World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American

Scope and Contents The collection contains World War II letters of Howard to his parents, Louise and George Howard (Evansville, Indiana), written from the South Pacific, Okinawa, China, Korea, the Philippines, California, and Ft. Benjamin Harrison. The collection also includes correspondence from the Howard’s daughters Marilyn, a student at Indiana University, and Mrs. R.C. Datzman, a medical technician and wife of a physician in Detroit and Carlysle, PA, during the same time period.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a photocopy of the logbook of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Howard G. Ervin. It provides brief descriptions of his activities from March 30, 1944 to February 20, 1945.