U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: Robert R. Perry Papers

1942-1946
Manuscript Collection #677-015
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Creator(s)
Perry, Robert R.
Physical description
0.155 Cubic Feet, 10 items , consisting of Navy pre-flight school yearbooks, pamphlets and miscellany.
Preferred Citation
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: Robert R. Perry Papers (#677-015), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
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Papers (1942-1946) including Navy pre-flight school yearbooks, pamphlets and miscellany.

Biographical/historical information

Robert R. Perry was born in Scottsdale, PA on October 16, 1923. He served 3 years in the US Navy during WWII. He married Dolores (Dee) Perry in 1948 and graduated from Duquesne University in 1951. After graduating, he began his career as a Special Agent of the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation). After serving in several offices throughout the South, he was stationed in Atlanta in 1958. He retired in 1978 after 27 years of loyal and dedicated service. He was a member of several organizations including the VFW, the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, a Freemason of the Scottish Rite, and a member of the Yaraab Shrine.

Scope and arrangement

Items in this collection include a pamphlet on the N3N-3 biplane, UNC-Chapel Hill Navy flight school yearbooks (1942-1943), church bulletins (1946) from Oahu, Christmas Day menu and staff flyers from Kaneohe (1944-1945), and an article on the demise of the Japanese battleships MUSHASI and YAMATO (1945).

Administrative information
Custodial History

November 17, 1994; Copies of the Recognition Journal, menus, flight school yearbooks, manuals, and programs. Gift of Mr. Robert R. Perry, Atlanta, Georgia.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Mr. Robert R. Perry

Processing information

Encoded by Apex Data Services

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

Key terms
Personal Names
Perry, Robert R.
Corporate Names
United States. Navy--Military life
United States. Navy. Pre-Flight School (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Yamato (Battleship)
Topical
Airplanes--Recognition--Periodicals
Armored vehicles, Military--Markings--Periodicals
Biplanes--United States
Christmas--Hawaii
Menus--Hawaii
Warships--Recognition--Periodicals
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, Japanese