{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json","@id":"https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/iiif/4355/manifest","@type":"sc:Manifest","label":"Ralph W. Thompson (1941/12/11)","description":"Nelson, Robert L. &#8220;Ralph W. Thompson (1941/12/11).&#8221; <i>Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.</i> <i>SCPL Local History.</i> https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/4355. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.","license":"Reproduced by permission of Robert L. Nelson and The Museum of Art and History.","attribution":"Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.","metadata":[{"label":"Title","value":"Ralph W. Thompson (1941/12/11)"},{"label":"Subject","value":["<a href=\"/omeka/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Thompson%2C+Ralph\">Thompson, Ralph</a>","<a href=\"/omeka/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Veterans\">Veterans</a>","<a href=\"/omeka/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Wars-World+War+II\">Wars-World War II</a>"]},{"label":"Creator","value":"Nelson, Robert L."},{"label":"Source","value":"Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010."},{"label":"Publisher","value":"Santa Cruz Public Libraries"},{"label":"Format","value":"TEXT"},{"label":"Language","value":"EN"},{"label":"Type","value":"OBIT"},{"label":"Identifier","value":"RO-THOMPSON,R\r\n"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"1940s"},{"label":"Rights","value":"Reproduced by permission of Robert L. Nelson and The Museum of Art and History."},{"label":"Text","value":"A quiet country boy from North Carolina with a strong singing voice heard a different sound on December 7, 1941. \r\n\r\nRalph William Thompson was born in Hendersonville, North Carolina, on April 21, 1917, to Frank and Christine Thompson. Two sisters rounded out the family. Christine had moved to Santa Cruz with Ralph and her two daughters; Frank remained in North Carolina. She settled the family into a residence on Berkshire Street and enrolled \r\nRalph in Mission Hills Junior High School. In 1932 Ralph entered Santa Cruz High School and took a general varied course but his special interest was the choir. After graduat- ing from high school in 1936, Ralph worked as a landscape gardener in Redwood City,\r\nCalifornia.\r\n \r\nIn December 1940 Thompson joined the US Navy and entered boot camp in San Diego. Throughout 1941 he attended additional navy schools and served as a Fireman Third Class. In October he received orders to report aboard the USS Helena berthed at Pearl Harbor.\r\n \r\nWhen the Japanese attacked on December 7, 1941, Ralph was seriously wounded and hospitalized. He died on December 11 and is buried at the US National Cemetery in Hawaii.\r\n \r\n(ABMC; SCR [month/date missing]/1942; SCHSC, Pg. 19; SCSn \r\nMay 5, 1942 2:6)\r\n"},{"label":"Original Format","value":"PAPER"}],"sequences":[{"@id":"https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/iiif/4355/sequence/normal","@type":"sc:Sequence","label":"Current Page Order","viewingDirection":"left-to-right","viewingHint":"non-paged","canvases":[{"@id":"https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/iiif/4355/canvas/p1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"[1]","thumbnail":{"@id":"https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/iiif-img/12778/full/128%2C200/0/default.jpg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/iiif-img/12778","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"width":288,"height":449,"images":[{"@id":"https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/iiif/4355/annotation/p0001-image","@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/files/original/1e12ac6bc77f2446af4ce0c80cc70ea0.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","width":288,"height":449,"service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/iiif-img/12778","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"on":"https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/iiif/4355/canvas/p1"}]}]}]}