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[Letter from Grover Barron Bishop to Grover Bishop, March 1, 1936]

Description: Letter sent by Grover Barron Bishop to his father discussing life at the Naval Training Station in San Diego, California. He discusses getting used to the climate in California, his chances at getting into a military academy, a letter he received from a girl in Sherman, one of his peer's letters, and being made Recruit Chief Petty Officer.
Date: March 1, 1936
Creator: Bishop, Grover Barron
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Grover Barron Bishop to Grover Bishop, April 1936]

Description: Letter sent by Grover Barron Bishop to his father discussing life at the Naval Training Station in San Diego, California. He discusses an academy appointment from Representative Sam Rayburn, standing night watch and getting sick from it, the Texas Centennial, a card to his grandmother that got lost, a German cruiser that came to port, his friend J. P. Fits, rating second class in May, and asks Miss Buster to write to him.
Date: 1936-04?
Creator: Bishop, Grover Barron
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Grover Barron Bishop to Grover Bishop, August 19, 1936]

Description: Letter from Grover Barron Bishop to his father discussing life aboard the USS Arizona (BB-39). He discusses orders from the commander, getting into fights, the potential to go to Spain, being shot with tear gas, and pumping fuel to make the ship lean.
Date: August 19, 1936
Creator: Bishop, Grover Barron
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Grover Barron Bishop to Grover Bishop, August 26, 1936]

Description: Letter from Grover Barron Bishop to his father and sister discussing life aboard the USS Arizona (BB-39). He discusses the end of a battle and says he'll tell them about it in person, he discusses the girls in Hawaii, trying to find friends on liberty, his grandmother's birthday, a crowd on the deck, and an injury to his toe.
Date: August 26, 1936
Creator: Bishop, Grover Barron
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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