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Irving Oblas, 1944 [detail]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Navy
  • Unit of Service: 19th Fleet
  • Location of Service: Sampson, New York; Lido Beach, New York; Shoemaker, California; Bremerton, Washington
  • Highest Rank: Yeoman First Class
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/2354

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"Lines, lines, lines - the bane of our existence here. Yesterday was pay day - there were two lines stretching more than five blocks long - and with the end not in sight." (Correspondence, 8/16/45)

Irving Oblas never left the States during World War II, but his voluminous correspondence with his wife offers invaluable descriptions of daily life in the Navy. In August 1945, on his way to California to be shipped out to Japan, Oblas mailed his wife a postcard from every stop his troop train made. He made it to San Francisco in time for V-J Day and served out his hitch decommissioning ships in the port of Bremerton, Washington.

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[ Letter to wife Lil [9/15/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1943] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/16/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/17/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/17/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/18/43] ]

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[ Letter to wife Lil [9/20/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/21/43] ]
[ Letter from Ada (?) [9/21/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/22/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [9/23/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/23/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/24/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/25/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/26/43] ]
[ Letter From Lilyan Oblas [9/28/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/28/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/28/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/29/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan [9/30/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/1/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [10/1/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/1/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/2/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/3/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/3/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [10/4/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/4/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/5/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/6/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/7/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/9/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/10/43] ]
[ Letter from Bill [10/10/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/11/43] ]
[ Letter from Gert [10/12/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/12/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/13/43] ]
[ Letter from Ada [10/14/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/14/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [10/15/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [10/16/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/16/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [10/17/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [10/17/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/18/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/18/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/19/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [10/19/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/20/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/21/43] ]
[ Letter from Herb Kirschner [10/22/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/22/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [10/22/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/23/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/24/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [10/24/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/25/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [10/25/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/26/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [10/26/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/27/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [10/27/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/28/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [10/28/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/29/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/31/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Thursday" 1943 ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/9/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/10/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/9/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [11/10/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/10/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/11/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/12/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [11/13/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/14/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/16/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [11/16/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/17/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [11/17/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/18/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [11/18/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/19/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/20/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/21/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/21/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [11/22/43] ]
[ Bill to Irving Oblas [11/22/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [11/23/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/23/43] ]
[ Letter to daughter Rema [11/24/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/25/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/26/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/28/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [11/29/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/29/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [11/29/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/30/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [11/30/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/2/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [12/2/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [12/5/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/6/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [12/7/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/7/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Thursday" 12(?)/43 ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/8/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/9/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Sat." 12(?)/43 ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/10/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/11/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Monday" December(?)/43 ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/13/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [12/14/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/14/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/15/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Sunday Eve" December(?)/43 ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/20/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/20/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [12/21/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/21/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [12/22/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [12/23/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/23/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/23/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil "Christmas Eve" 1943 ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [12/24/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/25/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [No date] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil "Mon 7:30 AM" ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Monday 7 PM" ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/27/43] ]
[ Letter to Rema [12/27/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/28/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [12/28/43] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [12/30/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/29/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/30/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/31/43] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/1/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Sunday 8:30 PM" ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/2/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [1/2/44] ]
[ Letter from Ada [No Date] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/3/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [1/4/44] ]
[ Letter from Evelyn, Paul, Gert [1/4/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/4/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [1/5/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/6/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [1/6/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/7/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/8/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [1/10/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/11/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [1/12/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/12/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/13/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/14/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Sunday Evening" ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/17/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [1/18/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/18/44] ]
[ Letter from Johanna Goldsmith [1/18/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/19/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [1/19/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/20/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [1/20/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [1/21/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/22/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/23/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [1/24/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/25/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [1/25/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/26/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [1/26/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/27/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [1/27/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/28/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Sat Eve" ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/30/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/31/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [1/31/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [2/1/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [2/1/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [2/2/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [2/2/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [2/3/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [2/4/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [2/4/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [2/6/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [2/6/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [2/7/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [2/7/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [2/8/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [2/9/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Wed. Eve-Late" ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [2/10/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [2/14/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [2/14/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [2/15/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [2/16/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [2/17/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [2/17/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [2/17/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [2/18/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [2/19/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [2/20/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [2/21/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [2/21/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [2/23/44] ]
[ Undated note to Lilyan ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [2/28/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [2/29/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [2/29/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [3/1/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [3/1/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [3/2/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [3/2/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [3/3/44] ]
[ Letter to Rema Oblas [3/4/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [3/6/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [3/6/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [3/7/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [3/8/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [3/8/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [3/8/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [3/9/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [3/9/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [3/10/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Sun. Eve." ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [3/11/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [3/13/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [3/13/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [3/14/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [3/15/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [3/15/44] ]
