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[FRUPAC War Map: July 20, 1945]

Description: Map overlay documenting the activities of the US Naval operations, Japanese ships, and cargo ships from July 20, 1945. The overlay contains annotations regarding Japanese submarines I-14, I-47, I-53, I-58, I-159, I-367, I-373, I-400, I-401, HA-202, and HA-205, hospital ship Hikawa Maru, coastal defense vessels Yashiro and Amakusa, coastal defense vessel number 60, IJN Radio in Guam, USS Threadfin (SS-410), Task Forces 37, 38, 39, 74, 92, and 95, Task Groups 30.8, 35.4, 73.4, and 73.4, Commander… more
Date: July 20, 1945
Creator: Fleet Radio Unit Pacific
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: See Bounding Coordinates
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[FRUPAC War Map: November 16, 1944]

Description: Map overlay documenting the activities of the US Naval operations, Japanese ships, and cargo ships on November 16, 1944. The overlay contains annotations regarding the USS Barb (SS-220), USS Burrfish (SS-312), USS Halibut (SS-232), USS Pintado (SS-387), USS Ronquil (SS-396), USS Scabbardfish (SS-397), USS Tambor (SS-198), US Task Force 59, Task Groups, 38.1, 38.2, 38.3, 38.4, and 73.4, Task Units 30.8.2 and 73.2.2, the Combined Operational Intelligence Center, Hollandia, the Commander of the 13… more
Date: November 16, 1944
Creator: Fleet Radio Unit Pacific
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: See Bounding Coordinates
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[FRUPAC War Map: November 17, 1944]

Description: Map overlay documenting the activities of the US Naval operations, Japanese ships, and cargo ships on November 17, 1944. The overlay contains annotations regarding the USS Bluegill (SS-242), USS Hake (SS-256), USS Halibut (SS-232), USS Pintado (SS-387), US Spadefish (SS-441), USS Sunfish (SS-281) US Task Forces 59 and 73, Task Groups 38.1, 38.2, 38.3, 38.4, and 73.4, the Combined Operational Intelligence Center, Hollandia, the Commander of the 14th Air Force, the Commander of the 7th Fleet, and… more
Date: November 17, 1944
Creator: Fleet Radio Unit Pacific
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: See Bounding Coordinates
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[FRUPAC War Map: January 1, 1945]

Description: Map overlay documenting the activities of the US Naval operations, Japanese ships, and cargo ships on January 1, 1945. The overlay contains annotations regarding the USS Tilefish (SS-307), USS Tacloban (PG-22), AtCom, Ulithi, the Commander of the 7th Fleet, Commander of Naval Group China, Commander in Chief of the East Indies Task Forces 38, 93, and 94, Task Groups 35.1, 43.6, and 73.4, Task Unit 30.5.1, Japanese Merchant Ships Kashima Maru, Nichiei Maru, and Shoun Maru, and convoys 4-I and MAT… more
Date: January 1, 1945
Creator: Fleet Radio Unit Pacific
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: See Bounding Coordinates
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[FRUPAC War Map: July 16, 1945]

Description: Map overlay documenting the activities of the US Naval operations, Japanese ships, and cargo ships on July 16, 1945. The overlay contains annotations regarding Japanese submarines I-13, I-47, I-53, I-58, I-159, I-367, I-373, HA-105, and HA-205, destroyer Kari and Tsuisaici, hospital ship Hikawa Maru, unknown ships Hosho and Nikkyo Maru, USS Lionfish (SS-298), USS Anzio (CVE-57), Task Groups 30.6, 73.1, and 73.4, Task Force 38 and 39, Task Unit 34.8.2, Commander of the 5th Air Force, Commanding … more
Date: July 16, 1945
Creator: Fleet Radio Unit Pacific
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[FRUPAC War Map: July 29, 1945]

Description: Map overlay documenting the activities of the US Naval operations, Japanese ships, and cargo ships from July 29, 1945. The overlay contains annotations regarding Japanese submarines I-121, I-147, I-158, I-162, I-202, I-353, I-367, I-373, coastal defense vessels Uku and Kanju, coastal defense vessel number 60, destroyer Natsuzuki, unknown type of ships Harutsuki, Chuko Maru, Togo Maru, and Sazuahami Maru, USS Indianapolis (CA-35), Commander of 5th Air Force, Commander of the Pacific Ocean Areas,… more
Date: July 29, 1945
Creator: Fleet Radio Unit Pacific
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: See Bounding Coordinates
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Battle for Suicide Ridge]

