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[Launch of the USS Cassin Young (DD-793), September 12, 1943]

Description: Photograph of the USS Cassin Young (DD-793) being launched by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in San Pedro, California on September 12, 1943. The photo shows USS Cassin Young, a Fletcher-class destroyer, sliding down the ramp and into the water. She is adorned with naval flags and people are standing onboard looking over the rail of her bow. There are wooden structures on either side of the ramp and the ship. On their is left a metal tower and on their right is a sign with the numbers of tra… more
Date: September 12, 1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.742847 -118.261433
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Erminio J. Brignole to Don, September 1941]

Description: Letter sent by Erminio J. Brignole to his friend Don discussing his journey to Pearl Harbor and his first few weeks there. He discusses being assigned mess duty and being sea sick on the way to Pearl Harbor, being transferred to the USS Arizona (BB-39) upon his arrival at Pearl Harbor, being on anchor watch, and cleaning and painting the Arizona while it is in dry dock.
Date: 1941-09-12/1941-09-21
Creator: Brignole, Erminio J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Fifth War Loan Drive Wall Painting, 1944]

Description: Photograph of a wall in the Martins Ferry Division of the Blaw-Knox Company painted for the Fifth War Loan Drive held by the United States Treasury Department from June 12 to July 8, 1944. The Drive is dedicated to five Naval heroes who lost their lives in the war, Captain Albert H. Rooks, Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan, Captain Cassin Young, Rear Admiral Norman Scott, and Commander Howard Gilmore, and their portraits are featured on the wall with wreaths around them. The wall has a logo with… more
Date: [1944-06-12..1944-07-08]
Creator: Blaw-Knox Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Theodore H. Kirkland to Charles Stasny, July 12, 1944]

Description: Handwritten letter from Theodore H. Kirkland to Charles Stasny updating him on his life during the war. He discusses being sent to a new outfit, his activities on liberty, being over seas again soon, and his plans to get married. Included is an cnvelope addressed to Charles Stasny from Theodore H. Kirkland.
Date: July 12, 1944
Creator: Kirkland, Theodore H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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