[ Letter from Mike [3/15/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Thursday noon" ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [3/17/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [3/17/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [3/18/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [3/18/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [3/27/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [3/28/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [3/29/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [3/30/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [4/2/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [4/3/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [4/4/44] ]
[ Letter from Joe Green [4/9/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [4/11/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [4/12/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [4/14/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [4/15/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [4/18/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Thursday 11 AM" ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [4/19/44] ]
[ V-mail from Bernie Bernknopf [4/23/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/2/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [5/2/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/3/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/4/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/5/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/10/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "8:15 PM" ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/10/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [5/11/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Thursday" ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/11/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/11/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [5/12/44] ]
[ Letter from Mildred Stember ("Ma") [5/13/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/13/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Saturday 1:45 PM" ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas ""Sunday (Mother's Day") ]
[ Letter from Evelyn to Lilyan Oblas [5/14/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/15/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [5/15/44] ]
[ Letter from George [5/15/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/16/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [5/16/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/17/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [5/18/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/18/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [5/19/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Sat. 6 AM" ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Monday" ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/22/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Tuesday 3 PM" ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/23/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Wednesday" ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/24/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Friday 6 PM" ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/25/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/26/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [5/27/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/28/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/29/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [5/30/44] ]
[ Telegram from Lilyan Oblas [5/30/44] ]
[ Telegram to Lilyan Oblas [5/31/44] ]
[ Letter to Lilyan Oblas from Irving Oblas (?) on behalf of Rema [5/31/44] ]
[ Telegram from Ada [6/1/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/1/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/1/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/5/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/6/44] (D-Day) ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/7/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/8/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/9/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/11/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/14/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/19/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/19/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/20/44] ]
[ Poem to wife Lilyan by Irving Oblas [6/22/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/21/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/22/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/23/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/25/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/26/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/27/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/28/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/29/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [6/30/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [7/3/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [7/4/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [7/5/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [7/6/44] ]
[ Postcard to wife Lil [7/7/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [7/8/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [7/10/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [7/11/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [7/13/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [7/14/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [7/17/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [7/18/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [7/20/44] ]
[ Postcard to wife Lil [7/20/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [7/20/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [7/20/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [7/21/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Monday 3 PM" ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [7/24/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [7/25/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [7/26/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [7/27/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [7/31/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/1/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas [8/1/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/3/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/4/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/5/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/7/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Monday" ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/8/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/11/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/14/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/15/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/16/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/17/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/18/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/21/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/21/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/22/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/24/44] ]
[ Letter from Lilyan Oblas "Friday noon" ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/23/44] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/8/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/8/45] ]
[ Postcard to wife Lilyan [8/6/45] ]
[ Postcard to wife Lilyan [8/6/45] ]
[ Postcard to wife Lilyan [8/7/45] ]
[ Postcard to wife Lilyan [8/8/45] ]
[ Postcard to wife Lilyan [8/9/45] ]
[ Postcard to wife Lilyan [8/10/45] ]
[ Blank Postcard ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/9/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/10/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/11/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/12/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/13/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/14/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/16/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/17/45] ]
[ Letter from Paul (?) [8/17/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/18/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/19/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/20/45] ]
[ Postcard to wife Lil [8/21/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/22/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/23/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/24/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/25/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/26/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/27/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/28/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/29/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/30/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [8/31/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/1/45] ]
[ V-mail from Bernie Bernknopf [9/2/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/3/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/4/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/5/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/6/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/7/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/9/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/10/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/13/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/12/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/14/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/15/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/16/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/17/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/19/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/21/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/23/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/24/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/25/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/27/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/28/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [9/30/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/1/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/2/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/4/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/6/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/7/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/8/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/10/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/11/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/13/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/13/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/16/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/17/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/18/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/21/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/22/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/24/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/26/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/28/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/29/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/31/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [10/31/45] ]
[ Postcard to Lilyan [11/2/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/2/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/4/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/5/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/7/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/8/45] ]
[ Letter from Logsdon [11/10/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/10/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil "Seattle, Wash." [no date] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil(?) [no date] ]
[ Postcard to Lilyan [11/10/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/11/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/14/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/15/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/16/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/17/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/20/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/21/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/23/45] ]
[ Postcard to Lilyan [11/25/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/25/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/27/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/27/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [11/29/45] ]
[ Sam Goldstein "Goldie's Gabby Gab" [1/24/46] ]
[ Letter from Sid [9/30/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/1/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/3/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/5/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/6/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lilyan [12/8/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/10/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/12/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/14/45] ]
[ Letter from Dale [12/15/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/16/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/18/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/20/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/20/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/23/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/24/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/26/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/28/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [12/30/45] ]
[ Postcard to Lilyan [12/31/45] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/1/46] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/2/46] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/3/46] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/6/46] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/8/46] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/9/46] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/11/46] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/12/46] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/14/46] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/15/46] ]
[ Postcard to wife Lilyan [1/14/46] ]
[ Postcard to wife Lilyan [1/14/46] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/16/46] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/18/46] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/19/46] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/21/46] ]
[ Postcard to wife Lilyan [1/21/46] ]
[ Letter to wife Lil [1/22/46] ]
[ Newspaper clipping ]
[ Poem to wife Lil by Irving Oblas [6/19/44] ]
[ Poem to wife Lil by Irving Oblas [date uncertain] ]

