-0.500
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-91.000