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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Harry Johnson, Interviewed 19 Nov. 1999]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Interview with Harry Johnson (1918 - 2013), dated 19 Nov. 1999. A storekeeper from the USS Witter, Johnson recalled the events of April 6, 1945<br />
There is no indication of who conducted the interview. [This item was one of several on a disc within the Ogrodnik Collection, and is only available digitally.]]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1999]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Textual record]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2 pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-142]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10503">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Commander Escort Division 40, &quot;Report of Kamikaze Attack on USS Witter&quot;]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A report from Commander Escort Division 40 to the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Fleet, dated 25 May 1945, detailing the plane attack on the USS Witter. Written by Frederic W. Hawes, the report includes diagrams, a play-by-play description of the attack and aftermath, and recommendations based on the event. [This item was one of several on a disc within the Ogrodnik Collection, and is only available digitally.]]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[original 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Textual record]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[10 pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-141]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10502">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[CortDiv40 War Diary]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A daily operational journal for Commander Escort Division 40, which included the USS Witter. Running from December 1944 through October 1945, this record details locations, training exercises, and general movements/actions of the USS Foreman (DE-633); the USS Whitehurst (DE-634); the USS England (DE-635); the USS Witter (DE-636); the USS Bowers (DE-637); and the USS Willmarth (DE-638). Totalling 59 pages, the record is divided by month. [This item was one of several on a disc within the Ogrodnik Collection, and is only available digitally.]]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[original 1944-1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Textual record]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[59 pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-140]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10501">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[CortDiv40 Okinawa Report]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A twelve-page action report (with additional cover sheet) for Commander Escort Division 40, Assault on Okinawa, 20 March 1945 - 27 May 1945. Dated 7 June 1945, this previously confidential report details the screening activities of the USS Foreman (DE-633); the USS Whitehurst (DE-634); the USS England (DE-635); the USS Witter (DE-636); the USS Bowers (DE-637); and the USS Willmarth (DE-638). It notes that this report includes &quot;only matters not likely to be covered by the individual ships, or of unusual interest&quot; to &quot;reduce duplication.&quot; The report is signed by Frederic W. Hawes. [This item was one of several on a disc within the Ogrodnik Collection, and is only available digitally.]]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[original 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Textual record]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[13 pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-139]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10500">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Signed photograph of Laura &amp; George W. Bush]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Presidential candidates--United States; Political paraphernalia]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of Laura and George W. Bush, with printing reading &quot;Mrs. Ogrodnik, thank you for your support and friendship as a Charter Member from Massachusetts. With your help we can make America stronger, safer and more prosperous. Best wishes,&quot; and is signed by Laura and George W. Bush. The reverse of the image is stamped &quot;Paid for by Bush-Cheney &#039;04, Inc.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2004]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8.5 x 11&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-138]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10499">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Anonymous, circa 1999]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Veterans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of three women and a man standing together and smiling at the camera. There are some red, white, and blue balloons in the background, and part of another person is visible in the right of the image. None of the people are identified, and there is no indication of where this may have been taken. The reverse of the photo is stamped &quot;Sep. 1999.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[circa 1999]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-137]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10498">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Men group photo, circa 2001]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Veterans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of fourteen men arranged in two rows for a group photograph. Joseph Ogrodnik is seated in the center of the front row; none of the others are identified. The reverse of the photo is stamped &quot;Oct 2001,&quot; and this is likely from one of the USS Witter reunions. The setting is the same as images Ogrodnik-132, -133, and -134.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[circa 2001]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-136]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10497">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Candid photo, circa 2001]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Veterans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of several people around a large table that is scattered with beverages, bowls, amd what appear to be binders and photographs. The people are in various conversations, and one man on the left is looking at a binder of black and white photos. Three of the men in the image are wearing what seem to be veterans baseball hats, but the particular insignias are too blurry to make out. The reverse of the photo is stamped &quot;Oct 2001,&quot; and this is likely from a reunion or related meeting.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[circa 2001]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-135]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10496">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Women group photo 3, circa 2001]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Veterans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of seventeen women posing for a group photo. Joan Ogrodnik is standing in the back row, second from the left. The other women are unidentified and arranged in three rows. The image was taken at an angle, and the women are arranged in three rows in front of a wall with some generic images hung on it, suggesting a hotel or similar. The reverse of the photo is stamped &quot;Oct 2001,&quot; and is likely from one of the USS Witter reunions.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[circa 2001]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-134]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10495">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Women group photo 2, circa 2001]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Veterans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of fifteen women posing for a group photo, standing in two rows. This image was taken in the same setting as item Ogrodnik-132, though with a slightly different cast. Joan Ogrodnik is in the back row, fourth in from the left. The reverse of the photo is stamped &quot;Oct 2001,&quot; and is likely from one of the Witter reunions.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[circa 2001]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-133]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10494">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Women group photo, circa 2001]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Veterans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of seventeen women posing for a group photo. Joan Ogrodnik is standing in the back row, second from the left. The other women are unidentified and arranged in three rows. The image was taken at an angle, and the women are arranged in three rows in front of a wall with some generic images hung on it, suggesting a hotel or similar. The reverse of the photo is stamped &quot;Oct 2001,&quot; and is likely from one of the USS Witter reunions.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[circa 2001]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-132]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10493">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Group photo 2, circa 2001]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Veterans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photo of the same group from item Ogrodnik-130, taken in the process of the group posing. Joan Ogrodnik is centered; Joseph Ogrodnik is the rightmost person. The others are unidentified. The image is stamped on the reverse &quot;Oct 2001,&quot; and is likely related to one of the reunions.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[circa 2001]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-131]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10492">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Group photo, circa 2001]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Veterans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph, possibly at one of the reunions, stamped on the reverse &quot;Oct 2001.&quot; Joseph and Joan Ogrodnik are the two rightmost people in the photo; there are six unidentified people standing with them. They appear to be standing on some sort of train or subway platform, though there is no location given.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[circa 2001]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-130]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10491">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Looking at photographs]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Reunions]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of a man in a red jacket and dark hat looking at a board of several black and white photos, possibly crew photos from the USS Witter. Joseph Ogrodnik is standing in profile in the left of the image, also wearing a dark hat. Another man is partially visible to the right, who is also wearing a dark hat. While unlabeled, this is likely a photo from one of the USS Witter reunions.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[no date]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3.5 x 5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-129]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10490">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[DESA Clipping, circa 2004]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Reunions]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A clipping in two pieces from DESA News, undated. The clipping details the 15th reunion of the USS Witter held in Septermber 2003, which had 45 people in attendence. The article includes a black and white image of a large group of people posed for a photo, possibly on board a ship.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[circa 2004]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Clippings]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[6.75 x 7.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-128]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10489">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[DESA Clipping, May/June 2007]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Reunions]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A clipping from the May/June 2007 issue of DESA News, regarding the 18th reunion of the USS Witter, held in June 2006. The article includes a black and white photograph 14 men and women sitting for a group photo.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2007]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Clippings]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[11 x 6.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-127]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10488">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[&quot;Brother preserves memory of fallen hero&quot;]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; United States. Navy]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A laminated newspaper clipping mounted on pink paper, with a note &quot;Compliments of Senator Mike Knapik.&quot; The article is about Joseph Ogrodnik&#039;s work to memorialize his brother Francis, and includes a color photograph of Joseph looking at some of the materials that are now in this collection, as well as black and white photographs from the collection itself. The article describes Francis&#039;s enlistment, service, and death; as well as Joseph&#039;s efforts at connecting with his brother&#039;s shipmates and memorializing the attack and loss of life.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[no date]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Clippings]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8.5 x 11&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-126]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10487">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Collage photo of USS Witter]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945; United States. Navy]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A collaged photo featuring different images of the USS Witter. The top has a text overlay in a blue stencil-style font, reading &quot;USS Witter DE-636; George Hermann, III;  LTCMDR, U.S.N.R.; Commanding&quot;. The background image is a large-frame shot of the USS Witter at sea. Clockwise from top left, the other images are: a man in a Captain&#039;s hat, standing aboard a vessel of which only a small portion is visible; a group of sailors at the front of a large ship, with a lowered flag and other ships in the background; a group photo of several men in uniform on board a large ship; and the side of the USS Witter with damage visible from the plane strike. The entire collage was printed as a single item, so there are no attached pieces. With the exception of the text overlay, the entire image is black and white.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[no date]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8.5 x 11&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-125]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10486">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[DESA Clipping, circa 2003]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Reunions]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A clipping from likely an early 2003 issue of DESA News, detailing the 14th reunion of the USS Witter, held in September 2002 in Asheville, NC. The clipping includes a small black and white photo several men posed for a group photo.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2003]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Clippings]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3.5 x 9.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-124]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10485">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[DESA Clipping, January/February 2002]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Reunions]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A clipping from the January/February issue of DESA News, detailing the 13th reunion of the USS Witter, held in Rosemont, IL, in September 2001. It includes a small black and white photograph of several men in suits and ties grouped in front of two framed images on a wall.