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[Anti-Aircraft Battery]

Description: Photograph of anti-aircraft batteries of the United States task force in the battle of the Santa Cruz. Two ships are in the distance with smoke above them.
Date: October 26, 1942
Creator: Smith, Loran F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Tulagi Specials.

Description: Two couplet rhyming poems composed as lyrics to the a song set to popular tunes. The first two stanzas are lyrics to a song set to the tune of "Shanty in Old Shanty Town" on the subject of horrible conditions at a foxhole on Tulaghi Isle. The second two stanzas are lyrics set to the tune of "My Gal Sal" being a comedic ode to General Douglas MacArthur.
Date: 194X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Poem
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Man on the Look Out]

Description: Photograph of a man standing profile and overlooking dunes, and a large tent of some kind. The man is wearing a white t-shirt tucked into a utility belt and dark pants.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldiers Chow Down in Mess Tent, #1]

Description: Photograph of soldiers in white t-shirts gathered around a table in the Mess tent. The table has several small tins surrounding a larger serving dish the soldiers pick at. To the left is a desk and a few shelves on the wall. To the right is an icebox, and some shelves along the back the wall. Across the ceiling is a support beam with a single lightbulb and decorated with streamers draped over it.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldiers Lined Up for Officers]

Description: Photograph of soldiers lined up and standing in parade rest in front of two officers. The men stand on the left in full collared uniform shirts, pants, garrison caps and boots. The officers stand to the right in brimmed hats, light colored pants and dress shoes, the one closest to the camera has a dark jacket. They are within an encampment with a tent visible to the right.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldiers Relax in Mess Tent]

Description: Photograph of five soldiers sitting in the Mess tent. Four of the men sit on the right in white t-shirts. The man furthest to the right has a glass up to his lips, the second to the right holds out his hand to the photographer, the third sits with a glass and a pipe in hand and the fourth reclines back with a paper in his lap. The man sitting on the left wears a long-sleeved collared shirt opened to reveal his chest. He has a cup in one hand and a cigar in the other. On the right wall pinned ov… more
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldiers Chow Down in Mess Tent, #2]

Description: Photograph of soldiers in white t-shirts or button ups gathered around a table in the Mess tent. Most of the men are looking up and smiling for the camera. The table in front of them has several small tins surrounding a larger serving dish one of the soldiers picks at. Across the ceiling is a support beam with a single lightbulb and decorated with streamers draped over it.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Plane on the Shore]

Description: Photograph of a soldier standing on top of an airplane on the shore of a beach. There is a ship on the water behind him. A wooden ladder can be seen on the right.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Sandy Clearing]

Description: Photograph of as any clearing surrounded by tall bushes. In the clearing are broken boards of woods and two machines in front of the entrance to a forest.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldiers Travel Through a Forest]

Description: Photograph of a large group of soldiers climbing uphill in a forest. The men are in long sleeved uniforms, pants, boots and either helmets or brimmed hats. The foliage is thick and blocks some of the soldier's from view.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldiers on Inflatable Boat, #1]

Description: Photograph of seven soldiers crowded onto an inflatable boat in shallow water. The men are possibly nude, with the folding of the inflatable boat under their weight hiding their lower bodies from view. The large fronds of a tree hang down into the frame.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Inside Dugout]

Description: Photograph taken inside a Japanese dugout, the space is cramped and dirty littered with palm fronds. On the left is a box with faint Japanese characters etched or drawn on it. On the right is some wooden crate or shelf with a dirty white bowl underneath it. The ceiling is exposed and uneven stone.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Ralph Sprinkle and Another Man in Barracks]

Description: Photograph of Ralph Sprinkle and another U.S. serviceman reading in the barracks. Ralph Sprinkle sits in a chair on the left wearing a long-sleeved collared shirt and glasses while reading a letter. To his right is a drawer with a fold down table stacked with books and other small items. Sitting on the bed to the right is an unidentified man in the same collared uniform shirt, glasses, pants and lace-up boots. He is reading a book.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldiers Drink Inside Mess Tent]

Description: Photograph of a group of soldiers sitting and standing in a semi-circle in the Mess tent and drinking. The men use mismatched cups, mugs and small bowls. On the left a man sits on a desk pouring a drink from a large clear glass into a white cup. Behind him another man holds an almost empty liquor bottle. On the right is a table covered with serving dishes, tins of silverware and other small tins and boxes. On the right wall are small paper signs, a picture of a woman, and a wooden shelf with ca… more
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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