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[Negative of Military Men Raising Glasses]

Description: Negative of four men raising their glasses together in a toast. Two of the men are standing in long-sleeved collared unforms while the other two sit in front of them. The two men seated wear the white uniform of Naval ensigns with high collars and epaulettes with a single star and stripe. The table the two men sit at has metal drinking glasses, papers and an ash tray on it. Hanging above the table to the right is a map and a wooden shelf.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[William Franklin Knox Standing With Soldiers]

Description: Photograph of William Franklin Knox, Secretary of the Navy, in a light-colored, long-sleeved collared uniform, helmet and glasses. He is standing on the far right in line with three soldiers to his left. The soldiers wear a darker uniform than Knox with short sleeves, large utility belts and helmets. The man on the end is facing the opposite way and is sans a helmet.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[William Franklin Knox Washing His Face]

Description: Photograph of William F. Knox leaned over a small porcelain basin cupping water to his face. The basin rests on a single wooden plank that also holds a small metal kettle on the left. To Mr. Knox's right is another person whose hands are visible below the plank, but their face is obscured by a large box. A canopy of trees is fully visible overhead.
Date: [1941..1945]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[William Franklin Knox Walking Down Stairs]

Description: Photograph of William Franklin Knox, Secretary of the Navy, in a light-colored collared uniform and helmet coming down wooden stairs. Two other people are still in the small structure Mr. Knox is exiting. Two thin tree trunks are in front of the stairs.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[William Franklin Knox Talking to Soldiers, #2]

Description: Photograph of William F. Knox standing amongst a group of soldiers in a light-colored collared uniform, helmet and glasses. He is talking to the group of men in uniform who stand with their backs to the camera. The two men on the left and right are turning to look at the camera.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Wounded Soldiers Being Moved Off Transport Boats]

Description: Photograph of soldiers moving stretchers carrying wounded soldiers off a small transport boat onto a wood dock. The small boat is on the left and a stretcher is actively being lifted from the boat to the dock on the right. On the dock a large group of uniformed soldiers watch the transport being unloaded. In the center there is a large wood ramp where a man stands with his back to the camera and his hands on his hips. At the base of the ramp there are another two soldiers carrying a stretcher.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Others Looking Over a Map]

Description: Photograph of Chester W. Nimitz sitting at a table overlooking a map with three other men standing around him. Nimitz and the man directly to his right are in identical light-colored uniform jackets with decorated epaulettes and black ties. The man to Nimitz left wears a collared button-down shirt and pants. The man on the far right has both hands on the table and wears a dark uniform jacket with two-star pins on either side of the shoulders and light-colored pants.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in Armchair]

Description: Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz sitting in a dark colored armchair with his hands clasped in his lap. He is wearing a light-colored uniform with two pockets on the front, a collared shirt and dark tie. In front of Admiral Nimitz is a small round table with a teacup, saucer and teaspoon on top of it.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[News Clip: Base-Closing]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story. This story aired at 10pm.
Date: June 26, 1993, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Norman Dike, May 11, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral inerview with Norman Dike. Born in Atlanta, Illinois, on April 18, 1923. Enlisted in the Navy on March 12, 1942 and was sent to Great Lakes, Illinois for recruit training. He was sent to Radioman School at the University of Idaho on May 25, 1942. Upon completion in August, as a Third Class Radioman, he was sent to Bainbridge Island, Washington to learn Japanese code. He recalls meeting Merry Miles, the second in command at SACO, at a party he gave for the SACO team at a Ch… more
Date: May 11, 2001
Duration: 44 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Dike, Norman
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Harold Buell, September 30, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harold Buell. While attending college in Iowa, Buell took advantage of the Civilian Pilot Training program and earned a pilot's license in 1940. He volunteered for the Navy and went to flight school at Pensacola, Florida, where he earned his wings and a commission in November, 1941. He was assigned to go aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) as a member of Scouting Squadron 5 (VS-5) and arrived in time for the Battle of the Coral S… more
Date: September 30, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Buell, Harold
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Norman Dike, May 11, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral inerview with Norman Dike. Born in Atlanta, Illinois, on April 18, 1923. Enlisted in the Navy on March 12, 1942 and was sent to Great Lakes, Illinois for recruit training. He was sent to Radioman School at the University of Idaho on May 25, 1942. Upon completion in August, as a Third Class Radioman, he was sent to Bainbridge Island, Washington to learn Japanese code. He recalls meeting Merry Miles, the second in command at SACO, at a party he gave for the SACO team at a Ch… more
Date: May 11, 2001
Creator: Dike, Norman
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
transcript

Oral History Interview with James Dodson, May 11, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Dodson. Dodson grew up in Pennsylvania and joined the Navy before being drafted. He managed to avoid boot camp and go straight into a Navy communictions school. He volunteered to go overseas for two years and ended up with SACO in China. In China, Dodson repaired radios and radio equipment. Dodson returned to the US and was assigned duty aboard the USS William R. Rush (DD-714) in mid-1945.
Date: May 11, 2001
Duration: 54 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Dodson, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
transcript

Oral History Interview with Howard Gray, December 6, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Howard Gray. Gray joined the Navy in September of 1939. Gray trained as an aviation mechanic. He worked with Squadron VP-14, using multi-engine seaplanes to relocate older seaplanes from water to land. Gray was one of 6 family members serving in the war, and stationed at Hawaii, during the attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941. From spring through August of 1942, he worked as a plane captain aboard a PBY Catalina Patrol Bomber i… more
Date: December 6, 2001
Duration: 38 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Gray, Howard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
transcript

Oral History Interview with Charles Dahlstrom, October 20, 2002

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Dahlstrom. Dahlstrom was born in Austin, Texas on 10 February 1926 and graduated from high school in 1943. Soon after, he joined the Navy and had boot training at San Diego. Upon completion of basic training he reported aboard the USS Mississippi (BB-41) and was assigned to a 5 inch deck gun crew. He was aboard ship bombarding Makin Island and saw the USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) sink. The following day an explosion occu… more
Date: October 20, 2002
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Dahlstrom, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
transcript

Oral History Interview with James Saunders, September 19, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Saunders. Born in 1924, he joined the Navy in 1943. After attending gunnery and electric hydraulic schools, he was assigned to the USS Miami (CL-89). After the shakedown cruise to the Caribbean Sea and Greenland, the ship was sent to join Cruiser Division Fourteen in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii via the Panama Canal. He served as a gunners mate and mount captain. He describes firing star shells during the Mariana Islands Campa… more
Date: September 19, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Saunders, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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