Guy L. Gammon WWII Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs, maps, articles, and memoirs from Guy L. Gammon relating to the Army Air Corps Crash Boat Base in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The photos were taken of the base during WWII.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1943-1945
- 1999
Creator
- Bellande, Ray L., 1943- (Person)
- Gammon, Guy L., 1916- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Noncirculating; available for research.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).
Biographical / Historical
Guy L. Gammon was born on April 20, 1916 in Thebes, Illinois and enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1941. Gammon was a Sergeant stationed at the Crash Boat Base in Ocean Springs, Mississippi during the Second World War. The Crash Boat Base was created in 1944 to act as an emergency rescue base to aid airmen forced into the water during training. The base would also become a training center for bombers such as B-24 Liberators and B-17 Flying Fortresses and near the end of the war B-29 Super Fortress crews trained there. Operations on the base would discontinue in 1946.
Extent
.25 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of materials relating to the Crash Boat Base in Ocean Springs, Mississippi during WWII.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Provenance
Donated by Ray Bellande on July 28, 2006.
Existence and Location of Copies
For Digitized Materials from this collection, see: EXTERNAL DOCUMENTS link at bottom of page.
Sources
The contents of the collection
See: External Documents
- Certificates. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.). Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Electronic mail messages. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gammon, Guy L., 1916-
- Map. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Memoir. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Military orders. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Records (Documents). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Air Corps.
- World War, 1939-1945. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guy L. Gammon WWII Collection
- Author
- Collection processed and finding aid written by Amanda Abulawi
- Date
- June 2019
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Manuscripts and Photographs Repository
118 College Drive - 5148
Hattiesburg MS 39406-0001
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