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[368th Infantry Regiment Band Playing During a Reception for Admiral Halsey]

Description: Photograph of the 368th Infantry Regiment band playing during a reception for Admiral Halsey outside in the Philippines. A group of soliders holding a variety of instruments stand in formantion in front of a forest of palm trees. A soldier stands in the foreground commanding their attention.
Date: [1941..1945]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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

[Cecelia McKie Scrapbook]

Description: Scrapbook compiled by Cecelia McKie during World War II. The scrapbook contains letters to 62 families of civilian internees and P.O.W.s, many of whom sent thank you letters in response to messages McKie transcribed from Radio Tokyo broadcasts made by prisoners of war primarily held at Santo Tomas Internment Camp, Manila, Philippines.
Date: 1943~
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clifford Russell Baird Officer's Qualification Record]

Description: Organizational copy of a document listing the military qualifications of Clifford Russell Baird including biographical data, military occupational specialties, foreign service data, campaigns, awards and decorations, and chronological record of military service.
Date: July 16, 1951
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: War's Lessons]

Description: A section of newspaper containing a draft of sermon by the Rev. Buckner Fanning on his experiences during WWII and how they changed his life and deepened his religious conviction.
Date: December 8, 1991
Creator: Fanning, Buckner
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping with War Cartoon]

Description: A cartoon illustration regarding security regulations being lifted. The cartoon depicts a security officer sitting a desk smoking a cigarette with his legs on the desk. A line of various military personnel, some wearing military caps and holding paper and pencils, extends from the desk to a doorway at the back of the room. To the left of a cartoon a line graph shows a large increase extending off the graph. On the right side of the room is a desk. At the bottom of the cartoon is the caption: "S… more
Date: 194X
Creator: Nelson
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Diary Entry: "Guadalcanal" and Other Entries, April 16, 1945]

Description: Diary entry by Edgar Jones about his experience onboard the USS Monitor (LSV-5). He discusses his feelings of visiting historic sites, Guadalcanal and Savo Island, the beautiful view in the Iron Bottom Bay Officers' Club restroom, having marines onboard, sailing through a typhoon, and what servicemen do before big battles.
Date: April 16, 1945
Creator: Jones, Edgar, 1915-2009
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Location: -9.228638 159.955034
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Diary Entry: In the Philippines, January 18, 1945]

Description: Diary entry by Edgar Jones about his experience onboard the USS Monitor (LSV-5). He discusses his first time on shore in the Philippines in order to get some film from aircraft guns developed and the things he saw along the way.
Date: January 18, 1945
Creator: Jones, Edgar, 1915-2009
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Diary Entry: "So the War's Over" and Other Entries, May 9, 1945]

Description: Diary entry by Edgar Jones about his experience aboard the USS Monitor LSV-5. He discusses the end of the war in the European theater and how the news of Victory in Europe Day was received by the servicemen in the Pacific, types of people one might encounter at the Officer's Club, and his feelings towards his country during the colors ceremony.
Date: May 9, 1945
Creator: Jones, Edgar, 1915-2009
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Diary Entry: The End of the Road, August 1945]

Description: Diary entry by Edgar Jones about his experience aboard the USS Monitor (LSV-5). He discusses preparations to receive released prisoners of war, meeting with officers who helped develop the atomic bomb, transferring men between an LCVP and the USS Wisconsin BB-64 and USS Iowa (BB-61), landing at various places in Japan to receive the prisoners, and stories of the prisoners' treatment in Japan.
Date: 1945-08-04~
Creator: Jones, Edgar, 1915-2009
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Diary Entry: "This Is About a Dog" and "This Is About a Family", Unknown Date]

Description: Diary entry by Edgar Jones about his experience onboard the USS Monitor (LSV-5). He discusses the beautiful sights of the island he is on, the cocker spaniel that came aboard the Monitor and her broken leg, and a pleasant visit with a family of Chinese origin called the Fo's on the island.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jones, Edgar, 1915-2009
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Diary Entry: This Is About a Man, January 30, 1945]

