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[Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Catherine Nimitz, and Mary Nimitz]

Description: Photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Catherine Nimitz, and Mary Nimitz at Naval Air Station, Alameda, California. Chester Nimitz stands on the left holding a black coat in his hands. He is wearing a dark Naval uniform with three small stripes and one large on with a single star on his sleeves, dress shoes and black and white brimmed hat with the Navy's emblem on the front. Mrs. Nimitz stands in the center in a dark coat and skirt with a black hat and fascinator and a white lei around … more
Date: December 9, 1942
Creator: United States. Navy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Vernon Oates, October 21, 1942

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Vernon Oates. He discusses his childhood, education and growing up during the great depression. He talks about joining the US Army Air Corps, now called the Air Force, and the experiences he had at various different training camps around the country.
Date: October 21, 1942
Duration: 5 hours 54 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Oates, Vernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Stands with Arms Crossed]

Description: Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz standing with his arms crossed, only shown from the chest up. He is wearing a light-colored Navy uniform with two pockets on the front, epaulettes decorated with stars, four stars pinned to either side of his collar, a dark tie and a brimmed hat featuring the Navy's emblem on the front.
Date: 1942
Creator: United States. Navy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Manila Housekeepers Sit on Barrack Steps]

Description: Photograph of four housekeepers sitting on some steps outside Army Nurse Corps barracks in Manila. Three of the women are dressed in all white while the woman on the bottom right is dressed in a dark spotted dress and dark shoes.
Date: 1942~
Creator: Way, Holland
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Bilibid Prison]

Description: Photograph of a road outside of Bilibid Prison in Manila. Several tents can be seen inside the prison across a dirt road behind power lines and wire fencing with wooden posts. The photo appears to have been taken from a vehicle.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Cathedral Ruins]

Description: Photograph of cathedral ruins. In the background the main entrance to the Intramuros can be seen. There are walls on either side with rubble lining them and a puddle of water on the left side.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Oveta Culp Hobby & Officers]

Description: Photograph of Oveta Culp Hobby standing in uniform next to a security station and leaning on the fence with two unidentified officers standing on the other side of the fence to the left.
Date: 1942~
Creator: Frissell, Toni
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Waves Recruitment Poster: She's Helping to Win... How About You?]

Description: Enlistment poster for Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Services (WAVES) with a color illustration of a woman in a WAVES uniform standing beside an airplane. She is holding a pencil and clipboard while both her and the airplane pilot of the plane look down at the clipboard.
Date: 1942~
Creator: United States. Navy.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Poster
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Chester W. Nimitz Walks Out of Bunker on Midway Island]

Description: Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz emerging from an underground bunker on Midway Island. He is wearing a light-colored, long-sleeved uniform with two pockets on the shirt's front and stars pinned to either side of his collar. He is also wearing a dark tie and a brimmed hat sporting the Navy Emblem on the front. The facade of the bunker is textured and to Admiral Chester's left is a white banister.
Date: June 1942
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Vernon Oates, October 21, 1942

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Vernon Oates. He discusses his childhood, education and growing up during the great depression. He talks about joining the US Army Air Corps, now called the Air Force, and the experiences he had at various different training camps around the country.
Date: October 21, 1942
Creator: Oates, Vernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Elizabeth M. Moxley Diary]

Description: A diary kept by Elizabeth Moxley during her time at the Manzanar War Relocation Camp. The diary includes logs from 7 October 1942 to 16 December 16, 1942, prayers, poems, songs, and a list of issued saving bonds.
Date: 1942-10-07/1942-12-16
Creator: Moxley, Elizabeth M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Doolittle Raid Operation Log, April 18, 1942]

Description: Operation Log from the Doolittle Raid taken from the USS Hornet by then SN Leo R. Cantrell. Written in pencil, the document gives minute by minute detail of the launch, with exact times, and includes launch times for each take-off by plane number
Date: April 18, 1942
Creator: Cantrell, Leo R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Anderson Scrapbook 1]

Description: Scrapbook featuring images from Lieutenant Richard A. Anderson's time in the Navy aboard the USS Skirmish during World War II, along with military correspondence and clippings. Included is a booklet entitled "Navy Day 1945: U.S.S. Skirmish" featuring photographs and a written history of the U.S.S. Skirmish's activities during WWII and a listing of personnel.
Date: [1942..1945]
Creator: Anderson, Richard Alan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Anderson Scrapbook 2]

Description: Scrapbook of collected items including photographs, clippings, letters, and other documents from Lieutenant Richard A. Anderson's time in the Navy aboard the USS Skirmish.
Date: [1942..1945]
Creator: Anderson, Richard Alan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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