NORWEGIAN-BORN SAILOR IN THE U.S. NAVY
SEES COMBAT IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
AND THE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR

A substantive group of three manuscript journals with additional scrapbook content, vividly documenting the naval career of Jens O. Berggreen and the extensive combat he experienced during the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American War from 1898 to 1900. Born in Sandefjord, Norway, Jens Olaf Berggreen (1873–1928) emigrated to America as.....