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Series II: Manuscripts
BOX-FOLDER MSS2125/1 Biography, 2001-2011
1 folder
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MS01: "Kenje's Story," (11/2001)
MS02: "Supplement to Biographical Data," (02/2011).
BOX-FOLDER MSS2125/2-3 Civilian Papers, 1944-1949
2 folders
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MS03: Correspondence, printed matter and coursework relating to veteran's undergraduate and graduate studies (1947-1949).
MS04: Veterans Administration correspondence and forms concerning subsistence allowance (1947).
MS05: Last Will and Testament and General Power of Attorney (1944).
BOX-FOLDER MSS2125/4 Clippings, 1944-2002
1 folder
MS06: Clippings relating to veteran's service and family, and modern accounts looking back on his service.
BOX-FOLDER MSS2125/5-6 Correspondence, 1942-1945
2 folders
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MS07: Correspondence from veteran to his Wife, Wilma, who lived in Sterling, Illinois. Topics covered include: Travel plans; finances; work assignments; mail deliveries; transfer to Air Corps and training; racial discrimination; family and friends; recreation; being shot down.
BOX-FOLDER MSS2126/1-3 Correspondence, 1942-1945
3 folders
MS07
BOX-FOLDER MSS2126/4 Correspondence, 1945
1 folder
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MS08: Correspondence from the War Department to Mrs. Wilma Ogata concerning veteran's status as missing in action.
BOX-FOLDER MSS2126/5 Correspondence, 1942-1943
1 folder
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MS09: Correspondence to and from veteran regarding his request to enlist in the Air Corps.
BOX-FOLDER MSS2152/1 Correspondence, February 7, 1945
1 folder
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MS13: V-mail from veteran to his wife.
BOX-FOLDER OVZ135/1 Creative Works, undated
1 folder
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MS15: Sheet music, "Furlough in Paradise. Dedicated to all restcamps of the U.S. Army Air Forces." Words by Lt. Charles W. (Mickey) McGuire, music by S/Sgt. Paul Reif. Enclosed with February 10, 1945, letter from the veteran to his wife.
BOX-FOLDER OVZ105/1 Maps, circa 1944
1 folder
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MS11: Silk map of Europe carried by veteran when he was shot down over Hungary on 12/26/1944.
BOX-FOLDER MSS2126/7 Military Papers, 1943-1945
1 folder
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MS12: Orders, combat records, medical records, memoranda, discharge, financial documents, statement regarding an air accident, Thanksgiving menu.
BOX-FOLDER OVZ136/1 Military Papers, 1943-1945
1 folder
MS12: Orders, combat records, medical records, memoranda, discharge, financial documents, statement regarding an air accident, Thanksgiving menu.
BOX-FOLDER MSS2152/2 Military Papers, 1945
1 folder
MS14: Orders for veteran's third oak leaf cluster (03/29/1945); letter from War Department to veteran's wife with list of veteran's crewmates and their next of kin (02/15/1945).
Series III: Photographs
BOX-FOLDER MSS2126/8 Original Photographic Prints, 1924-1988
1 folder
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PH01-PH02, PH04-PH29: Includes family photographs, Ogata in during his service in the United States and in Italy, images of Ogata's 1985 trip to Hungary, reunions.
BOX-FOLDER OVZ111/1 Original Photographic Prints, January 1942
1 folder
PH03: Company B, 32nd Medical Training Battalion, Camp Grant, Illinois.
BOX-FOLDER MSS2126/9 Digital Prints, 2008
1 folder
PH30: 451st Bomb Group Reunion, Deerfield, Illinois.
Series IV: Artifacts
BOX-FOLDER MSS2152/3 Artifact, 1942-1945
1 folder
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AR01: Money from Hungary, Soviet Union, and Romania (1942 - 1945).

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