| Scope and content |
The collection contains four items from Captain James P. Jamison's service aboard USS Burns (DD-588) during World War II. It includes a copy of the citation awarding the silver star medal to Jamison for honorable service as gunnery officer aboard USS Burns during a battle with enemy Japanese forces on January 30th, 1944. There is an operations list and a track chart for USS Burns during service in the Pacific, and a typed history of the USS Burns. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
James P. Jamison Papers (#651), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Capt. James P. Jamison, USN (Ret). |
| Biographical note | James P. Jamison, a native of Pennsylvania, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1941. |