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2002]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Clippings]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3.5 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-123]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10484">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[DESA Clipping, November/December 2000]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Reunions]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A clipping from the November/December issue of DESA News, detailing the 12th reunion of the USS Witter, held in September 2000 in St Louis, MO. It includes a small black and white photograph of a group of men in suits and ties.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2000]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Clippings]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[10.5 x 3.75&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-122]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10483">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Oct. 28, 2000 article &quot;Shipmates forever connected by World War II attack&quot;]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; United States. Navy]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[An article clipped from an unspecified newspaper from Wilmington, NC, regarding USS San Francisco&#039;s service in WWII and the annual reunion of sailors from the ship. The article is in two parts, and includes a color photo of veterans looking at an anti-aircraft gun aboard the Battleship North Carolina; as well as black and white photos of the USS San Francisco returning to Pearl Harbor in 1942, and a black and white photo of a veteran from the USS San Francisco.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2000]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Clippings]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[12.5 x 9&quot;; 13.5 x 7&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-121]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10482">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Ogrodnik and friend with vanity plates]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Chicopee (Mass.)--Veterans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of Joseph Ogrodnik and an unknown friend standing at the rear of two vehicles, both with vanity plates reading &quot;DE 636.&quot; The vehicle on the left is Joseph&#039;s white minivan, which also has a bumper sticker for Al&#039;s Diner in the rear window. The vehicle on the right is a dark green Honda Accord with North Carolina plates. Both men are wearing light blue shirts, and are standing together. There are several homes in the background. The photo is undated, but the registration sticker in the upper right corner of the van&#039;s license plate is dated 01 [2001], suggesting this was sometime in the two years prior.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[circa 2000]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-120]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10481">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Ogrodnik with vanity plate, photo 2]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Chicopee (Mass.)--Veterans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of Joseph Ogrodnik standing at the rear of a white minivan with the license plate Massachusetts &quot;DE 636.&quot; Joseph is wearing a navy-blue jacket and baseball cap that appear to have his service information on them. The photo is undated, but the registration sticker in the upper right corner of the license plate is dated 2000, suggesting this was taken sometime in the two years prior. There is a garage in the background, and a house and yard in the far background.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[circa 1998]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-119]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10480">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Ogrodnik with vanity plate, photo 1]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Chicopee (Mass.)--Veterans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of Joseph Ogrodnik standing in front of a white minivan with his hand on the hood of the car. The van&#039;s license plate is Massachusetts &quot;DE 636.&quot; Joseph is wearing what looks like a baseball cap and jacket with his service information on them. The van sits in a paved driveway, with other homes and some bare trees in the background.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[circa 1998]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-118]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10479">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Memorial service program for Aaron M. &quot;Mickey&quot; Olem]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Funeral prayer cards]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A small memorial service program for Aaron M. &quot;Mickey&quot; Olem (1922-2000). The front has an image of a burning bush and the words &quot;In Memoriam&quot;; the inside has the 23rd Psalm and brief details of the service; the reverse has a mourner&#039;s kaddish. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2000]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Textual record]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[5.5 x 8.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-117]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10478">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Photo of Joseph &amp; Jean Ogrodnik with other couple]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Chicopee (Mass.)--Veterans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of Joseph and Jean Ogrodnik (striped shirt and pink shirt, respectively), with an unnamed couple. Joseph and Jean are standing on either side of a woman with glasses and a blue vest, whose hand is on the shoulder of a man seated in a wheelchair in front of the other three. There are trees and part of a brick building in the background. The image is digitally stamped 8/24/99 in the lower left corner. Given the proximity to the memorial information for Aaron M. &quot;Mickey&quot; Olem (item OGRODNIK-116), the other couple in the photo might be Aaron and his wife Sylvia Olem.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1999]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8.5 x 11&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-116]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10477">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Reunion clipping, Jan/Feb 1999]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Reunions; USS Witter (DE 636)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A clipping from DESA News, hand-labelled &quot;Jan/Feb DESA,&quot; describing the ninth reunion of the USS Witter that was held in September of 1998 in San Antonio, TX. The clipping includes a black and white photo pf several men wearing USS Witter basebal caps. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1999]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Clippings]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[5 x 9.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-115]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10476">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Reunion clipping, Nov/Dec 1999]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Reunions; USS Witter (DE 636)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A clipping from DESA News, hand-dated Nov/Dec 1999, regarding the 11th reunion of the USS Witter in Sea-Tac, WA. There is also a clipping attached from the next issue of DESA News, in which Joseph Ogrodnik had written in with a correction to the original article.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1999]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Clippings]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[5 x 9.75&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-114]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10475">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Chicopee Trade School diploma, 1938]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A diploma from the Chicopee Trade School, dated June 22nd, 1938, stating that Francis Joseph Ogrodnik successfully completed the three-year course in machine work and tool making. The diploma is black print and handwriting on cream-colored paper.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1938]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Textual record]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[7.75 x 10.25&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-113]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10474">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Diploma of Merit, 1935]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A Diploma of Merit, dated June 23rd, 1935, for Francis Joseph Ogrodnik. Awarded from St. Patrick&#039;s Parochial School in Chicopee Falls, this marked his completion of the &quot;first grammar grade. The diploma is black print and handwriting on cream-colored paper.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1935]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Textual record]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8.5 x 11&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-112]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10473">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Drive, photo 6]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of a shaded road, presumably Ogrodnik Drive in Szot Park. The road curves strongly to the left, where it meets a parking lot with a few cars in it. There are several trees surrounding the road; some benches beneath the trees; and an unidentified building in the far background.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1998]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-111]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10472">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Drive, photo 5]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color close-up of the street sign identifying WT2c Ogrodnik Drive in Szot Park, and the sign below it detailing his service in World War II and death aboard the USS Witter. The street sign is green with white font; the other sign is white with black font. The photo is angled slightly up, and there are several treetops in the background.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1998]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-110]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10471">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Drive, photo 4]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color close-up of the certificate from item Ogrodnik-108. Joseph Ogrodnik is holding a wooden frame with an Official Citation from the Massachusetts State Senate, dated July 2, 1998, posthumously recognizing Francis Ogrodnik for his service. The photograph is digitally stamped 8/20/98 in the upper left corner.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1998]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-109]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10470">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Drive, photo 3]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of Joseph Ogrodnik holding a framed certificate, on which the words &quot;Official Citation&quot; are just visible near the top. He is wearing jeans, a striped shirt, and a dark blue baseball cap, standing near the metal post of a street sign. There are several trees and semi-open space in the background.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1998]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-108]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10469">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Drive, photo 2]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of Joseph Ogrodnik standing beneath the sign marking WT2c Ogrodnik Drive in Szot Park. There is a white sign below the green street sign, but the writing is not legible at this distance. Joseph is standing a foot or so back from the curb, with his hands behind his back. He is wearing civilian clothes and a dark blue baseball cap. There are several trees and semi-open space in the background. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1998]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-107]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10468">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Drive, photo 1]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of Joseph Ogrodnik standing beneath the sign marking WT2c Ogrodnik Drive in Szot Park. There is a second white sign beneath the green road sign, but the writing is illegible from this distance. There are red white and blue ribbons tied around a nearby tree, and there are several other trees and a paved road in the background. Joseph is wearing civilian clothes and a dark blue baseball cap, facing the camera. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1998]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-106]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10467">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Dedication Ceremony, photo 5]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Chicopee (Mass.); Memorial service]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of part of the ceremony dedicating WT2c Ogrodnik Drive in Szot Park. The photo shows Joseph Ogrodnik placing the wreath on a stand near the stage, with the sign detailing Francis Ogrodnik&#039;s service in front of the wreath. Joseph is facing away from the camera; Joan Ogrodnik (Joseph&#039;s wife) is in profile, facing the wreath. There is a man in Navy whites also facing the wreath and saluting; and a color guard in the background wearing what looks like Civil War uniforms, facing the camera. In the background is a portion of the bleachers and scoreboard in Szot Park&#039;s baseball diamond. The photo is digitally stamped 7/6/98 in the lower left corner.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1998]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-105]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10466">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Dedication Ceremony, photo 4]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Chicopee (Mass.); Memorial service]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of part of the ceremony dedicating WT2c Ogrodnik Drive in Szot Park. Two men stand in front of a stage, next to two wreaths on stands. The man on the left is wearing Navy whites, with his hands at his sides. The man on the right (Joseph Ogrodnik) is wearing civilian clothes, and holding a blue folder. A sign below one of the wreaths describes part of Francis Ogrodnik&#039;s military service and subsequent death aboard the USS Witter. Behind the stage setup is a baseball diamond, with bleachers far in the background. The photo is digitally stamped 7/6/98 in the lower left corner.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1998]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-104]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10465">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Dedication Ceremony, photo 3]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Chicopee (Mass.); Memorial service]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of part of the ceremony dedicating WT2c Ogrodnik Drive in Szot Park. Three people are standing with their back to the camera, facing five men who are holding flags and at least one rifle. To the left of the image is a stage with two wreaths on stands in front of it; the people in the foreground are holding a third wreath. In the background of the image is the scoreboard for Szot Park and some bleachers, as well as a few other spectators. The men with the flags and rifle(s) appear to be wearing Civil War uniforms; one of the people with their back to the camera is in Navy whites, and the other two are in civilian clothes. The photo is digitally stamped 7/6/98 in the lower left corner. There is some sun blur/an exposure issue along the right side of the image, creating a white spot and streak.