Bill Turner papers

Creator:

Turner, Norman

September 2 1945

Quantity

1 folder

Language of Materials

English.

Call Number

MC/61

Scope and Content

This collection contains one letter typed on board the USS Iowa in Tokyo Bay on the morning of September 2, 1945, describing the signing ceremony of the Japanese surrender as the events took place. The letter was written by Lieutenant Norman I. Turner, a 24-year old Navy Officer aboard the Iowa, to his twin brother, Lieutenant Donald C. Turner, an Air Force navigator. Their father, Marine Major Arthur H. Turner, was then serving as Judge Advocate on the permanent general court martial in BLDG 14 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Both the USS Iowa (BB-61) and the USS Missouri (BB-63) were built and commissioned at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

System of Arrangement

This collection contains 1 item.

Administrative Information

Related Lots: 2018.002

Access and Use

Conditions Governing Access This collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation Published citations should take the following form: Identification of item, date (if known); Bill Turner papers; MC/61; Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation Archives, Brooklyn, NY.