Description: Diary entry by Edgar Jones about his experience onboard the USS Monitor (LSV-5). He discusses meeting an Army sergeant who was a Japanese prisoner of war and escaped duringthe invasion of Leyte, taking refuge with Filipino guerrilla forces.
Date: January 30, 1945
Creator: Jones, Edgar, 1915-2009
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Location: 10.738134 125.302723
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Diary Entry: "Two Nights Before D-Day" and Other Entries, Apr-May 1945]

Description: Diary entry by Edgar Jones about his experience onboard the USS Monitor (LSV-5). He discusses confusion surrounding the sinking of a Japanese ship, a problem with a stewards mate's life belt, an attack by a Japanese plane on an American ship, and events during the Battle of Okinawa.
Date: 1944-04?/1944-05?
Creator: Jones, Edgar, 1915-2009
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Edgar Jones with Men and Children in Philippines]

Description: Photograph of a group of people with Edgar Jones. Several men in similar outfits and hats stand on either side of Jones. A young girl and boy stand in front of Jones. The girl is wearing a dress and holding a straw hat. The boy is wearing a button up and a hat. Jones is resting his hands on their shoulders.
Date: [1941..1945]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Excerpt of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, August 1905]

Description: Excerpt of a handwritten letter by Chester Nimitz. Nimitz describes arriving in Manila to greet the Taft Party. He describes the work he has been assigned to do as torpedo and mine officer. He mentions drills and practice aboard ship.
Date: 1905-08~
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Jane Kendeigh with Injured Soldier on Flight]

Description: Photograph of Jane Kendeigh sitting with an injured soldier on flight from Iwo Jima. The soldier is lying on the bottom of a bunk with their head wrapped in bandages. Another person is lying on the top bunk. Jane is kneeling by the bottom bunck and wearing a military uniform.
Date: March 6, 1945
Creator: United States. Navy.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from A. B. Ball to Cecelia McKie - May 19, 1943]

Description: Letter sent from A. B. Ball to Cecelia McKie thanking her for the message from Henry F. Ball and stating they had received other messages from him, many not complete, but they had been able to piece the messages together. Envelope sent from A. B. Ball, West Haven (Connecticut). Front of envelope has been removed by creator.
Date: May 19, 1943
Creator: Ball, A. B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Agnes Langley Niernberger, April 22, 1945]

Description: Letter from Agnes Langley Niernberger to her family telling them that she misses them and explaining why she could not have written sooner. She tells them that she cannot write much about her travels but that she is eating well, getting a tan, and has not gotten sea sick. She suggests her family pass the letter along, since it is futile to write letters to several people when there is nothing to write about.
Date: April 22, 1945
Creator: Niernberger, Agnes Langley
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Agnes Langley Niernberger, April 27, 1945]

Description: Letter from Agnes Langley Niernberger to her family discussing daily life sailing to the Philippine Islands. She hopes that they will be finished sailing soon. She sleeps on the tennis deck and has gotten so used to being rained out that she covers her head and falls back asleep. Agnes spends her time with Dienst and Baird, who she mentions were married before leaving Topeha. They occasionally see the U.S. Orchestra and movies and there are always song-fests in the evenings.
Date: April 27, 1945
Creator: Niernberger, Agnes Langley
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Agnes Langley Niernberger, May 2, 1945]

Description: Letter from Agnes Langley Niernberger to her family recounting her daily life while sailing from the United States to the Philippine Islands and upon arriving there. On the island, she tells them that they live in an old Catholic Academy with partial damage from the war, sleep on cots with mosquito bars, and eat with mess kits and canteens in a tent. She mentions that upon arriving, the Filipino people were happy to see them. Agnes' life on the boat consisted of dancing, singing, performances f… more
Date: May 2, 1945
Creator: Niernberger, Agnes Langley
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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