Title: Letter from Lt. Richard S. White, U. S. Marine Corps, to Mary Bason

Identifier: 0358-b1-fc   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/14833)

Description: Letter from Lt. Richard S. White, HQ 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division, Iwo Jima, to Miss Mary Bason in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, describing the fighting on Iwo Jima from 19 February - 10 March 1945, including his role in the capture of Mt. Suribachi from the Japanese. Also including 2 captured Japanese picture postcards, one featuring the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo etched by Mitsuki, and the other featuring a portrait of a woman entitled "The Moon" by Nakamura.