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1998]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-103]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10464">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Dedication Ceremony, photo 2]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Chicopee (Mass.); Memorial service]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of part of the ceremony to dedicate WT2c Ogrodnik Drive in Szot Park. What looks like two different color guards are standing along a dirt/gravel road holding different flags. Between them stands a person with a large television-type camera. Behind the color guards are an assortment of spectators. The color guard to the right of the image seem to be reenactors, as do some of the spectators standing behind them; the color guard to the left of the image have what might be an American Legion flag. This part of the proceedings seems to be in a cemetery, and there are headstones visible in the background. The image is digitally stamped 7/6/98 in the lower left corner.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1998]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-102]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10463">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Dedication Ceremony, photo 1]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Chicopee (Mass.); Memorial service]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of part of the ceremony to dedicate WT2c Ogrodnik Drive in Szot Park. A man wearing sunglasses stands at a podium with a microphone, with several other men seated behind him. An American flag is in the left of the image. The image is date-stamped in the lower left corner, 7/6/98. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1998]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4 x 6&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-101]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10462">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Ogrodnik&#039;s Speech]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Chicopee (Mass.); Memorial service]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A typed speech prepared and given by Joseph Ogrodnik for the dedication of the Szot Park street named after Francis Ogrodnik. Joseph recalls memories of his elder brother, known to the family as &quot;Sonny,&quot; as well as his enlistment and death aboard the USS Witter.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1998]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Speeches]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8.5 x 11&quot;; 4pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-100]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10461">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Chicopee Street Naming Dedication Program]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Chicopee (Mass.); Memorial service]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Program for the Chicopee Street Naming Dedication ceremony in Szot Park, July 5, 1998. Program is printed in black on light blue paper folded into a single folio. The front includes the location and date information as well as images of Sgt. Charles H. Tracy; Pvt. Frank J. Szot; and WT2c. Francis J. Ogrodnik. The inside has information about the three soldiers being honored and a detailed program of the day&#039;s events. The back of the program lists the committee responsible for the event.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1998]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Memorial service programs]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8.5 x 11&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-099]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10460">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Copy of newspaper clippings regarding the naming of roads in Szot Park]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Chicopee (Mass.); Memorial service]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Copies of two articles, one on each side of the sheet, regarding the naming of streets in Szot Park after Chicopee veterans. One article is essentially a rehash of the article in item Ogrodnik-097; the other is about the ceremony when it took place. It is hand-labeled as being from the Springfield Union, 8-6-1998, and includes a photo of the color guard marching to the graveside memorial service for Charles H. Tracy, who served in the Civil War. The article quotes Joseph Ogrodnik Jr as being very pleased that his brother was being honored with a street being named after him, and states that he and his sister Lillian Walas were both in attendance.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1998]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Clippings]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8.5 x 11&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-098]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10459">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Copy of newspaper clipping, &quot;Committee Formed to Honor War Heroes&quot;]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A copy of a newspaper clipping, undated, regarding the renaming of three roads within Szot Park after local veterans. While the article has no date, it says the ceremony is intended to correspond with the city&#039;s 150th birthday, suggesting this was in 1998. The article states that one of the roads is going to be named after Francis Ogrodnik, the other two after Frank J. Szot, and Charles H. Tracy.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1998]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Clippings]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8.5 x 11&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-097]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10458">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter to Chicopee Veteran&#039;s Service Department, April 9, 1998]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A sheet of paper containing a letter to the Chicopee Veterans&#039; Services Department on one side, and a response letter from Mayor Richard Kos on the reverse. The letter from Joseph Ogrodnik Jr to the Veterans&#039; Services is requesting that a street or similar be named after Francis, with information regarding Francis&#039;s service. The letter from Mayor Kos, dated April 15, 1998, assures Joseph that he is in full support of a street in Szot Park being named after Francis. There is a written note along the bottom reading &quot;Given [illegible] newspaper article, let me know if I should do anything at this time,&quot; and signed by the Mayor. The written portion appears slightly pixelated, suggesting this may be a copy of the original letter.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1998]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8.5 x 11&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-096]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10457">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[&quot;Memories&quot;]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A single printed page by Joseph Ogrodnik Jr., remembering his brother Francis. It&#039;s unclear if this was an article or perhaps a speech, but a line referencing a photograph (&quot;that&#039;s me in the background&quot;) suggests there was a photograph included at some point. Joseph describes growing up with his older brother, who was ten years older, and discusses Francis&#039;s interests in machinery and engines. He also briefly recalls Francis&#039;s schooling, work, enlistment/service, and his death in 1945.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Undated]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Textual record]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8.5 x 11&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-095]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10455">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Clipping, DESA News July-August 1995]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945; Destroyer Escorts]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A clipping from the July-August DESA News titled &quot;TAPS Non-Members,&quot; with a list of names divided by ship. Given the names listed under the USS Witter, the names are likely those killed in action.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1995]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Clippings]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2.5 x 12&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-093]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10454">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Clipping, DESA News March-April 1995]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Reunions; USS Witter (DE 636)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A clipping from the March-April DESA News about the sixth reunion of the USS Witter, held in the fall of 1994. The article includes a photograph of 17 men in front of a sign reading &quot;Welcome USS Witter Reunion.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1995]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Clippings]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4.75 x 7.75&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-092]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10453">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Clipping, DESA News May-June 1995]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Reunions]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A clipping from the May-June DESA News with a list of upcoming reunions. The USS Witter&#039;s listing is one up from the bottom in the leftmost column.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1995]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Clippings]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[7.25 x 5.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-091]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10452">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Returned check]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Correspondence]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A check made out from the Ogrodniks to Malcolm Witter for $18, dated April 30th, 1993; together with a handwritten note from Malcolm Witter returning the check and saying &quot;I would have to say you have already paid the price.&quot; The &quot;memo&quot; section of the check reads &quot;2 cups,&quot; but it&#039;s unclear what the check was intended for. The items are adhered inside a sleeve protector with double-sided tape.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1993]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-090]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10451">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Clipping, &quot;Eighteen DEs Named for San Francisco Heroes&quot;]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Destroyer escorts]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A brief news article from the September-October DESA newsletter listing the 18 ships named after men killed from the USS San Francisco, including the USS Witter. The clipping is adhered inside a sleeve protector with double-sided tape.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1994]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Clippings]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-089]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10450">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Clippings, DESA News 1994]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; USS Witter (DE 636); Reunions]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A series of clippings from the 1994 DESA News, that have been adhered into a sleeve protector with double-sided tape. The large clipping is an brief article about the fifth reunion of the USS Witter; the two smaller clippings are advanced notices of the reunion.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1994]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Clippings]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-088]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10449">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Paul Silance memorial materials]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Funeral prayer cards]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Two cards for the funeral &amp; burial of Paul T. Silance (9/21/1924 - 2/4/1996), and a thank-you card from his family to the Ogrodniks. The funerial cards are from two different funeral homes: Eberly Funeral Home in Dallastown, PA (card for a Mass of Christian burial); and Walter J. Johnson Funeral Home in Clark, NJ. Both these and the thank-you card feature various Catholic imagery.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1996]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Funeral prayer cards]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-087]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10448">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[50th Anniversary &quot;in memoriams&quot;]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area; United States. Navy--Veterans; USS Witter (DE 636)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A typed note to Joe and Joan Ogrodnik from Paul Silance, regarding the enclosed &quot;in memoriam&quot; card from the Los Angeles Times that details what was posted in the paper on April 6, 1995, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the plane attack. In addition to the enclosed In Memoriam, there is a copy of another clipping from an unspecified paper that was published by Joseph Ogrodnik Jr, and includes a photo of Francis Ogrodnik. The note sent by Silance states that he is attempting to contact other next-of-kin, and asks the Ogrodniks to pass on any contact information they may have.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1995]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp + enclosed]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-086]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10447">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter to Charles &quot;Bud&quot; Goodwin from Paul T. Silance, February 10, 1993]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area; United States. Navy--Veterans; USS Witter (DE 636)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A typed letter from Paul T. Silance in his role as USS Witter Secretary, to Charles &quot;Bud&quot; Goodwin, Chairman of the DESA Roll of Honor Committee. Dated February 10, 1993, the letter references a notice printed in the January/February issue of DESA Newsletter, and goes on to list the names and ranks of the six men killed aboard the Witter when it was attacked in 1945.Silance notes that the bodies were taken off the ship at Okinawa for burial. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1993]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-085]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10446">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[&quot;Transmittal of and/or Entitlement to Awards&quot;]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area; United States. Navy--Medals, badges, decorations, etc.; ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A form authorizing several awards for issuance to Joseph Ogrodnik in the name of Francis Ogrodnik for his WWII service. The awards authorized for issuance are: Purple Heart medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign medal (with handwritten notation &quot;W2 B*&quot;); World War II Victory medal. The form is dated April 27, 1989. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1989]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Textual record]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-084]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10445">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), stbd. looking to port + slightly fwd]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945–Campaigns—Pacific area; Destroyer escorts; World War, 1939-1945–Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white photograph of the damage done to the Witter during the plane attack. There are two uniformed men standing amid the damage. Counter-clockwise from the lower right corner, the labels read: &quot;U.S.S. Witter (DE 636), stbd., looking to port + slightly fwd., docked in AG70 off Okina [sic], taken June 1945, P.N.Y. no. 1621-45, photo. no. 6; 2nd plat. blown up; 1st plat. blown up;main dk.; crew&#039;s qtra. A-206AL; stbd. shell; stbd. long&#039;l bhd., fr. 53-59, blown inbd.; keel.