| Scope and content |
The collection consists of three handwritten diaries (December 1942-May 1944), an edited re-write of the second diary, a published version of the diaries, and reminiscences. Early diary entries concern Dansereau's training in radar, radio and gunnery schools. Throughout the diaries, Dansereau details the daily routine, particularly work as a radar and radio operator, the cleaning of planes, other American ships the USS Yorktown encounters, and the sightings of Japanese planes and ships. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Raymond J. Dansereau Papers (#667), 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 Mr. Raymond J. Dansereau. |
| Biographical note | Raymond J. Dansereau of Lynn, MA, enlisted in the Navy in 1942. He was assigned as a radio operator to a flight crew on the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. After the war, Dansereau enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserves for eighteen years. |
