Charles Summers Stevenson Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

Charles Summers Stevenson

State of Birth:

MD

Home State:

DC

Gender

Male

Race

White

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War or Conflict

World War, 1939-1945

Military Status

Veteran

Dates of Service

1943-1946

Branch of Service

Navy

Unit of Service

B Medical Company, 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Division; USS Thomas Jefferson

Location of Service

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Boston, Massachusetts; St. Albans Naval Hospital, New York; Tinian and Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands); Nagasaki, Japan

Highest Rank

Lieutenant Commander

Service History Note

The veteran was one of the first American physicians to enter Nagasaki, Japan, after the Atomic Bomb was dropped.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Manuscript: Clippings [13 items] -- Typewritten document

Manuscript: Correspondence [5 items] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents)

Manuscript: Diaries and journals [1 item] -- Handwritten document

Manuscript: Memoirs [6 items] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents)

Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [5 items] -- Typewritten document

Manuscript: Printed matter [4 items] -- Typewritten document

Photograph: Photographic print [96 items] -- Photograph

Photograph: Duplicate [4 items] -- Photograph

Photograph: Negatives [10 items] -- Photograph

Artifact: Artifact [5 items] -- Postcard

Contributor:

Frances Stevenson

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/69366

Subjects:

Stevenson, Charles Summers

World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives

United States. Navy.

Cite as:

Charles Summers Stevenson Collection
(AFC/2001/001/69366), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress