| Scope and content |
This collection contains eleven military grid coordinate system maps (1935, 1938, 1943-1945) used in World War II fighting. Several maps (1944) document the French Northern Coast, Southeastern Coast, Mediterranean area, and Marseille region (1935, 1943-1944). Others are of the Italian East Coast and former Yugoslavia West Coast (1938), Okinawa (1945), and Iwo Jima (marked Secret). Most have marks indicating enemy fortifications, and also airfields, roads, train routes, and coastlines, and some marks are unidentified. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Cdr. Lynn F. Barry and Betty J. Barry Collection (#1298), East Carolina Manuscription 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 Kathy Barry Boone. |
| Biographical note | Commander Lynn Forbes Barry was a member of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1941. During the war he served as a Lt. Commander in the Navigation Dept. on the USS Nevada (but not at Pearl Harbor). |
