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[Discharge Ceremony Pamphlet]

Description: Pamphlet with program for a USS Texas (BB-35) discharge ceremony at Camp Wallace listing the order of ceremony events and providing information about the U.S.S.Houston Memorial Chapel.
Date: 1945~
Creator: United States. Navy.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Surrender Ceremony - Sequence of Events

Description: Document describing the surrender ceremony sequence of events on Truk Islands aboard the USS Portland. Document gives instructions on meeting and interacting with the Japanese delegation during the surrender. The appendices illustrate arrangement of personnel.
Date: September 2, 1945
Creator: Maquin, O. F.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Account of Nagasaki]

Description: Typewritten correspondence from an unknown sailor describing events in Nagasaki Harbor and city on September 11, 16, and 20th 1945. The document provides a first-hand account of damage from the atomic bomb from the sailor's viewpoint in Nagasaki harbor as well as naval operations during the period described and the affect on civilians in the area.
Date: 1945-09-11/1945-09-20
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.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Diary Entries, Eugene Houston]

Description: Handwritten diary pages from Eugene J. "Gene" Houston, who served on the U.S.S. Gillespie during World War Two. Ranging from a few words to a few sentences, the entries are dated and mention naval activities in the Pacific Theater.
Date: [1941..1945]
Creator: Houston, Eugene J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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