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[Letter from Oakleigh L. Thorne to D. W. Kempner, December 4, 1950]

Description: Letter from Oakleigh L. Thorne to D. W. Kempner discussing his opinions about the current situation in Korea and how he believes the military should handle things. He states that he believes that "new weapons such as the atom bomb and bacteriological warfare" may make it possible to defeat China.
Date: December 4, 1950
Creator: Thorne, Oakleigh L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Location: 40.708424 -74.010855
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles H. Tucker from Orange, California. He discusses volunteering for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 and going to basic training in Miami Beach, Florida, then going to Aircraft Armament School in Buckley Field, Colorado, and finally air gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. In air gunnery school, Mr. Tucker learned to shoot in B-17 by shooting into the Gulf of Mexico. After gunnery school he was sent to the B-25 crew tr… more
Date: April 18, 2017
Creator: Tucker, Charles H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with James R. Hood, June 21, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Hood of Indianapolis, Indiana. He discusses entering the U.S. Navy in September of 1942 without basic training as he was a college graduate. After being sworn in at Wabash College he was sent to Harvard Business School for Supply Corps for 4 months before being assigned to a ship in Pearl Harbor despite having no sailing training. Mr. hood was assigned to the Cummings DE643, he was supposed to be on the Samuel B. Rober… more
Date: June 21, 2007
Creator: Hood, James R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with James R. Hood, June 21, 2007

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Hood of Indianapolis, Indiana. He discusses entering the U.S. Navy in September of 1942 without basic training as he was a college graduate. After being sworn in at Wabash College he was sent to Harvard Business School for Supply Corps for 4 months before being assigned to a ship in Pearl Harbor despite having no sailing training. Mr. hood was assigned to the Cummings DE643, he was supposed to be on the Samuel B. Rober… more
Date: June 21, 2007
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Hood, James R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles H. Tucker from Orange, California. He discusses volunteering for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 and going to basic training in Miami Beach, Florida, then going to Aircraft Armament School in Buckley Field, Colorado, and finally air gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. In air gunnery school, Mr. Tucker learned to shoot in B-17 by shooting into the Gulf of Mexico. After gunnery school he was sent to the B-25 crew tr… more
Date: April 18, 2017
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Tucker, Charles H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne, December 13, 1950]

Description: Letter from D. W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne discussing his grandson's "wrestling activities" and asking him to keep an incoming package from Mary Jean until her birthday. He also discusses the way the situation in Korea has been going, his opinions on what the military should do, and his thoughts that "an all out war" is inevitable.
Date: December 13, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Location: 40.708424 -74.010855
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne, December 9, 1950]

Description: Letter from D. W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne discussing some business news, expressing regret that he and Mary Jean were not able to join them for a recent party, and expressing his opinion about the current situation in Korea and what he thinks the United States military should do. He asks Oakleigh to show Mary Jean the letter.
Date: December 9, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Location: 40.708424 -74.010855
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne, November 9, 1950]

Description: Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne discussing his disappointment at receiving the news from both Ray Mehan and J.A. Philips the Kempner's firm would not be able to exploit the tax loophole he'd been informed of. Mr. Kempner then disagrees with Mr. Thorne's opinion that a war with the Chinese would be disastrous but says he does believe the U.S. will be in a state of war for a long time.
Date: November 9, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne, January 20, 1951]

Description: Letter from D. W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne requesting information about the Senior Officers' potential trip to Bermuda; his and Jeane's upcoming trip to Plantserville; the weather in Galveston and its positive impact on cotton sales; and his doubts about a "reported outbreak of typhus in the Chinese Army".
Date: January 20, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Location: 40.708424 -74.010855
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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