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      <persname role="pht" source="local">Wright, William</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">.01 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">1/4 in. (1 folder)</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1944/1945" type="inclusive">1944-1945</unitdate>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William Wright, Sailor, Photographs of USS West Virginia Crew, A&amp;M 4453, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Photographs of William Wright and other members of the crew of the USS West Virginia. Also includes photographs taken of the ship itself. All photographs in this collection are reproductions. Wright was a Radio Technician 2nd Class. He served on the ship from 1944 until 1945 and saw action at Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="ingest">United States Navy - USS WEST VIRGINIA.</subject>
    <corpname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82086166" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">West Virginia (Ship)</corpname>
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