Lester Boutte Papers
Creator
Boutte , Lester H. , 1920-1995
Title
Lester Boutte Papers
Description
Lester Boutte served in the United States Navy as an aviation radioman and rear gunner on a floating seaplane in the South Pacific during the World War II . At dusk on November 12 , 1942 , Boutte and Lieutenant W . F . Eadie rescued Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and two other soldiers floating in a raft near the island of Nukufetau in the Funafuti Atoll . Following the war , Boutte took part in the sea recovery of the first American Astronauts to be launched into space . Contains correspondence , photographs and photocopies of printed material relating to Captain Lester Boutte's rescue of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker in 1942 . Includes information from the 1985 Ames , Iowa reunion of Boutte and the men he rescued .
Date
1942-1995
Time Period
1942-1995
LC Subject Headings
Boutte, Lester H., 1920-1995 Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Ocean--Personal narratives, American Rescues--Tuvalu--Funafuti Atoll
EOA Categories
Government & Politics -- Military Peoples -- Military Life History -- 1929-1945: The Great Depression and World War II
Type
Text
Format
PDF
Record Group
RG 0526
File Name
0526-99-0036cb.pdf
Link to catalog
http://aubiecat.auburn.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2048918
Repository
Auburn University . Special Collections and Archives
Digital Publisher
Auburn University Libraries
Language
eng
Rights
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Submitted by
Coates , Midge
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