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Preliminary Inventory of the Battle of Wakde-Sarmi Collection
(Manuscript Collection #956)



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Descriptive Summary
Title: Battle of Wakde-Sarmi Collection
Repository: J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Language: English

Administrative Information
Accessions Information
October 23, 2003 (unprocessed) 1 item, 0.004 cubic feet; The Battle of Wakde-Sarmi [April - October 1944], by William Stuart Morgan, Jr. (©1975 William Stuart Morgan, Jr.) pertaining to the defeat of the Japanese Army's 36th Division, on the north shore of Dutch New Guinea [West Irian] by the 6th U.S. Army's Tornado Task Force, commanded by Brig. General Jens A. Doe, consisting of the reinforced 163d Regimental Combat Team of the 41st Infantry Division, and Naval Task Force 77, commanded by Rear Admiral N, Fechteler. Donor: Maj. William S. Morgan, Jr. (USMC, ret.)


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Preferred Citation
Battle of Wakde-Sarmi Collection (#956), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.


Acquisition Information
Gift of William S. Morgan, Jr.
Processing Information
Encoded by Mark Custer, January 2, 2008