Lt. Allen Barrett, Baltimore, MD, was the Mortar Platoon leader for the B-1-26th Marines of the 5th Marine Division on Iwo Jima. He was wounded, sent aboard the USS Samaritan Hospital Ship, Then to Guam, then back to Iwo to fight the remainder of the battle. Those mentioned in his Iwo can attest that this is a most accurate account of the battle
File — Box: 8, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains books, videos, articles, and newspapers from the veterans’ war service. Much of the material relates to the 50th anniversary of the battle in 1995. The collection also includes Mr. Chiasson’s personal slides of Louisiana and Oklahoma.
Roland M. Chiasson from Larose, Louisiana donated the collection.
Dates
- 1945-1995, n.d.
Creator
- From the Collection: Chiasson, Roland M. (Roland M. Chiasson), 1921-2008 (Person)
Extent
From the Collection: 8.7916667 Linear Feet (8 feet and 9.5 inches of materials contained in 9 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository
Contact:
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031
speccoll@louisiana.edu
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031
speccoll@louisiana.edu