Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Ambrose Staples Sawyer Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: USS Remey (DD 688); SS Amelia Earhart
- Location of Service: United States; Attu Island (Aleutian Islands); Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands); Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands); Pacific Theater
- Highest Rank: Machinist's Mate First Class
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/90039
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About this Item
Title
- Ambrose Staples Sawyer Collection
Names
- Sawyer, Ambrose Staples
- Reid, Jill Jarvis
Home State
- North Carolina
Headings
- - Sawyer, Ambrose Staples
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Navy.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Race
- White
Status
- veteran
Service History
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World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: USS Remey (DD 688); SS Amelia Earhart
- Location of Service: United States; Attu Island (Aleutian Islands); Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands); Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands); Pacific Theater
- Highest Rank: Machinist's Mate First Class
- Dates of Service: 1942-1945
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2012-07-17; 2012-07-17)
- Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [3 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1945-2012)
- Photograph: Photocopy of Photographic Print [3 items] -- Photograph (collected 1942-1945)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/90039
Cite as
- Ambrose Staples Sawyer Collection (AFC/2001/001/90039), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Attu Island (Aleutian Islands)
- Pacific Theater
- Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands)
- Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands)
- United States