| Scope and content |
This collection contains anecdotes of Captain Thomas C. Buell's service aboard the U.S.S. Helm, and also includes information on decoding a message, problems on variety of food, toilet articles, and miscellaneous. Buell also describes the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II and relates the problems experienced due to its unexpectedness, including a crewmember having to cut the locks on the magazine to get the ammunition from storage to the guns. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Thomas C. Buell Papers (#538), 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 Captain Thomas C. Buell. |
| Biographical note | Captain Thomas Chapin Buell was a 1941 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He served aboard the U.S.S. Helm during World War II. |
