Letter to Charles "Bud" Goodwin from Paul T. Silance, February 10, 1993

Title

Letter to Charles "Bud" Goodwin from Paul T. Silance, February 10, 1993

Subject

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific area; United States. Navy--Veterans; USS Witter (DE 636)

Description

A typed letter from Paul T. Silance in his role as USS Witter Secretary, to Charles "Bud" 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.

Date

1993

Is Part Of

Ogrodnik Collection

Format

Correspondence

Extent

1pp

Identifier

CPL-OGRODNIK-085

Files

Collection

Citation

“Letter to Charles "Bud" Goodwin from Paul T. Silance, February 10, 1993,” Chicopee Archives Online, accessed September 11, 2026, https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10447.