&quot; The reverse of the photo has a small &quot;2&quot; in the upper right corner. The photo paper used has &quot;this paper manufactured by Kodak,&quot; indicating that this is a 1980s-1990s print of a photo taken in 1945.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Original 1945; reprint circa 1990s]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[5 x 6.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-083]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10444">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), view of stbd. shell frs. 47-50)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945–Campaigns—Pacific area; Destroyer escorts; World War, 1939-1945–Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white photograph of some of the internal repairs being done to the USS Witter following the plane attack. The label in the lower left corner reads: &quot;U.S.S. Witter (DE 636), view of stbd. shell frs. 47-50, showing extent of damage, taken 18 Aug. 1945, P.N.Y. no. 1621-45, photo. no. 21.&quot; There is a label in the upper left reading &quot;New stanchion + shell installed by repair ship.&quot; The reverse of the photo has a small &quot;7&quot; in the upper left corner. The photo paper used has &quot;this paper manufactured by Kodak,&quot; indicating that this is a 1980s-1990s print of a photo taken in 1945.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Original 1945; reprint circa 1990s]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[5 x 6.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-082]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10443">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (De 636), looking down to fwd.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945–Campaigns—Pacific area; Destroyer escorts; World War, 1939-1945–Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white photograph of the hole left in the hull by the plane strike. The label in the lower right corner reads: &quot;U.S.S. Witter (DE 636), Looking down to fwd., viewing stbd. hull, FRS 48-65, showing damage caused by plane crash + bomb explosion, docked in AG70 off Okinawa, taken June 1945, P.N.Y. no. 1621-45, photo. no. 5.&quot; The reverse of the photo has a small &quot;3&quot; in the upper left corner. The photo paper used has &quot;this paper manufactured by Kodak,&quot; indicating that this is a 1980s-1990s print of a photo from 1945.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Original 1945; reprint circa 1990s]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[5 x 6.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-081]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10442">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), view looking up from fuel oil tank]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945–Campaigns—Pacific area; Destroyer escorts; World War, 1939-1945–Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white photograph of some of the damage done during the plane attack. Clockwise from the upper right corner, the labels read: &quot; U.S.S. Witter (DE 636), view looking up from fuel oil tank 4-2F, looking to port, showing explosion damage, taken 18 Aug 1945, P.N.Y. no. 1621-45, photo. no. 13; For&#039;d BHD.; Trans. BHD.; Aft. BHF-D.; 1st Plat.&quot; The reverse of the photograph has a small &quot;8&quot; in the upper left corner. The photo paper used has &quot;this paper manufactured by Kodak,&quot; indicating that this is a 1980s-1990s print of a photo from 1945.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Original 1945; reprint circa 1990s]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[5 x 6.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-080]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10441">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636) Fwd. end of fireroom]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945–Campaigns—Pacific area; Destroyer escorts; World War, 1939-1945–Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white photograph of the progress of repairs on the USS Witter. Outer labels read (counterclockwise from lower right): &quot;U.S.S. Witter (DE 636), Fwd. end of fireroom, stbd. side, looking aft. from FR.57, P.N.Y. no. 1621-45, photo. no. 23; F.O. Booster + transfer pump; steam drum; forced draft blower; temp. structure installed by AG 70 off Okinawa.&quot; Middle labels read, top to bottom: &quot;Superheater tubes; generating tubes; burner registers; refractory; FR.59.&quot; The reverse of the photograph has a small &quot;9&quot; in the upper left corner. The photo paper used has &quot;this paper manufactured by Kodak,&quot; indicating that this is a 1980s-1990s print of a photo from 1945.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Original 1945; reprint circa 1990s]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[5 x 6.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-079]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10440">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter from Paul Kleinman, May 28, 1990]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; United States. Navy; Veterans--Correspondence]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A handwritten letter on lined paper from Paul H. Kleinman to Joseph Ogrodnik Jr, dated May 28, 1990. Kleinman is replying to a letter from Ogrodnik, and briefly discusses the memorial notice he had printed in the Los Angeles Times. He goes on to say that when he wrote to Ogrodnik&#039;s parents in 1945, he had not yet heard that the Witter had been hit, and only found out from a WAVE while he was en route from the Receiving Barracks in New York to his new assignment. Kleinman says that he wanted to write to them again, but he had lost the addresses. He then apologizes for not having any photos of Francis, due to wartime security regulations prohibiting cameras on board. He mentions an enclosed snapshot of himself taken during training in 1943, but there is no photo. [It is possible that the photo included with Ogrodnik-055, the letter that Kleinman had written to the Ogrodniks in 1945, is actually the photo referenced here.] Included with this letter is Kleinman&#039;s business card.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1990]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-078]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10439">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter from Paul [Silance], April 23, 1990]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945; United States. Navy; Veterans--Correspondence]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A brief typed letter from Paul Silance [he did not sign a last name, but the return address matches his other letters] to Joe [Joseph Ogrodnik Jr] with a card forwarded from Paul H. Kleinman. The note explains that Kleinman had sent Silance six copies of the enclosed card to then forward to relatives of the men killed on the Witter, and provides Kleinman&#039;s address in case Ogrodnik wants to correspond directly. Silance notes that Kleinman was a member of &quot;the black gang,&quot; indicating that he worked in the fireroom or engine rooms, like Francis Ogrodnik. The enclosed card is a copy of a small newspaper in memorium announcement with the names of the men killed, attached to a card reading &quot;Your announcement as it appeared in the Los Angeles Times, April 6, 1990.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1990]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-077]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10438">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter from Howard Metz, November 1, 1988]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945; United States. Navy; Veterans--Correspondence]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A brief handwritten letter, dated November 1, 1988, from Howard Metz to Joseph Ogrodnik Jr. The letter states that Metz has sent a photograph and the negative, though no negative is included here. The photograph (item Ogrodnik-075) is of three men, identified here as William McCracken, Howard Metz, and Francis Ogrodnik. The letter indicates that Metz and Joseph likely met at the 1988 Witter reunion. The letter is written in blue ink on unlined white paper, 5.5 x 8.75&quot;. [In an effort to keep these items together as they were upon donation, they&#039;ve been placed in one enclosure in the physical collection. -KO]]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1988]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-076]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10437">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Photo with bar backdrop]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945; United States. Navy]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white photo of three men in Navy uniforms, standing behind a bar with a painted background behind them. The background appears to be the same as in item Ogrodnik-074, but can be seen in more detail here. While the photo does not have any identifying information, it was accompanied by a letter (Ogrodnik-076) stating that the three men are (left to right) William McCracken, Howard Metz, and Francis Ogrodnik. The letter also indicates that the photo is a reprint circa 1988 of a photo taken likely in 1944/1945.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[circa 1988 (original circa 1944/1945)]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[5 x 7&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-075]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10436">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[&quot;Navy Buddies&quot;]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945; Sailors]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A small newspaper clipping with a photograph of three young men in Navy uniforms, standing behind a bar. The caption identifies them as (left to right) James Korney of Agawam; Wally Blair of Springfield; William Boyle of Springfield. Not in the photo but listed in the caption is also Ted Tenerowicz of Ludlow, and they are named as the four survivors among five Springfield-area men who served aboard the destroyer USS Emmons, aboard which the photo was taken. The clipping is undated, but research suggests it was from the June 6th, 1994 edition of the Springfield Union News.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[circa 1994]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Clipping]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[4.5 x 4.75&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-074]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10435">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[&quot;The Witters&#039; Wail&quot; ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area--Ephemera]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A typewritten poem by P. Silance, Y2c, dated 1945. The poem is a comical request for six month&#039;s leave from the crew, citing all that they&#039;d been through at the time of writing. Typed in black ink on 5.5 x 8.5&quot; paper, the signature also indicates that it was written while in the South Pacific.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[circa 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Textual record]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-073]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10434">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Reunion group photo, men]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Reunions]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of ~30 men wearing suits and name tags, arranged in rows and looking at the camera. There are people on both sides of the image who are only partially visible. While there is no identifying information with this photo, we can assume this is from the 1988 USS Witter reunion, and is likely the crew of the Witter and some of their family members.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[circa 1988]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-072]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10433">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Reunion group photo, ladies]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Reunions]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of 22 women standing in rows and looking at the camera. They are dressed up and wearing name tags, and while there is no identifying information with the photo, we can assume this is from the 1988 USS Witter reunion, and is likely the wives and family of the Witter crew.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[circa 1988]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-071]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10432">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Reunion photos]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Reunions]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Two color photographs printed on a single sheet of photographic paper, likely of the 1988 reunion attendees. Given the way the two images are laid out, it might have been intended as a panoramic-style photo. The photos feature mostly men in suits, wearing name tags and arranged in rows facing the camera. There are a few women in the lower corners of both images. There are no names or data provided with the photographs.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[circa 1988]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-070]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10431">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Article RE first Witter reunion]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Veterans; Reunions]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A copy of an article about the first reunion of the USS Witter (DE 636). It states general plans for the upcoming reunion in October of &quot;this year&quot;; from other data we know this was in 1988. The article was written by Paul T. Silance, Yeoman, so while the publication is not named it seems likely that it&#039;s Navy-specific. It also provides contact information for anyone wishing to attend the reunion, as well as a photo of who attended the committee meeting to get the details sorted out.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1988]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Clipping]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-069]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10430">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Christmas card from Paul T. Silance, 1988]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Correspondence]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A Christmas card from Paul T. and Mary Silance to Joseph Ogrodnik Jr., thanking him for the pictures and wishing him a blessed and happy Christmas. The image on the front is of Mary, riding a donkey and holding an infant Jesus in her arms, with Joseph alongside holding a lantern. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1988]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-068]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10429">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter from Paul T. Silance, November 15, 1988]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Correspondence; Reunions]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A typewritten letter from Paul T. Silance to Joseph Ogrodnik Jr, thanking him for sending photos of the first Witter reunion. He writes that he is going to use some of the photographs in an article for the DESA News. From the letter, it seems Joseph attended the first reunion in Chicago, and as an &quot;honorary member&quot; of the Witter, was expected to be included in other reunions going forward. The letter has some &quot;letter drop&quot; where the keys for various punctuation have pierced the paper. The letter has fold lines indicating that it was folded into a small rectangle, and it might have been mailed with the Christmas card that comprises item Ogrodnik-067.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1988]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-067]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10428">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter from Paul T. Silance, June 7, 1987]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Correspondence; Reunions]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A brief handwritten letter from Paul T. Silance to Joseph Ogrodnik Jr, responding to an unspecified request regarding a Witter reunion. Silance writes that he and others are planning a committee meeting and generally getting things going for a reunion in 1988. The note is in blue ink on lined white paper, single-sided.