Description: Photograph of Marines using rifle grenades, hand grenades, and "Molotov Cocktails" to battle Japanese holed up in caves on Suicide Ridge on Peleliu.
Date: 1944-08~
Creator: United States. Marine Corps.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Arthur Kropp, July 28, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arthur Kropp. Kropp joined the Navy in October 1942. Upon completion of radio and aerial gunnery school, he was assigned to Torpedo Squadron 20 (VT-20) as a third class radioman. His plane was equipped with a Norden bombsight and as such was guarded by the Army at all times. Kropp boarded USS Enterprise (CV-6) in July 1944. In the Philippines, mechanical issues forced his plane to conduct a sea landing, and the crew spent th… more
Date: July 28, 2011
Creator: Kropp, Arthur
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
transcript

Oral History Interview with Arthur Kropp, July 28, 2011

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Arthur Kropp. Kropp joined the Navy in October 1942. Upon completion of radio and aerial gunnery school, he was assigned to Torpedo Squadron 20 (VT-20) as a third class radioman. His plane was equipped with a Norden bombsight and as such was guarded by the Army at all times. Kropp boarded USS Enterprise (CV-6) in July 1944. In the Philippines, mechanical issues forced his plane to conduct a sea landing, and the crew spent th… more
Date: July 28, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Kropp, Arthur
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
transcript

Oral History Interview with Alvino Mendoza, April 25, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alvino Mendoza. Mendoza was born in Round Rock, Texas on 1 March 1926, and briefly tells of his life before entering the US Navy. After completing boot training at Camp Wallace, Texas he was assigned as a seaman aboard USS St. George (AV-16). His battle station was loader on an anti-aircraft gun. Mendoza describes his experiences during the Battle of Okinawa in which the St. George, as well as USS Curtiss (AV-4), were hit by kami… more
Date: April 25, 2017
Duration: 2 hours 21 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Mendoza, Alvino
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Alvino Mendoza, April 25, 2017

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alvino Mendoza. Mendoza was born in Round Rock, Texas on 1 March 1926, and briefly tells of his life before entering the US Navy. After completing boot training at Camp Wallace, Texas he was assigned as a seaman aboard USS St. George (AV-16). His battle station was loader on an anti-aircraft gun. Mendoza describes his experiences during the Battle of Okinawa in which the St. George, as well as USS Curtiss (AV-4), were hit by kami… more
Date: April 25, 2017
Creator: Mendoza, Alvino
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[FRUPAC War Map: July 17, 1945]

Description: Map overlay documenting the activities of the US Naval operations, Japanese ships, and cargo ships from July 17, 1945. The overlay contains annotations regarding Japanese submarines I-14, I-47, I-53, I-58, I-157, I-159, I-367, I-373, I-400, I-401, HA-105, and HA-107, hospital ship Hikawa Maru, picket boat Ebisu Maru, coastal defense vessels number 52, 60 and 67, coastal defense vessels Yashiro and Kanju, unknown ships Yokuta Maru and Yamada Maru, United States Task Forces 38, 39, and 95, Task u… more
Date: July 17, 1945
Creator: Fleet Radio Unit Pacific
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Albert Bouley, June 27, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Albert Bouley. He discusses joining the Marines just after Pearl Harbor, being in the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, the battle of Guadalcanal, getting malaria and dysentery, the battle of Cape Gloucester, using Pavuvu as a base, the battle of Peleliu, shipping back to the States, doing guard duty at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, becoming an instructor in a heavy weapons school before then end of the war. He joined the Air Force 2 1/2 years later to be able … more
Date: June 27, 2001
Creator: Bouley, Albert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Silenced] - Peleliu

Description: Photograph of Marines on patrol examining the remains of a Japanese field gun and the crew after a direct hit scored by Marine artillerymen.
Date: 1944-08~
Creator: United States. Marine Corps.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
transcript

Oral History Interview with Albert Bouley, June 27, 2001

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Albert Bouley. He discusses joining the Marines just after Pearl Harbor, being in the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, the battle of Guadalcanal, getting malaria and dysentery, the battle of Cape Gloucester, using Pavuvu as a base, the battle of Peleliu, shipping back to the States, doing guard duty at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, becoming an instructor in a heavy weapons school before then end of the war. He joined the Air Force 2 1/2 years later to be able … more
Date: June 27, 2001
Duration: 2 hours 54 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Bouley, Albert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with W. R. Barker, April 25, 2001

