Paul Ohlms collection, MSS.3190

Abstract: One photo album, Navy yearbook, postcard, newspaper, two magazines, and several documents belonging to Paul Ohlms, a machinist in the US Navy from Newark, New Jersey.Scope and Content Note: The collection includes several items belong to World War II Navy machinist first class, Paul Ohlms of New Jersey. A photo album and yearbook from his years in the navy are included. A Navy newspaper called The Beach Buster, a magazine article on beach busters, a magazine called The Drive Line of which Ohlms is pictured on the front receiving training, a photocopy of Ohlms with an unsigned note, a postcard picture of Ohlms and a young lady, and several documents from his time in the Navy and receiving his US citizenship.Biographical/Historical Note: Paul Ohlms became a US citizen on December 1942 and lived in Newark, New Jersey. He was formally Czechoslovakian. He joined the US Navy August 23, 1943 and became a machinist mate first class during World War II. He was honorably discharged on December 12, 1945 at Lido Beach, New York