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1987]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-066]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10427">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter from Paul T. Silance, December 7, 1983]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Correspondence; Aerial attacks; World War, 1939-1945]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A handwritten letter to Joseph Ogrodnik Jr from Paul T. Silance, dated December 7, 1983. Silance wrote &quot;after I got over the shock of reliving a traumatic experience of some 38 years, I tried to search my memory for that boy&#039;s face. Frankly, I did not succeed.&quot; While he does not specify who he&#039;s referring to, it seems likely &quot;that boy&quot; is Francis Ogrodnik. He goes on to describe briefly the events of April 6, 1945, stating that he was &quot;stationed as Captain&#039;s phone tacker&quot; and was thus was on the bridge when the plane struck. He references a copy of the memorial service that he sent Ogrodnik, but it&#039;s not clear if it was included in this mailing or was something Ogrodnik already had. He notes that while he is not sure of the exact fate of Francis Ogrodnik&#039;s remains, it was likely that he was buried in a memorial grave on Okinawa. The letter is written in black ink on lined white paper, and is two single-sided pages.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1983]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-065]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10426">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter from Allan G. Schwartz, November 5, 1983]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans--Correspondence; Aerial attacks; World War, 1939-1945]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A handwritten letter to Joseph Ogrodnik Jr. from Allan G Schwartz [someone noted his name on the upper left corner of the letter, misspelling it as &quot;Schwarts&quot;], providing his memories of serving on the USS Witter and of Francis Ogrodnik. Schwartz explains that due to a stroke he suffered, his memory isn&#039;t what it used to be, but he briefly relates the events ending in Francis&#039;s death, and notes that &quot;wartime restrictions and censorship left most of us with nothing but bad memories; and a desire to forget and get on with living.&quot; The letter is written in blue ink on lined white paper, and is two double-sided pages.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1983]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-064]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10425">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Veterans Memorial close-up]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[War memorials--Chicopee (Mass.); Veterans--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of the Veterans Memorial in Bullens Park, featuring a close-up of the side that includes Francis Ogrodnik&#039;s name. The names on the plaques are listed by war, and for the later wars sub-divided by service branch; this side includes WWII Navy veterans (beginning with Jospeh Gosselin) and goes into WWII Marines.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Undated; post-1987]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3.5 x 5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-063]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10424">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Veterans Memorial with home]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[War memorials--Chicopee (Mass.); Veterans--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of the Veterans Memorial in Bullens Park with brick homes in the background. There are two cars parked on the street, and a person on the sidewalk. The memorial is surrounded by flowers with a small American flag in the ground, and is centered in a brick walkway with a park bench along the side. There is a wrought-iron fence around the park area.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Undated; post 1987]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3.5 x 5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-062]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10423">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Veterans Memorial with flag]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[War memorials--Chicopee (Mass.); Veterans--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of the &quot;front&quot; of the Veterans Memorial in Bullens park, surrounded by flowers and with a small flag in the ground in front of it. The memorial is four-sided, and this image shows the side engraved &quot;Veterans Memorial,&quot; with a plaque of names above it. There is a park bench and a tree behind the memorial, and a person in the far background walking by the Post Office.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Undated; post-1987]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3.5 x 5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-061]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10422">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bullens Park Veterans Memorial]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[War memorials--Chicopee (Mass.); Veterans--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A color photograph of the brick walkway leading up to the Veterans Memorial in Bullens Park, with the Post Office beyond. Located at the intersections of Cabot and Center Sts, the memorial lists Chicopee casualties from the American Civil War through the bombing of the US Embassy in Lebanon in 1983. The photo is undated, but the monument was dedicated in 1987, and the photo was taken in the summer.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Undated; post-1987]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3.5 x 5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-060]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10421">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter from Richard Speer, Naval Historical Center]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.); United States. Navy--Records and correspondence]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A letter to Mr. Ogrodnik (Joseph Ogrodnik Jr.), dated November 17, 1983, from Richard T. Speer of the Ships&#039; Histories Branch of the Naval Historical Center. The letter is a brief response to Joseph&#039;s information request, noting that the information requested is enclosed. It also provides an address for Joseph to write to for a list of Witter crew members. This letter is followed by a few photocopied pages from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting, which have not been digitized due to copyright restrictions. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1983]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-059]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10420">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Set of copies of Francis&#039;s service records]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.); World War, 1939-1945; United States. Navy--Personnel records]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A set of 25 sheets, each approximately 5&quot; x 9&quot;, that are copies of Francis Ogrodnik&#039;s service records. Set includes his enlistment information, induction into the Navy, various related tests/exams, next of kin and beneficiary information, and assignments/promotions. Packet was stapled (staples have been removed), and all sheets have two holes along the left sides for insertion into a ringed binder/similar.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Originals 1943-1945; copies undated]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Textual record]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[25pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-058]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10419">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter awarding posthumous campaign medals]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.); United States. Navy--Medals, badges, decorations, etc.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A typewritten letter to Mr. Joseph Ogrodnik, dated September 24, 1948, posthumously awarding Francis the American Campaign Medal and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal. It references an enclosed bulletin that explains the significance of the medals, but the bulletin is no longer with the letter. It is signed by M. Lanham, LTJG., USN, Director, Service Medals Division.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1948]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-057]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10418">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Copy of September 5, 1945 news article RE the Witter]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[United States. Navy; World War, 1939-1945]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A copy of a newspaper article, newspaper not named, dated September 5, 1945 regarding the plane attack on the USS Witter. It reports that the Witter was in the Navy yard in Philadelphia at the time of writing, and relates the events of April 6. It includes a photograph of crewman Bob D. Fanelli, who it names as a Philidelphia resident and former employee at the Bulletin, suggesting this may be from the Philadelphia Bulletin, a daily evening paper that ran from 1847-1982.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Original 1945, copy undated]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Newspaper clipping]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-056]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10417">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter from Paul H. Kleinman, April 16, 1945]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.); United States. Navy; World War, 1939-1945--Correspondence]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A letter written to Mrs. Ogrodnik from Paul Kleinman (1926-2007) a shipmate of Francis&#039;s who had been transferred home. The letter is dated April 16, 1945, and reassures Mrs. Ogrodnik that Francis &quot;is in the best of health and spirits, and is looking forward to the day he can be with you again.&quot; Kleinman had left the ship before the plane attack, and had not yet been told that Francis Ogrodnik had been killed. The letter arrived to the Ogrodnik family after they had been notified of Francis&#039;s death, causing significant confusion. The letter is accompanied by a wallet-sized snapshot of a young man in sailor whites smiling at the camera, signed on the reverse by Kleinman. The snapshot has very faint writing under the signature that seems to read &quot;1952,&quot; so the photo may have been provided later and placed with the letter by the family.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp, 1 ]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-055]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10416">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Copy of death certificate]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.); United States. Navy--Death certificates; World War, 1939-1945]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A copy of the death certificate for Francis Ogrodnik, printed on two sheets. Across the top of the original was handwritten &quot;26056-A-6-5 03.&quot; There are several handwritten checkmarks and stamps in various fields copied over from the original. Under &quot;cause of death,&quot; it states &quot;killed in action, details not known,&quot; and where a fingerprint would go it instead says &quot;remains not recovered.&quot; The reverse of the certificate, copied onto a separate sheet of paper, was signed by the Witter&#039;s commanding officer. Much of the front of the original certificate has come through onto the copy of the reverse, suggesting thin paper for the original.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Original 1945; No date for copy]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Death certificate (copy)]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-054]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10415">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Copy of memorial service program]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.); United States. Navy; Memorial service programs; World War, 1939-1945]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A copy of the typed on-ship memorial service program for Francis Ogrodnik and the other men who were killed when the ship was struck, dated April 24, 1945. A note has been made at the bottom of the original reading &quot;kamikaze attack.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Original 1945; No date for copy]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Memorial program]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-053]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10414">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter from Lt George Herrmann, 18 April 1945]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.)--Death notice; United States. Navy; World War, 1939-1945]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A single-sheet typed letter addressed to Mrs. Caroline Julia Ogrodnik from the Commanding Officer of the Witter regarding Francis&#039;s death. Lieutenant George Herrmann III reports that he notified the Navy of Francis&#039;s death; relays his and the crewmen&#039;s sympathies; and apologizes for not being able to share more information due to military restrictions. The letter is signed, and an address is written on the back in pencil, but there is no accompanying envelope. There are holes and a rust mark from a staple in the upper left corner, but whatever was attached is no longer with the letter. Several of the periods within the text are punched through the paper.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-052]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10413">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Telegram &amp; Clippings]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.)--Death notice; Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.)--Obituaries; United States. Navy; World War, 1939-1945]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A sheet of paper with a telegram, the envelope, and two newspaper clippings attached to it with double-sided tape. All items relate to Francis Ogrodnik&#039;s death aboard the USS Witter (DE 636). The telegram, dated April 12 (no year, but we can infer 1945), is the official notification sent to Francis&#039;s parents from the Navy to inform them he had been killed in action, and would likely be buried at sea &quot;or in locality of death.&quot; The telegram concludes by asking them to not divulge the name of his ship or station &quot;to prevent possible aid to our enemies.&quot; It is &quot;signed&quot; by Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs, Chief of Naval Personell [sic]. The clippings on the reverse side have no date or indication of what newspaper they&#039;re from. One is an obituary for Francis with a photo of him; the other is a partial clipping titled &quot;List 25 Navy Casualties,&quot; which includes Francis Ogrodnik and two other deaths, and is cut off following two wounded.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence; newspaper clippings]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-051]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10412">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Hello everyone, December 15, 1944]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.)--Correspondence; United States. Navy; World War, 1939-1945]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A letter written in pencil on thin paper with a United States Navy letterhead. Dated December 15, 1944, the letter is from Francis to &quot;everyone,&quot; and is two pages single-sided. Francis discusses a test he&#039;s just taken for an advancement in rating that he&#039;s confident about; another letter he wrote to a Helen Mistuika (the spelling of the last name is difficult to read); and a letter he received from Elaine in Springfield in which &quot;she misses me quite a bit from what she writes. So don&#039;t they all, I don&#039;t know why.