HTMWCMss505.xml Guide to the Port C. Martin Photograph 1942 December-1943 October Martin (Port C.) Photograph Henry Adams Whitman College and Northwest Archives 2018
345 Boyer Avenue Walla Walla, WA 99362 Archives@whitman.edu https://library.whitman.edu/archives/
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-04-08. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. English Whitman College and Northwest Archives
345 Boyer Avenue Walla Walla, WA 99362 Archives@whitman.edu https://library.whitman.edu/archives/
Port C. Martin Photographs Martin, Port C. WCMss.505 0.2 linear feet 1 manuscript box 1942 December-1943 October The Port C. Photographs, which date from December 1942 through October 1943, consists of scans of photographs taken by Captain Port C. Martin during a tour of duty in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

Collection is open for research.

Donated to the Whitman College and Northwest Archives by Captain Port C. Martin in April of 1983. There is no accession folder associated with this collection.

Captain Port C. Martin served in the United States Navy during World War Two, spending a tour of duty removing naval mines from the Pacific Ocean surrounding the Aleutian Islands. From 1942 through 1943, he captained the Minesweeper YMS 125. After the war, he remained in the Navy Reserves, retiring shortly thereafter.

The Port C. Martin Photograph collection houses the personal photographs of United States Navy Reserves Captain Port Martin. These photographs, which dates from December 1942 through October 1943, consists of scans of photographs taken during a tour of duty in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, onboard the Minesweeper YMS 125. The scans have been annotated by Martin.

 Aleutian Islands (Alaska)