About this Item

Title

  • Irving Oblas Collection

Names

  • Oblas, Carla
  • Oblas, Irving

Home State

  • New York (State)

Headings

  • -  Oblas, Irving
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Navy.

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Navy
    • Unit of Service: 19th Fleet
    • Location of Service: Sampson, New York; Lido Beach, New York; Shoemaker, California; Bremerton, Washington
    • Highest Rank: Yeoman First Class
    • Dates of Service: 1943-1946
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Manuscript: Correspondence [492 items] -- (collected unknown)
  • Photograph: Copy photographic print [1 item] -- Portrait (collected unknown)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/2354

Cite as

  • Irving Oblas Collection (AFC/2001/001/2354), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should contact the Veterans History Project for assistance.

As a publicly supported institution, the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item from the Library’s collections and for securing any necessary permissions rests with persons desiring to use the item.

Please contact us with questions.

Obtaining Copies of VHP Materials

In order for VHP materials to be duplicated, we must receive written permission from the interviewee for you to obtain a copy of the recording unless the proposed use is limited to personal use, research, or other uses permissible by copyright law. If the interviewee is deceased, their next-of-kin may grant written permission.

Please contact VHP for assistance if you need to contact a veteran for permission to use their materials in exhibition or publication, or if you have received permission from the veteran and need access to high-resolution copies of VHP collection materials.

Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Oblas, Carla, and Irving Oblas. Irving Oblas Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.02354/.

APA citation style:

Oblas, C. & Oblas, I. (1943) Irving Oblas Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.02354/.

MLA citation style:

Oblas, Carla, and Irving Oblas. Irving Oblas Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.02354/>.