Telegram from Randall Jacobs to Stanley Walter Lipski

Item Information

Title:
Telegram from Randall Jacobs to Stanley Walter Lipski
Description:
Notification by Western Union telegram that Naval Commander Stanley Walter Lipski was reported missing in action on July 30, 1945: "To prevent possible aid to our enemies please do not divulge the name of his ship or station unless the general circumstances are made public in news stories. Please wire Bureau collect immediately address your sons wife Mrs Sigrid Johnson Lipski." Although addressed to Stanley Walter Lipski (killed in action aboard the USS Indianapolis), the recipient was Lipksi's father, Antoni Lipski.
Creator:
Jacobs, Randall, 1886-1968
Addressee:
Lipski, Stanley Walter, 1911-1945
Addressee:
Lipski, Antoni, 1882-1953
Date:
August 12, 1945
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Telegrams
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Lipski Family Collection
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action
United States. Navy--Officers
Indianapolis (Cruiser)
Extent:
1 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums357-f04-i001
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Washington (D.C.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums357-f04-i001