The Snapshots in Time Collection
Handwritten Diary Page: Arrival at Camp Angus, News of FDR's Death, and Homeward Voyage Aboard USS General A.W. Greely, April-June 1945
A handwritten diary page recording a serviceman's arrival at Camp Angus in April 1945, his firsthand reaction to news of President Roosevelt's death, and his subsequent homeward voyage from Calcutta aboard the troop transport USS General A.W. Greely -- passing through Trincomalee, Ceylon, and into the Red Sea by June 1945, illustrating the final journey home for CBI Theater veterans at war's end. Project: 218594