&quot; He asks after an Eddie who was supposed to visit his family, and then concludes the letter. There is no envelope with this letter, and the pencil is fairly light, making it difficult to read. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1944]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-050]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10411">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Dear Mom and family]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.)--Correspondence; United States. Navy; World War, 1939-1945]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[An undated letter (postmarked November 14, 1944) written by Francis to his mother &amp; family. The letter is two pages, single-sided, and written on Air Mail-branded paper. He states that &quot;a lot of things have happened that I can&#039;t mention, otherwise you would know why it&#039;s quite more difficult than ever to write,&quot; and briefly references attacks by the Japanese. He mentions having voted for FDR but not knowing if he was elected or not; and says another sailor from Springfield has been sharing newspapers with him whenever he can. He writes that they have not received mail in a long time, and thus has no idea what might be going on at home. The envelope is addressed to Mrs. J Ogrodnik, and sent from &quot;Francis Ogrodnik WT 3/C U.S.N.R., U.S.S. Witter (DE 636) E Div., c/o Fleet Post Office San Francisco, Cal.&quot; The envelope was stamped as passed by the Navy censor.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1944]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-049]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10410">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Dear Mother, August 15, 1943]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.); United States. Navy; World War, 1939-1945--Correspondence; Naval Training School (University of Minnesota)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A two-leaf (four page) letter from Francis to his mother, dated August 15, 1943. This letter is written on both sides of each sheet; paper has a &quot;United Nations Victorious&quot; logo in the upper left corner of each page. Written while at the University of Minnesota Naval Training School, Francis describes being a Corporal of the Guard (spelled &quot;gaurd&#039;) and the overall functions of the guard unit. He describes spending his day off in town looking for a camera; and then attending Mass the next day and singing in the choir. He mentions that after Mass a photographer took a &quot;picture of us,&quot; possibly the group photo included in this collection (item CPL-Ogrodnik-046). He discusses adding &quot;stickers&quot; to his uniform that indicate he is a fireman; he also discusses the technicalities of his rank now vs when he gets on a ship &quot;in November or December.&quot; The envelope is addressed to Mrs. Joseph Ogrodnik, from F. J. Ogrodnik F 3/C CO-11; N.T.S. M.M. Farm Campus, Dexter Hall, University of Minn, St Paul Minn.&quot; The back of the envelope is marked &quot;V-mail&quot; in pencil.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1943]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-048]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10409">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter home, March 14, 1944]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.); United States. Navy; World War, 1939-1945--Correspondence]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A three-page letter home from Francis, dated March 14, 1944. The letter included a flower (possibly a carnation) that has stained the pages. The paper is quite thin, and is watermarked &quot;American Trust Bond.&quot; In the letter, Francis congratulates a family friend who is getting married, and lists off several places that he&#039;s been during his service, and says that there are several other places but he can&#039;t tell them yet. He also states that his appearance has changed drastically, and nobody at home would recognize him, also saying he&#039;d love to surprise everyone when he&#039;s granted his first &quot;liberty in the States.&quot; He signed off &quot;your son Francis,&quot; and wrote Francis Ogrodnik WT 2/C OSNR&quot; along the bottom of the final page. The envelope is addressed to Mr. Joseph Ogrodnik, and is stamped &quot;PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR&quot; with initials in the middle of the stamp. The envelope&#039;s postmark is dated 1945; it&#039;s unclear if this envelope was mistakenly placed with this letter, or if the letter&#039;s sending was significantly delayed by the Navy/armed forces.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1944]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Correspondence]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3pp]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-047]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10408">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Corpus Christi Church &quot;Service Men&#039;s Club&quot;]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.); United States. Navy; World War, 1939-1945]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white group photo of a large group of men, mostly in military dress, in front of the Corpus Christi Church of Saint Paul, Minnesota. The photo is labeled along the bottom as &quot;CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH SERVICE MEN&#039;S CLUB SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA; AUGUST 15, 1943.&quot; The photographer logo in the lower right corner reads &quot;Wright Studio.&quot; The paper used has the &quot;this paper manufactured by Kodak&quot; marks on the back, suggesting this is a 1990s reprint of the original photograph.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1990s]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[10 x 8&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-046]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10407">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Co. II Mach. Mates, 1943]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.); United States. Navy; World War, 1939-1945; United States. Naval Training School (University of Minnesota)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white group portrait of 13 men in Navy blues with caps. The front row is seated, the back row is standing, and there is a brick building in the background with some ivy and a tree. The bottom of the images is labeled &quot;CO II - MACH. MATES - 1943; U.S. NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL UNIVERSITY of MINN.&quot; There is a photographer logo in the lower right corner of the image. The reverse of the photograph is identified as Kodak paper, suggesting this is a circa-1990s reprint of the original photograph. The picture is accompanied by a photocopied paper with several signatures on it, likely copied from the back of the original photograph. A small note has been added in the lower left corner in pencil, reading &quot;logo,&quot; to maintain the correct orientation since the signatures are in all directions.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1990s]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[10 x 8&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-045]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10406">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Francis &amp; co on the front step]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.); Sailors--Families]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white snapshot of Francis standing with three women on the front steps of a house. Francis is in khakis with a dixie-cup style cap, and the women are wearing dresses or skirts/blouses. All are smiling at the camera. The house is white with darker wooden shutters, and is numbered 544 above the steps. There are shrubs in front of the windows. The photo is stamped &quot;25&quot; on the reverse in faded/faint black ink.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1943/1944]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2.75 x 4.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-044]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10405">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Francis &amp; friends at a well]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white snapshot of Francis with several other people around a stone well. Francis is in khakis with a dixie-cup style cap, and is leaning on the edge of the well with his arm around a person. There are five other people standing around the well or sitting on the edge; they appear to all be women, though with the light and shadowing it&#039;s hard to tell. There is abundant shrubbery and plant life all around the area. &quot;25&quot; is stamped on the reverse in faded/faint black ink.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1943/1944]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2.75 x 4.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-043]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10404">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Francis with woman]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white snapshot of Francis and a woman sitting on a wooden bench outside. Francis is wearing his Navy blues with cap, with his arm around the woman. She is wearing a skirt and blazer, and both are smiling at the camera. There are trees behind them, and a hut-type building in the background. The style of the bench and the building suggest that the location is not local, or perhaps a tourist destination or park. The back of the image is stamped &quot;25&quot; in faded/faint black ink. There are two small tears in the edges of the photo, approximately in the middle of the long sides.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1943/1944]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2.75 x 4.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-042]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10403">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Francis saluting the flag with family]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.); Sailors--Families]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white snapshot of Francis standing outside saluting an American flag, with several people around him, likely his family. A man holds the flag line on the pole; a young boy in front of him. Behind Francis is another boy and a woman. Francis is wearing his Navy whites with cap, and they are all standing in front of a house with several shrubs around it. The edges of the photograph are die-cut, and there is an address label for Joseph Ogrodnik taped to the reverse of the photo.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1943/1944]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2.5 x 3.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-041]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10402">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Francis saluting the flag]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.); Sailors--Families]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white snapshot of Francis saluting the American flag, in the company of a man and a young boy, possibly his father and brother. The three are standing outside, and there are trees and shrubs in the background. Francis is wearing his Navy whites, with cap; the boy is wearing shorts and a short-sleeved shirt; and the man is wearing long pants, a white shirt, and suspenders. The edges of the photo are die-cut, and &quot;014&quot; is stamped on the reverse in black ink.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1943/1944]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2.5 x 3.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-040]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10401">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Francis with American flag]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.); Sailors--Families]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white snapshot of Francis outside with two unidentified boys, likely his siblings. Francis is kneeling in the forground with one of the boys, and they are both examining an American flag attached to a line. Francis is in his Navy whites, sans cap, and the boy is wearing shorts, a short-sleeved shirt, and sneakers. The second boy is in the background, leaning against a flagpole with one hand and holding the other end of the line with the other. He is wearing long trousers and a short-sleeved shirt. There are trees in the far background of the photo. The edges of the photo are die-cut, and back is printed &quot;014&quot; in black ink.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1943/1944]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2.5 x 3.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-039]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10400">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Francis at outside table]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.); Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white snapshot of Francis Ogrodnik sitting at an outside table with an unknown second. He is wearing Navy whites without a cap, and she appears to be wearing a sleeveless dress; only her upper arm and a portion of her hair is visible. There are shrubs or small trees behind them. The edges of the photo are die-cut. The reverse is stamped &quot;014&quot; in black ink.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1943/1944]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2.5 x 3.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-038]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10399">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Francis and dog]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.); Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white snapshot of Francis Ogrodnik with his arm around an unnamed dog. Ogrodnik is wearing a striped shirt with the sleeves rolled up, and is smiling at the camera. The dog is very cute and is possibly a corgi. They are sitting on something that might be the front of a small boat; there is a helm-style steering wheel. There are trees in the background. The back is labeled &quot;Francis J. Ogrodnik; killd [sic] in Okinawa; April 6th 1945.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1943/1944]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2 x 3&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-037]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10398">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[At the kitchen table]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.); Sailors--Families]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white photograph of four people sitting around a kitchen table with drinks. One person is likely Francis Ogrodnik; they are wearing a Navy uniform, and holding what might be a beer. To their right is an older man, drinking from his beverage. To his right is a person whose face id partially obscured, and to their right is a woman holding up a drink. There are two built-in cabinets in the background, as well as an open door showing another room with a curtained window.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1943/1944]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3.4.5 x 2.75&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-036]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10397">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Reprinted portrait of Francis Ogrodnik]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945; United States. Navy; Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white headshot of Francis Ogrodnik dressed in his Navy blues, printed on glossy paper. Written in blue ink on the reverse of the photo is &quot;Francis J. Ogrodnik, killed April 6, 1945 in the Paciffic [sic] Ocean WWII.&quot; There is a blue stamp reading &quot;NOV 1983,&quot; and a stick-on address label for Joseph Ogrodnik.