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Letter from Capt. O. C. McDavid to [Jack], regarding a customary hair shaving ritual used to celebrate crossing the equator
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McDavid, O. C., 1911-1998. Letter from Capt. O. C. McDavid to [Jack], regarding a customary hair shaving ritual used to celebrate crossing the equator - Page 1. February 1944 - March 1944. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. December 8, 2019. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/mcdav/item/489/show/486.

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McDavid, O. C., 1911-1998. (February 1944 - March 1944). Letter from Capt. O. C. McDavid to [Jack], regarding a customary hair shaving ritual used to celebrate crossing the equator - Page 1. Captain O.C. McDavid World War II Letters. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. Retrieved from https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/mcdav/item/489/show/486

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McDavid, O. C., 1911-1998, Letter from Capt. O. C. McDavid to [Jack], regarding a customary hair shaving ritual used to celebrate crossing the equator - Page 1, February 1944 - March 1944, Captain O.C. McDavid World War II Letters, Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries, accessed December 8, 2019, https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/mcdav/item/489/show/486.

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Title Letter from Capt. O. C. McDavid to [Jack], regarding a customary hair shaving ritual used to celebrate crossing the equator
Creator (LCNAF)
  • McDavid, O. C., 1911-1998
Date February 1944 - March 1944
Description This letter was typed by U.S. Army Captain O. C. McDavid to a friend named “Jack”, written in installments at sea between February and March 1944. The letter describes the hair-trimming ritual used to initiate troops as they crossed the equator. The first page contains an illustration depicting the forced head shaving and the resulting hairstyles of various military personnel.
Donor Gene McDavid
Subject.Topical (LCSH)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area
  • United States. Army--Military life
Subject.Topical (Local)
  • military life
  • United States Army
  • letters
  • correspondences
  • illustrations
  • drawings
  • equator
  • traditions
  • rituals
  • wars
Subject.Name (LCNAF)
  • McDavid, O. C., 1911-1998
Subject.Geographic (Local)
  • Equator
  • Pacific Region
Genre (AAT)
  • letters (correspondence)
  • correspondence
Language English
Type (DCMI)
  • Text
Original Item Location ID 2011-008, Box 2, Folder 3
Original Collection Captain O.C. McDavid World War II Letters
Digital Collection Captain O.C. McDavid World War II Letters
Digital Collection URL http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/mcdav
Repository Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Repository URL http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections
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Title Page 1
Format (IMT)
  • image/jpeg
File Name mcdav_201309_188_001.jpg
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