| Scope and content |
This collection consists of items taken from a Japanese sailor during World War II when he was taken prisoner after being shipwrecked in the East China Sea off Okinawa. Included is a wallet and its contents and a name seal carved in wood. The wallet contents included Japanese paper money, paper money from Fiji and Vietnam, and a document that might be a Japanese ration book. These items had been in the possession of former U.S. Navy sailor Jack F. Sweatte who served on board the USS San Francisco and the USS Hazard. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Jack F. Sweatte Papers (#1276), 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 Joel and Mary Sweatte. |
