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Title
Veterans Legacy Program Collection
Alternative Title
VLP Collection
Subject
Veterans--Florida
Description
In 2017, the University of Central Florida was one of three universities selected to launch the National Cemetery Administration’s <a href="https://vlp.cah.ucf.edu/">Veterans Legacy Program Project</a>. The program engaged a team of scholars to make the life stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery available to the public. The project engages UCF students in research and writing and fosters collaboration between students, faculty and local Central Florida schools to produce interactive curriculum for k-12 students. The corresponding website exhibit uses RICHES Mosaic Interface to create a digital archive of related data. The public can use the project-developed augmented-reality app at more than 100 gravesites at the Florida National Cemetery, where they can access the UCF student-authored biographies of veterans.
Is Part Of
Veterans Legacy Program Collection, RICHES Program
Type
Collection
Digital Collection
<div class="element-text"><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES MI</a></div>
<div class="element-text"><a href="https://vlp.cah.ucf.edu/">Veterans Legacy Program Project</a></div>
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Title
62nd Naval Construction Battalion, Company C
Alternative Title
62nd Seabees
Subject
World War, 1939-1945
Veterans--Florida
Description
A page from a battalion history book, which documents the service of the 62nd Naval Construction Battalion, or the 62nd Seabees (C-B’s), during World War II. The book documents their entire service with text and photographs from each station and assignment. The page discusses the repair of Oahu after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the assault on Iwo Jima. The Seabees primarily worked in constructing vital infrastructure components during the war, such as communication network cables, water systems, naval yard pontoons, and airfields.<br /><br />
A notable individual in this photo is Everett Farrar. Farrar was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 19, 1920. Completing high school around 1940, Farrar worked as a grocery clerk during the Great Depression and enlisted in the United States Navy in 1942, after Pearl Harbor. Farrar was assigned to the 62nd Naval Construction Battalion. He provided vital construction and infrastructure repair after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and eventually airfield construction at Iwo Jima in 1945. Farrar later moved to Florida with his wife, Neva, whom he married in 1945. By 1957, Farrar worked for a large realtor in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He passed away on May 20, 1996, and is buried in Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell.<br /><br />
In 2017, the University of Central Florida was one of three universities selected to launch the National Cemetery Administration’s <a href="https://vlp.cah.ucf.edu/">Veterans Legacy Program Project</a>. The program engaged a team of scholars to make the life stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery available to the public. The project engages UCF students in research and writing and fosters collaboration between students, faculty and local Central Florida schools to produce interactive curriculum for k-12 students. The corresponding website exhibit uses RICHES Mosaic Interface to create a digital archive of related data. The public can use the project-developed augmented-reality app at more than 100 gravesites at the Florida National Cemetery, where they can access the UCF student-authored biographies of veterans.
Type
Still Image
Source
Page from original battalion history book.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/210" target="_blank">Veterans Legacy Program Collection</a>
Creator
United States Department of the Navy
Publisher
United States Department of the Navy
Date Created
ca. 1942
Format
image/jpg
Extent
109 KB
Medium
1 page from battalion history book
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created and published by the United States Department of the Navy.
Rights Holder
This resource is not subject to copyright in the United States and there are no copyright restrictions on reproduction, derivative works, distribution, performance, or display of the work. Anyone may, without restriction under U.S. copyright laws:<br /><br />
• reproduce the work in print or digital form<br />
• create derivative works<br />
• perform the work publicly<br />
• display the work<br />
• distribute copies or digitally transfer the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending.<br /><br />
This resource is provided here by <a href="https://riches.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES</a> for educational purposes only. For more information on copyright, please refer to <a href="https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#105">Section 5</a> of <a href="https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html">Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code</a>.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Stoddard, James
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES MI</a>
<a href="https://www.ancestry.com/"> Ancestry.com</a>
<a href="https://vlp.cah.ucf.edu/">Veterans Legacy Program Project</a>
Source Repository
<a href="https://www.archives.gov/">National Archives and Records Administration</a>
External Reference
Abney, Barb. "<a href="https://today.ucf.edu/va-selects-ucf-historians-archive-stories-deceased-veterans/" target="_blank">VA Selects UCF Historians to Archive Stories of Deceased Veterans Veterans</a>." <em>UCF Today</em>, March 13, 2017. Accessed August 9, 2017. https://today.ucf.edu/va-selects-ucf-historians-archive-stories-deceased-veterans/.
Black, Jeremy. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/834223370" target="_blank"><em>World War Two: A Military History</em></a>. London [u.a]: Routledge, 2003.
62nd Naval Construction Battalion
battalion history book
Bushnell
C-Bs
Everett Farrar
Florida National Cemetery
memorial
military history
military service
National Cemetery Administration
Sea Bees
United States Navy
veterans
Veterans Administration
Veterans Legacy Program
World War II
World War, 1939-1945
WWII