Book excerpt: Description: This series (2 folders) consists of souvenirs Walter Haller collected throughout his service in the Merchant Marines. Items include a hotel receipt, newsletters, line-crossing cards, a poem, letters from family friends, a lock of hair, photographs, and a ration book for Charles Haller.;Personal correspondence, military documents, photographs, and souvenirs from the service of Stewardâ€TMs Mate Second Class Walter Haller, who was a Merchant Marine and served in the Mediterranean, European, and Pacific Theater of Operations. The collection is arranged into three series: I. Personal correspondence, January 1944-November 1944; II. Personal correspondence, January 1945-December 1945; III. Military and government documents, 1941-1945; and IV. Souvenirs, 1944-1946.