This collection contains material related to the Naval service of William Laedlein Wentz (November 25, 1925-April 8, 2014). Included are his Naval records such as correspondence, orders, and inventory forms plus a couple of items related to visits to Korea and China, and Historical Notes for Personnel of the Naval Operating Base at Saipan on Navy Day (October 27, 1946), and reproductions of the December 7, 1941, issue or Honolulu Star-Bulletin 2nd Extra and the December 8, 1941 issue of the Honolulu Advertiser.
William Laedlein Wentz enlisted in the Navy in 1944 and joined the U.S. Naval Reserves as an ensign in 1947 rising to the position of lieutenant before leaving the Navy ca. 1961.
This collection contains two folders about William Laedlein Wentz enlistment in the Navy. There are Naval records, orders, correspondence, and inventory forms that were obtained by Wentz during World War II and during his time in the Reserves.
April 8, 2020, 0.25 cubic feet; This collection contains material related to the Naval service of William Laedlein Wentz (November 25, 1925-April 8, 2014). He enlisted in the Navy in 1944 and joined the U.S. Naval Reserves as an ensign in 1947 rising to the position of lieutenant before leaving the Navy ca. 1961. Included are his Naval records such as correspondence, orders, and inventory forms plus a couple of items related to visits to Korea and China, and Historical Notes for Personnel of the Naval Operating Base at Saipan on Navy Day (October 27, 1946), and reproductions of the December 7, 1941, issue or Honolulu Star-Bulletin 2nd Extra and the December 8, 1941 issue of the Honolulu Advertiser. Gift of William Wentz's daughter Linda L. Shonk.
Gift of Linda L. Shonk
Descriptions updated by Ashlyn Racine, August 2023
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