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1983]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3.5 x 5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-035]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10396">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Unsigned photograph of Francis Ogrodnik]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945; United States. Navy; Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white headshot of Francis Ogrodnik in his Navy blues. The back has a stick-on address label for Joseph Ogrodnik, a piece of double-sided tape, and is stamped &quot;097&quot; in black ink.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1943/1944]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3.5 x 5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-034]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10395">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[&quot;Always, Francis&quot;]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945; United States. Navy; Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white headshot of Francis Ogrodnik in his Navy blues, signed on the front in pen &quot;Always Francis.&quot; The back has a written note, in different handwriting than the front, reading &quot;Sonny Ogrodnick [sic], killed World War II -1945-.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1943/1944]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3.5 x 5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-033]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10394">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Portrait photograph of Francis Ogrodnik]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945; United States. Navy; Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A hand-colored portrait photograph of Francis Ogrodnik in his Navy blues. Ogrodnik is looking directly at the camera; there is some blue staining along the bottom margin and lower right margin. The back has &quot;grey eyes, light brown hair&quot; written in pencil. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1943/1944]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-032]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10393">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[World War II scrapbook; copied and bound]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945--Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Veterans--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A spiral-bound reproduction of a World War II-era scrapbook featuring newspaper clippings related to local people who served and their families, and covers approximately 1942-1945. The first page is an article from 2000 about the purchase of the original scrapbook by Tyke Papadopoulos from an antiques dealer in Ludlow. The original scrapbook was 122 pages, and featured 674 area residents who served in the military. The original was &quot;procured&quot; by Edwin Pajak for the Chicopee Historical Society. The copy here features an added index of names mentioned, with a note that it was reprinted in February 2000; this copy is approximately 136 leaves, all in black &amp; white. The pages in this copy are hand-numbered, and most of the articles have at least a year, and sometimes a full date. CONTENT WARNING: This book features some derogatory language referring to Japanese people that is used throughout. [Achivist note: Every page was reproduced single-sided, with the reverse sides blank; in an effort to keep the file size down, only the printed sides have been reproduced here with the exception of the insides of the covers. KO 1/8/2026]]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1942-1945, reproduced 2000]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Book]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8.5 x 11&quot;, ~136 leaves]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-031]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10505">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Unredacted scan of Ogrodnik-030 (USS Witter Tribute Book) page 133]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[<strong>CONTENT WARNING:</strong> The image contained on this page is graphic and may be upsetting to viewers. The photo is of a man squatting on the ground, holding the severed head of a Japanese person and smiling at the camera. <br /><br /><strong>By clicking the following link, viewers acknowledge having read this statement and description, and assume full responsibility for viewing the image.</strong> To view the image, <a href="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/files/fullsize/c66bf39400121415a0e4b538a5614525.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here (item will open in new window).</a>]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10392">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636) Tribute Book]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636)--Memorial books; World War, 1939-1945; Destroyer escorts; United States. Navy--Foreign service; ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A spiral-bound booklet of approximately 160 pages about the history of the Witter and her crew. Printed by Tony Scala and edited by Joan Ogrodnik, the book "is a compilation of personal stories, history, tributes, patriotic writings and pictures," and was completed in 2005. <br /><br />* A note regarding the digitized PDF: a few blank pages within this item were left out of the digital version to reduce the file size and make it shareable. The original PDF can be requested from the Library. <br /><br /><strong>***CONTENT WARNING:</strong> in addition to a some derogatory terms used throughout, there is a graphic photo of a person posing with a deceased person. This image has been redacted from the PDF below, but is available by <a href="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10505" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clicking this link.</a>]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2005]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Book]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8.5 x 11&quot;, ~160 pages]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-030]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10391">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636) Reunuion Association article]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area; Destroyer escorts; United States. Navy--Foreign service; National Museum of the Pacific War. Center for Pacific War studies--War memorials]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A newspaper clipping that has been mounted on gold paper and laminated. The article is from 2004, and details the October 2004 meeting of the USS Witter DE 636 Reunion Association, held in Fredericksburg, TX. In addition to the &quot;regular&quot; meeting, the group participated in the dedication of a memorial plaque at the National Museum of the Pacific War, and the article includes a small photo of several members standing around the plaque, installed at the museum&#039;s Memorial Wall. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 2004]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Newspaper clipping]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[7 x 10.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-029]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10390">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), Post-damage]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945–Campaigns—Pacific area; Destroyer escorts; World War, 1939-1945–Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image of the entire side of the USS Witter after the plane strike. There are several crewmen aboard the ship, and just above the water-line in the approximate middle of the ship, the hole left by the attacking plane is just visible. The photograph has several smudges along the left side. The back is stamped &quot;Official photograph, not to be released for publication,&quot; and has the handwritten note &quot;USS Witter Kamikazed at Okinawa April 1945&quot; in pencil.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa April 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-028]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10389">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), Undated article]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945–Campaigns—Pacific area; Destroyer escorts; World War, 1939-1945–Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A copy of an article about the airplane strikes on the USS Witter. The article has no date or indication of what publication it was from, and is reproduced on photo-style paper. The article uses a pejorative term for Japanese people that was unfortunately common at the time. The article is brief, describing the initial attack as well as stating that the Witter had to defend against approximately 200 more attacks while docked for repairs.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Newspaper clipping]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3.25 x 6.5&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-027]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10388">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), 1st Div. Deck]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Foreign service; United States. Navy; Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A reprinted photograph of 28 crewmen aboard the USS Witter, identified by the donor as &quot;1st Div. deck.&quot; The men are arranged in roughly 3 rows, and all are wearing the white &quot;dixie cup&quot; style caps except two men in the center of the back row. Other ships are visible on either side of the Witter.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1944-1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[5 x 7&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-026]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10387">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), 2nd Div. Deck]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Foreign service; United States. Navy; Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A reprinted photograph of 23 crewmen aboard the USS Witter, identified by the donor as &quot;2nd Div. deck.&quot; The men are arranged in three rows, with all wearing the &quot;dixie cup&quot; style caps except the man in the middle of the back row. Other men are visible in the background of the photo, as are ships on either side of the Witter.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1944-1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[5 x 7&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-025]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10386">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), Comm.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Foreign service; United States. Navy; Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A reprinted photograph of 25 crewmen aboard the USS Witter, identified by the donor as &quot;Comm.,&quot; presumably the communications crew. The men are arranged in 3 rows, and six men in the back row are wearing peaked caps while the rest are wearing the &quot;dixie cup&quot; style caps. Other ships are visible alongside the Witter, but are unidentified.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1944-1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[5 x 7&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-024]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10385">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), Ord.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Foreign service; United States. Navy; Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A reprinted photograph of 21 crewmen aboard the USS Witter, identified by the donor as &quot;Ord.,&quot; presumably the ordnance crew. In the center of the back row, one man is wearing a peaked-style cap, while the rest are wearing the &quot;dixie cup&quot; style. Along the top of the image is handwritten &quot;USS. Witter,&quot; but the top of the writing has been cut off. Other ships are visible along either side of the Witter but are unidentified.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1944-1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[5 x 7&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-023]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10384">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), Supply]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Foreign service; United States. Navy; Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A reprinted photograph of 13 crewmen aboard the USS Witter, identified by donor as &quot;supply.&quot; There is a handwritten &quot;s&quot; in the lower left corner of the image. The subjects are arranged in 2 short rows; others are visible in the background of the photo, as well as other ships alongside the Witter. The two men in the center of the back row are wearing peaked caps and ties.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1944-1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[5 x 7&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-022]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10383">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), Engine crew]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945--Foreign service; United States. Navy; Sailors--Chicopee (Mass.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A rerprinted photograph of 49 crewmen aboard the USS Witter, identified by donor as &quot;Engine.&quot; An uppercase &quot;E&quot; is in the lower left corner, and the fourth person from the left in the bottom row is labeled &quot;me,&quot; and is presumably Francis Ogrodnik. Most are wearing white &quot;dixie cup&quot; style caps; the second row has several who are wearing peaked-style hats, suggesting they may be officers. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Circa 1944-1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[6.75 x 4.75&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-021]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10382">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), View of BHD. 43]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945–Campaigns—Pacific area; Destroyer escorts; World War, 1939-1945–Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image of repairs in progress on the USS Witter. The labels read left to right: &quot;U.S.S. Witter (DE 636), view of BHD 43 looking aft. &amp; to stbd., taken 12 Sept. 1945, P.N.Y. no. 1621-45, photo. no. 43; Shoring installed to maintain BHD.&quot; Reverse is stamped &quot;Official photograph; not to be released for publication.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[September 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-020]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10381">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), Fwd engine room, lower level]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945–Campaigns—Pacific area; Destroyer escorts; World War, 1939-1945–Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image of the damage done to the lower-level forward engine rrom. From top to bottom, labels read: &quot;Propulsion switchboard foundation; L.P. air tank; Temp. repair to BHD. made by AG 70 off Okinawa; Main propulsion wireway damaged by explosion &amp; oil; Lub. oil hand pump; Air compressor; U.S.S. Witter (DE 636) fwd. engine rm., lower level, stbd. side looking fwd. &amp; outbd., from FR 73, taken 18 Aug. 1945, P.N.Y. no. 1621-45, photo. no. 38.&quot; Reverse is stamped &quot;Official photograph; not to be released for publication.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[August 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-019]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10380">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), I.C. &amp; Gyro room A-310AC]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945–Campaigns—Pacific area; Destroyer escorts; World War, 1939-1945–Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image of the damage done in the I.C. &amp; Gyro room. Clockwise from upper right: &quot;Cable insulation damaged by oil; Pitometer log speed indicator; Carbon pile regulator; Gyro compass motor generator sets; U.S.S. Witter (DE 636) I.C. &amp; Gyro room A-310AC, port side first plat., taken 18 Aug. 1945, P.N.Y. no. 1621-45, photo no. 10: Master gyro compass; Amplifier control panel.&quot; Reverse is stamped &quot;Official photograph; not to be released for publication.