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[557]

Description: Photograph of a boat in the water. The back of the boat has 557 written on it. Another boat with 559 written on the back can be seen in front of the 557 boat.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Crew Boarding]

Description: Photograph of a crew boarding a ship off a smaller boat. The crew are all wearing similar uniforms and several are wearing hats. Bags of supplies are piled in the back side of the boat.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Edgar Jones Group Photo]

Description: Photograph of a group of people with Edgar Jones. Several men in similar outfits and hats stand on either side of Jones. A young girl and boy stand in front of Jones. The girl is wearing a dress and holding a hat. The boy is wearing a button up and a hat.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Group Photo]

Description: Photograph of a group at The Troc in San Francisco. The group consist of five men wearing suits and two women wearing long sleeved dresses. They are all sat around a table covered with a white tablecloth. The table has several plates and glasses scattered around it.
Date: June 3, 1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Japanese Cartoon Propaganda Leaflet]

Description: A cartoon leaflet depicting a withered, scrawny solider wearing only a pair of pants, shoes and a helmet with a star. He is on his back and sprawled out on an archipelago. To the right of the soldier is Japanese text in an orange block. The back of the cartoon contains a letter written in Japanese discussing the attacks on the Japanese and their islands and the hardships faced by them.
Date: 194X
Creator: Jones, Edgar, 1915-2009
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from William Halsey, Jr., to the Third Fleet, September 5, 1945]

Description: Letter from Admiral William Halsey, Jr., to the Third Fleet informing them that US currency will not be legal tender in Japan and that US forces going ashore will need to use US military Yen, available for exchange at a rate of 15 to 1, or Bank of Taiwan and Bank of Chosen notes. However, US currency is legal tender in vessels in Japanese ports.
Date: September 5, 1945
Creator: Halsey, William, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Memorandum to the USS Monitor, May 8, 1945]

Description: Memorandum to all hands aboard the USS Monitor (LSV-5) providing information about San Francisco, California. The memorandum provides information on naval bases, transportation, landmarks, shopping and dining, entertainment and newspapers, and a warning on jay walking.
Date: May 8, 1945
Creator: Hewitt, J. V., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Nansei Shoto Ryuku Islands-Loochoo Islands: A Pocket Guide

Description: A pocket sized booklet containing information on the Nansei Islands in Japan intended for United States military personnel that went there. The booklet describes the people, geography, history, culture, and disease and dangerous wildlife and provides maps, illustrations, and English phrases translated into Japanese with phonetic pronunciations.
Date: [1941..1946]
Creator: Special Publications Branch
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Navy Certificate of Satisfactory Service, January 13, 1946]

Description: Certificate of Satisfactory Service issued by the United States Navy and signed by Lieutenant Commander E. W. Holzapfel certifying that Lieutenant junior grade Edgar Jones has completed a period of training and service during World War II in the navy from June 17, 1943 to January 13, 1946 and is released to inactive duty.
Date: January 13, 1946
Creator: United States Navy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Room 0202

Description: Pencil drawing made of the interior of a room on the USS Monitor by Edgar Jones. On the left side of the room is a wall mounted sink with a mirror and shelves above it. Next to it is a rack of hanging clothes. A bunk bed is in the back middle of the room, with chains supporting the top bunk and lights and a vent on the ceiling above it. On the right side of the room is a chair at a folding desk, with upper shelves containing what appear to be hard hats. Toward the back right of the room, next t… more
Date: January 21, 1945
Creator: Jones, Edgar, 1915-2009
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Self Portrait]

Description: Photograph of Edgar in his stateroom on the USS Monitor (LSV-5) in the Pacific in 1944. He is shirtless and wearing shorts and is facing towards the camera. He is holding a book in his hands.
Date: 1944~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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