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Collection Number: 01134-z

Collection Title: Dan McCarthy Thornton Letters, 1944-1945

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Size 41 items
Abstract Dan McCarthy Thornton was a Lieutenant with the 6th Marine Division during World War II. The collection is typescripts of World War II letters from Thornton, written from the southern Pacific, Central Pacific, Okinawa, Guam, and Bingtao, China, to his parents in Norfolk, Va. The letters discuss battles, camp life, inhabitants, financial and personal affairs, and other matters.
Creator Thornton, Dan McCarthy.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Dan McCarthy Thornton Letters #1134-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Mr. and Mrs. Dan M. Thornton of Norfolk, Va., July 1946.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Dan McCarthy Thornton was a Lieutenant with the 6th Marine Division during World War II.

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The collection is typescripts of World War II letters from Thornton, written from the southern Pacific, Central Pacific, Okinawa, Guam, and Bingtao, China, to his parents in Norfolk, Va. The letters discuss battles, camp life, inhabitants, financial and personal affairs, and other matters.

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Processing Information

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Roslyn Holdzkom, October 2008

Typed transcriptions; location of originals unknown.

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, April 2010

This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

Diacritics and other special characters have been omitted from this finding aid to facilitate keyword searching in web browsers.

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