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[August 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-018]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10379">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), I.C. &amp; Gyro room, beam bent &amp; twisted]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945–Campaigns—Pacific area; Destroyer escorts; World War, 1939-1945–Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image of the damage done in the I.C. &amp; Gyro room. Clockwise from upper left, labels read: &quot;Main wireway; Beam bent &amp; twisted; Feeder dist. box; U.S.S. Witter (DE 636), I.C. &amp; Gyro room, A-310AC, 1st plat., &amp; looking to stbd., taken 18 Aug. 1945, P.N.Y. no. 1621-45, Photo. no. 20; Bhd. demolished; I.C. &amp; A.C.O. switchboard; Vent duct.&quot; Reverse is stamped &quot;Official photograph; not to be released for publication.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[August 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-017]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10378">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), fwd fireroom, lower level]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945–Campaigns—Pacific area; Destroyer escorts; World War, 1939-1945–Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image of the damage done to the lower level of the forward fireroom of the USS Witter. From top to bottom, labels read: &quot;Smoke indicator; Aux. steam; F.O. Booster &amp; transfer pump; BHD-FR59; U.S.S. Witter (DE 636), Fwd. fireroom-lower level, port side looking fwd. to stbd., taken 18 Aug. 1945, Photo. No. 28.&quot; Reverse is stamped &quot;Official photograph; not to be released for publication.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[August 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-016]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10377">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), forward fireroom]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945–Campaigns—Pacific area; Destroyer escorts; World War, 1939-1945–Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image of the damage done to the forward fireroom of the USS Witter. Clockwise from upper left, labels read: &quot;Main dk.; Temp. Stanchion installed by AG 70 off Okinawa; Fwd. bhd. Of fireroom demolished; Steam drum; F.O. Heater; U.S.S. Witter (DE 636), fwd. fireroom stbd. Side looking aft. To port, taken 18 Aug. 1945, P.N.Y. No. 1621-45, photo. No. 26; Superheater tubes.&quot; Reverse is stamped &quot;Official photograph; not to be released for publication.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[August 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-015]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10376">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), I.C. &amp; Gyro Room]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636); World War, 1939-1945–Campaigns--Pacific area; Destroyer escorts; World War, 1939-1945–Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image of the damage done to the gyro (compass) room aboard the USS Witter. Clockwise from the lower left, the labels read: &quot;U.S.S. Witter (DE636) I.C. &amp; Gyro room, A-310AC, looking for&#039;d from frame 52, taken Aug. 1945, P.N.Y. No. 1621-45, photo No. 18; Gyro compass switchboard; fire control switchboard; I.C. &amp; A.C.O. Switchboard; master gyro compass.&quot; The reverse is stamped &quot;Official photograph; not to be released for publication.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[August 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-014]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10375">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), view of starboard shell]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636);  World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area; Destroyer escorts;  World War, 1939-1945--Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image of repair work done on the USS Witter. Clockwise from upper right, the labels read: &quot;Main dk.; fwd. face of boiler; new shell &amp; stanchion installed by repair ship; U.S.S. Witter (DE 636) view of stbd. shell frs. 55-63 showing extent of damage, taken 18 Aug. 1945, P.N.Y. no. 1621-45, photo. no. 22.&quot; The reverse is stamped &quot;Official photograph; not to be released for publication.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[August 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-013]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10374">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), looking aft]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636);  World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area; Destroyer escorts;  World War, 1939-1945--Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image of some of the internal damage done to the ship during the plane and bomb attack. Counter-clockwise from the lower left corner, the labels read: &quot;U.S.S. Witter (DE636) looking aft. from fr.56 viewing fwd. stbd. bhd. of fwd. fireroom; taken June 1945, Okinawa, P.N.Y. no. 1621-45, photo. no. 25.&quot; &quot;Steam drum,&quot; BHD. 59 demolished,&quot; &quot;1st plat. blown up.&quot; Along the top &quot;AR-4 #69&quot; is partially visible. The reverse is stamped &quot;Official photograph; not to be released for publication.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[June 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-012]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10373">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), looking to port]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636);  World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area; Destroyer escorts;  World War, 1939-1945--Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image of the internal damage done to the ship during the plane and bomb attack. Clockwise from the upper left corner, the labels read: &quot;shell; main dk.; 1st plat. blown up; stbd. long&#039;l bhd. bet. frs. 53-59 blown inbd.; U.S.S. Witter (DE 636) looking to port, docked in AG 70 off Okinawa, taken June 1945, P.N.Y. no. 1621-45, photo. no. 11; keel; port bhd. of f.o. tank A-2F; bhd. 59 demolished.&quot; There are two men viewing the damage from the upper right corner of the photo. The reverse is stamped &quot;Official photograph; not to be released for publication.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[June 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-011]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10372">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), starboard bottom]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636);  World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area; Destroyer escorts;  World War, 1939-1945--Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image of the repair progress on the USS Witter. The white label in the lower right corner reads: &quot;U.S.S. Witter )DE 636), showing progress of repairs, docked in AG 70 off Okinawa, looking fwd. viewing stbd. bottom, taken June 1945, P.N.Y. no. 1621-45, photo. no. 10.&quot; The image appears to show where several damaged panels have been removed, exposing the underlying structure of the hull. There is a man partially visible along the right side of the photo. The reverse of the photo is stamped &quot;Official photograph; not to be released for publication.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[June 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-010]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10371">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), starboard looking aft &amp; up]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636);  World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area; Destroyer escorts;  World War, 1939-1945--Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image of the repair progress on the USS Witter. The white labeling in the upper right corner reads: &quot;U.S.S. Witter (DE 636) stbd., looking aft. + up, viewing progress of repairs, docked in AG 70 off Okinawa, taken June 1945, P.N.Y. no. 1621-45, photo. no. 9.&quot; The photo appears to show where damaged panels have been removed from the hull of the ship so that the &quot;ribs&quot; are visible as well as some of the inner sections of the ship. The reverse of the photo is stamped &quot;Official photograph; not to be released for publication.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[June 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-009]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10370">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), starboard shell damage]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636);  World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area; Destroyer escorts;  World War, 1939-1945--Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image of the shrapnel damage from the plane and bomb attack on the ship. Clockwise from the upper left corner, the labels read: &quot;&#039;F strike&#039;; bomb hole at fr. 67 1/2; U.S.S Witter (DE 636) viewing stbd. shell abv. bilge keel, fr. 64-72, docked in AG 70 off Okinawa, taken June 1945, P.N.Y. no. 1621-45, photo. no. 7; shell perforated by shrapnel [includes several arrows pointing to holes]; bilge keel; &#039;D&#039; strake; &#039;E&#039; strake.&quot; The image shows a close-up of the hull, with several distinct holes shot through the hull. [The photograph is slightly warped, which appears in the digitized version as faint orange-red streaks along the right side.] The reverse of the photo is stamped &quot;Official photograph; not to be released for publication.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[June 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-008]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10369">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), starboard hull]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636);  World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area; Destroyer escorts;  World War, 1939-1945--Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image clearly showing the damage to the hull of the USS Witter. The white text in the lower right corner of the image reads &quot;U.S.S. Witter (DE 636)&#039; Looking inbd. to fwd. viewing stbd. hull, frs. 47-66; showing damage caused by plane crash + bomb explosion; docked in AG 70 off Okinawa; taken June 1945; P.N.Y. no. 1621-45; photo no. 4.&quot; The photo shows a large hole torn in the side of the ship as it sits on steel beams. [The photograph is slightly warped, which appear in the digitized version as orange-red streaks.] The reverse of the photo is stamped &quot;Official photograph; not to be released for publication,&quot; and shows some water damage along the top edge.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[June 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-007]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10368">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), forward starboard damage]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636);  World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area; Destroyer escorts;  World War, 1939-1945--Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image showing the damage to the ship from the plane and bomb attack. Labeled in white in the lower right corner: &quot;U.S.S. Witter (DE 636); viewing fwd. stbd. shell showing damage caused by plane crash + bomb explosions; docked in AG 70 off Okinawa; taken June 1945; P.N.Y. No. 1621-45; photo No. 3.&quot; The ship appears to be in dry dock, sitting atop steel beams. There are several people standing around the beams, and one person on deck of the Witter. [The image is a bit warped, which appears in the digitized version as orange-red streaks.] The reverse of the photo is stamped &quot;Official photograph; not to be released for publication.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[June 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-006]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10367">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), Engineering Officer Bruno Naczkowski inspects damage]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636);  World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area; Destroyer escorts;  World War, 1939-1945--Aerial ramming]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image of the hole caused by a kamikaze pilot striking the plane near the waterline. Above the damage, and man in a white naval uniform stands in a doorway. There are several ropes looped around the railings of the ship. The back is stamped &quot;Official photograph; not to be released for publication,&quot; and is labeled in pencil &quot;Bruno Naczkowski Eng Off; inspecting damage.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[May 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-005]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10366">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), anchored off Okinawa]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636);  World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area; Destroyer escorts;  World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, Japanese]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image of a ship anchored near a land mass. The photo is labeled in white. The first label is pointing towards the middle of the ship near the water line, and reads &quot;hole made by plane crashing into hull.&quot; The second label is in the lower right corner of the photo and reads &quot;U.S.S. Witter (DE636) with fwd. eng. rm. pumped out; taken May 1945; Okinawa; P.N.Y. No. 1621-45; Photo. No. 1&quot;. The reverse of the photo is stamped &quot;Official Photograph; not to be released for publication.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[May 1945]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-004]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10365">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), port side]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636);  World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area; Destroyer escorts]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image of the port side of the USS Witter (DE 636). The ship is at sea, but there is a land mass visible behind the ship&#039;s bow. The ship appears to have a crowd of people standing at the stern. Identified by Joseph Ogrodnik as &quot;Port broadside underway, Jan 1944 Shakedown off the coast of California [National Archive 19-N-62175]).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[January 1944]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-003]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10364">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), starboard side]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636);  World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area; Destroyer escorts]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image of the starboard side of the USS Witter (DE 636). The ship is at sea, but there are land masses in the background. There are several people on board, but the photo is too far away for any detail. Identified by Joseph Ogrodnik as &quot;Starboard stern, underway Jan 1944 shakedown off California coast. National Archive 19-N-62177.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[January 1944]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-002]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10363">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636), starboard bow]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[USS Witter (DE 636);  World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area; Destroyer escorts]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A black and white image of the ship USS Witter (DE 636), looking at the starboard bow where &quot;636&quot; is clearly painted in white. The ship is at sea, but there are land masses in the background. There are several people on board, but too far away to make out any details. Identified by Joseph Ogrodnik as &quot;Starboard bow, underway Jan 1944 off the California coast. National Archive 19-N-62176.&quot;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[January 1944]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Ogrodnik Collection]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Photographic print]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[8 x 10&quot;]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[CPL-OGRODNIK-001]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description></rdf:RDF>
