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[Certificate of Membership of the Order of Guinea Pigs, July 1, 1946]

Description: Certificate issued to Ples Harmon Finley, Jr., by the Grand Council, Exclusive, of the Order of the Guinea Pigs and by Grand Guinea Swine Roger M. Ramey, director of the "Able" shot at Operation Crossroads, certifying that he was present at the Operation Crossroads "Able" atom bomb test on July 1, 1946 at the Bikini Atoll and is now a Brother Pig.
Date: July 1, 1946
Creator: Order of Guinea Pigs
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: Resident Records First Pearl Harbor Message]

Description: Xerox copy of a newspaper clipping from the Durant Daily Democrat regarding the radio message sent to San Diego Naval Base and transcribed by Ples Harmon Finley, Jr., informing the Continental United States of the attacks occurring on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: 196X
Creator: Durant Daily Democrat
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Photo of the Finley Family, January 1940]

Description: Photograph of the Finley Family in Enid, Oklahoma. Featured, from left to right, are Gene Finley, Jack C. Finley (standing), Ples Harmon Finley, Sr., (kneeling), Bessie Finley, and Ples Harmon Finley, Jr. Gene is wearing a white collard shirt, a belt, and dark pants and black shoes. Jack is wearing a light collared shirt, his pants and shoes are obscured by Ples, Sr. Ples, Sr., is wearing A white fedora hat with a black band, a white collared shirt and tie, a black suit jacket, black pants, and… more
Date: 1940-01~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Transcription of Radio Message, December 7, 1941]

Description: Transcription of a radio message received from Pearl Harbor by Ples Harmon Finley, Jr., and an Ensign informing San Diego Naval Base of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The note was intended to be destroyed, but Finley put it in his pocket as a souvenir.
Date: December 7, 1941
Creator: Finley, Ples Harmon, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[US Navy Aviation Radio School Completion Certificate, May 23, 1940]

Description: Xeroxed copy of a certificate issued to Seaman Second Class Ples Harmon Finley, Jr., by the Bureau of Navigation and Commander H. M. Mullinnix, commanding officer of the Naval Air Station in San Diego, California, for completing his course of study at the Aviation Radio School. Also in the scan is an envelope addressed to Ples Harmon Finley, Sr., with a return address from Ples, Jr., now a Radioman First Class aboard the USS Wyandot (AKA-92).
Date: 1940-05-23/1945-03-19
Creator: Bureau of Navigation
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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