Description: Interview with W. R. Barker, a veteran who served as a combat engineer with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific during World War II. The transcript includes a conversation with Barker as he talks freely about his time in basic training at Camp Cook, when Bob Hope visited jungle training in Hawaii, and interactions between U.S. soldiers and the native islanders. He also discusses the Marines mission on Pelilu Island and meeting his brother in the Philippines.
Date: February 23, 2003
Creator: Amador, Yacel & Barker, W. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Lee College
transcript

Oral History Interview with W. R. Barker, April 25, 2001

Description: Interview with W. R. Barker, a veteran who served as a combat engineer with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific during World War II. It includes a conversation with Barker as he talks freely about his time in basic training at Camp Cook, when Bob Hope visited jungle training in Hawaii, and interactions between U.S. soldiers and the native islanders. He also discusses the Marines mission on Pelilu Island and meeting his brother in the Philippines.
Date: April 25, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Amador, Yacel & Barker, W. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: Lee College

Oral History Interview with W. C. "Bill" Galttana, August 13, 1998

Description: Interview with W. C. "Bill" Galttana concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression. Youth in Dido, Texas; entry into CCC; assignment to Camp SP3-A in Minturn, Colorado; description of camp; reassignment to Arizona; camp routine; recreation; his life after discharge in 1934.
Date: August 13, 1998
Creator: Hughen, Bill & Galttana, Willie Curtis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William I. Smith, November 20, 2003

Description: Interview with William I. Smith, farmer and Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the escort carrier USS Kadashan Bay in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His rural background in West Texas; his decision to join the Navy, in 1943; boot camp and fireman's school, San Diego, California, 1943; assignment to the USS Kadashan Bay, 1943; shipboard routine; the assault on Peleliu, September 14, 1944; the battle of Leyte Gulf, October, 1944; the Luzon landings and being hit by a kamika… more
Date: November 20, 2003
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Smith, William I.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[FRUPAC War Map: July 31, 1945]

Description: Map overlay documenting the activities of the US Naval operations, Japanese ships, and cargo ships from July 31, 1945. The overlay contains annotations regarding Japanese submarines I-147, I-158, I-161, I-162, I-353, I-363, I-366, I-367, I-400, I-401, and midget submarine number 424, coastal defense vessel Habushi, auxiliary subchaser number 34 Yousen, Convoy Hazo-5, United States task Group 73.4, Task Force 38 and 39, Commander of Pacific Ocean Areas, Commander of 3rd Fleet, Commander of Destr… more
Date: July 31, 1945
Creator: Fleet Radio Unit Pacific
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: See Bounding Coordinates
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[FRUPAC War Map: July 23, 1945]

Description: Map overlay documenting the activities of the US Naval operations, Japanese ships, and cargo ships from July 23, 1945. The overlay contains annotations regarding Japanese submarines I-13, I-47, I-58, I-159, I-353, I-367, I-373, I-400, I-401, HA-202, and HA-205, Convoy SEDA-5, escort Yashiro, aircraft carrier Hosho, hospital ship Hikawa Maru, tanker Kinyu Maru, transport Mishima Maru, IJN Radio in Guam, unknown type of ships Kaiho Maru, Kamatsu Maru, and Kaiyo, USS Thornback (SS-418), USS Mauric… more
Date: July 23, 1945
Creator: Fleet Radio Unit Pacific
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: See Bounding Coordinates
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[FRUPAC War Map: July 19, 1945]

Description: Map overlay documenting the activities of the US Naval operations, Japanese ships, and cargo ships from July 19, 1945. The overlay contains annotations regarding Japanese submarines I-14, I-47, I-53, I-58, I-159, I-367, I-373, I-400, I-401, HA-108, and HA-202, hospital ship Hikawa Maru, picket boat Ebisu Maru, auxiliary netlayer Harukawa Maru, transport Nikkyu Maru, Tug #1, coastal defense vessels Yashiro and Kanju, Commander Picket Boat Division, and unknown type ships Yamada Maru, Kyudo Maru,… more
Date: July 19, 1945
Creator: Fleet Radio Unit Pacific
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: See Bounding Coordinates
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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