Jack F. Sweatte Papers

early 1940s
Manuscript Collection #1276
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Creator(s)
Sweatte, Jack F.
Physical description
0.05 Cubic Feet, 1 archival box, consisting of a wallet, paper money, a possible ration book, and a wooden name seal
Preferred Citation
Jack F. Sweatte Papers (#1276), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
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This collection consists of items taken from a Japanese sailor during World War II when he was taken prisoner after being shipwrecked in the East China Sea off Okinawa.

Biographical/historical information

Jack F. Sweatte served as a sailor in the U.S. Navy on board the USS San Francisco and the USS Hazard during World War II. During his time overseas, he collected items from a Japanese sailor during World War II when he was taken prisoner after being shipwrecked in the East China Sea off Okinawa. Currently, there is no further information from this collection.

Scope and arrangement

This collection consists of items taken from a Japanese sailor during World War II when he was taken prisoner after being shipwrecked in the East China Sea off Okinawa. Included is a wallet and its contents and a name seal carved in wood. The wallet contents included 5 and 50 Sen banknotes from Japan, a one penny banknote from Fiji, and a 10 Dong banknote from Vietnam. There is also document, torn into two pieces, which might be a Japanese ration book.

Administrative information
Custodial History

April 15, 2016, 0.05 cubic feet; This collection consists of items taken from a Japanese sailor during World War II when he was taken prisoner after being shipwrecked in the East China Sea off Okinawa. Included is a wallet and its contents and a name seal carved in wood. The wallet contents included Japanese paper money, paper money from Fiji and Vietnam, and a document that might be a Japanese ration book. These items had been in the possession of former U.S. Navy sailor Jack F. Sweatte who served on board the USS San Francisco and the USS Hazard. Gift of Joel and Mary Sweatte.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Joel and Mary Sweatte

Processing information

Processed by Aleck Tan, January 2020

Copyright notice

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

Key terms
Topical
Paper money--Fiji
Paper money--Japan
Paper money--Vietnam
Ration books--Japan
Seals (Numismatics)--Japan
Wallets--Japan
Container list
Box 1 Item 1 Wallet taken from an imprisoned WWII Japanese sailor, 1940s (WWII)
Box 1 Item 2 Name seal carved in wood, taken from an imprisoned WWII Japanese sailor, 1940s (WWII)
Box 1 Item 3 Paper money from Japan, taken from an imprisoned WWII Japanese sailor, 1940s (WWII)
Box 1 Item 4 Paper money from Fiji, taken from an imprisoned WWII Japanese sailor, 1940s (WWII)
Box 1 Item 5 Paper money from Vietnam, taken from an imprisoned WWII Japanese sailor, 1940s (WWII)
Box 1 Item 6 Possible Japanese ration book, taken from an imprisoned WWII Japanese sailor, 1940s (WWII)