A.P.A. News

A.P.A. News.JPG

Title

A.P.A. News
Vol. 1, no. 50/51

Alternative Title

The New Okinawan

Contributor

Mr. Doug Hart's grandfather was involved in the creation of the ship's bulletins.

Source

Daily news briefs taken and typed up on a ship's mimeograph machine from various and not always identified sources.

Publisher

U.S.S. La Porte

Date

May 30, 1945

Subject

News, Contemporary (1939-1945)

Description

Ship's bulletin providing short snippets of news about the outside world to sailors onboard the U.S.S. La Porte in the Pacific Theatre.

Format

DIGITAL DOCUMENT: 1 JPEG
PHYSICAL DOCUMENT: 3 leaves of paper, 13x8 inches

Language

English

Type

Ship's bulletin

Access Rights

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Identifier

SPECIAL D731 .A63 1945

Date Accepted

Donated in 2017

Is Part Of

This item is part of The Doug Hart WWII Family Collection. In 2017, Doug Hart donated the Navy ship bulletins, 1945 West Coast newspapers, and 1945 Yank Magazines his family had saved. There are 22 items in this collection.

Extent

Special Collections' holdings include 7 ship's bulletins under two titles from 1945:
A.P.A. News, May 30, 1945, Vol. 1, no. 50/51
A.P.A. News, June 18, 1945, Vol. 1, no. 66/67
The New Okinawan, July 30, 1945, Vol. 1, no. 102
The New Okinawan, August 10, 1945, Vol. 1, no. 113
The New Okinawan, August 11, 1945, Vol. 1, no. 114
The New Okinawan, August 21, 1945, Vol. 1, no. 123
The New Okinawan, August 27, 1945, Vol. 1, no. 129

Citation

“A.P.A. News,” World War II Resources in Northeast Florida, accessed April 24, 2024, https://wwiinefl.omeka.net/items/show/11.

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