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[Clipping: Memorial Day Tribute Paid to War Dead]

Description: Newspaper clipping covering the observance of Memorial Day in Richmond, Virginia. The article discusses President Kennedy's visit to the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington, Vice President Johnson's speech at Gettysburg, and Sargent Shriver, director of the Peace Corps, giving a speech at Hyde Park in New York. The article also discusses the closing of businesses and certain schools, as well as the statewide adoption of Eastern Daylight Time. On the front side of the clipping is a photograph of t… more
Date: May 31, 1963
Creator: Richmond Times-Dispatch
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: Capt. T. A. Brown and Maj. J. P. Chenshaw Place Wreath at Virginia War Memorial]

Description: Newspaper clipping of a photograph of two men in military uniform hanging wreaths from a metal railing. The caption beneath the photo identifies the man on the left as Captain T. A. Brown and the man on the right as Major J. P. Chensaw, and it explains that they are placing wreaths at a war memorial in Virginia. There is a crowd of onlookers behind the men and to their right. The man on the far right is wearing a suit and a military hat. Written over the paper in blue ink is an arrow identifyin… more
Date: May 31, 1963
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

History of USS New Mexico (BB-40)

Description: Historical sketch on the battleship, USS New Mexico (BB-40). This historical sketch delves into the history of this battleship from its initial commissioning to its participation in the Asiatic-Pacific theatre, and finally to its eventual decommissioning from the United States Navy in 1946. At the end of the paper are statistics on the New Mexico's size, speed, and armament.
Date: September 17, 1947
Creator: United States. Navy Department. Office of Public Information
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Dismal Swamp 3 Train, Side-View]

Description: Photograph of the Dismal Swamp 3 train. The dark train faces the right as it is surrounded by pipes and wood boards. A dark, cylindrical locomotive covered in smokestacks, pipes, and a bell is visible to the right. A square cab lined with rectangular windows sits behind the locomotive to the left. A hopper car is pulled along on the left. A large building and several tall smokestacks are visible in the central background.
Date: 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Keel Laying Ceremony of USS Nimitz (CVN-68)]

Description: Photograph of the keel laying ceremony for the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. On the left side of the picture, the keel is suspended with ropes. In front of the keel, there is a stage with a podium where Admiral Hyman Rickover is speaking. Behind Admiral Rickover, a small group of U.S. Navy officers and civilians stands. There is a pole with a large American flag in front of the stage. A crowd of military personnel and civilians gathers around the stage a… more
Date: June 22, 1968
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Keel Laying of USS Nimitz (CVN-68)]

Description: Photograph of the keel laying of the USS Nimitz (CVN-68; CVAN-68 at the time) at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. The picture shows a large flat surface suspended in midair by a crane with a sign indicating that this is going to be part of the Nimitz aircraft carrier. Someone is standing next to a railing underneath the crane. In the background, other dry docks and shipbuilding machinery are visible.
Date: June 22, 1968
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Senator Henry M. Jackson Speaks at a Podium]

Description: Photograph of Senator Henry M. Jackson from the waist up wearing a suit and standing at a podium with a microphone on it. He is looking down at something on top of the podium. A woman's forehead can be seen over his shoulder, as well as two military men wearing sunglasses. In the background are the metal girders of a large crane.
Date: June 22, 1968
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Engraving USS Nimitz Plaque]

Description: Photograph of four men engraving a plaque in honor of the USS Nimitz (CVN-68). The men are wearing suits and hard hats with their signatures written above the brim. A man wearing sunglasses and senator Henry Jackson are engraving the plaque with a hammer and nail. Admirals Hyman G. Rickover and Chester Nimitz Jr. are watching. There is a small crowd in the background, including several more people in military uniforms and an elderly woman in sunglasses right behind Senator Jackson. Behind the c… more
Date: June 22, 1968
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Pamela Spelman to Admiral Chester W. Nimitz]

Description: Letter from Pamela Spelman of Norfolk, Virginia to Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. In this letter, which Spelman admits she is nervous to write, she asks Nimitz to send well wishes to Eileen Clinton, editor of the Norfolk Naval Air Station's newspaper, for her birthday on November 25th. She explains that she asked Clinton to give her a list of her ten favorite people, and she is now asking them all to send Clinton birthday wishes. At the end of the letter, Spelman expresses awe at the fact tha… more
Date: [1947..1966]
Creator: Spelman, Pamela
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Postcard of the Torpedo Flotilla at Norfolk Navy Yard]

Description: Postcard with an illustration of the Torpedo Flotilla in the Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia. The image depicts four ships and a submarine docked next to each other, with industrial buildings and a battleship in the background. At the bottom is a handwritten note: "Will send you some of the shipyards later, Lottie."
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Lottie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Promotion to Private First Class]

Description: Certificate acknowledging that Private Richard W. Ziegler has been appointed to the rank of Private First Class in the United States Marine Corps with the First Radio Company. This promotion is under a temporary warrant and in the communications branch.
Date: September 19, 1942
Creator: Peterson, R. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Photocopy of U.S. Marine Corps Report of Separation]

Description: Photocopy of the United States Report of Separation form (form number NAVMC 78-PD). This form contains information about Richard Wallace Ziegler’s honorable United States Marine Corps discharge. Information includes Corporal Ziegler's Marine Corps service history, his employment and non-service educational data, and his preference for being discharged from the United States Marine Corps. On the back of this copy, in the bottom right corner, is a black ink stamp that reads, “Photocopy Made by Fi… more
Date: May 3, 1946
Creator: United States. Marine Corps.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[United States Marine Corps Communication School Radar Operator Certificate]

Description: Half-sheet paper certificate acknowledging that Private Richard W. Ziegler completed the Radar Operators’ course and has received a specialist rating of Radar Operator (CP) SCR-270. His final average was 81%. The certificate has been signed by two commanding officers.
Date: September 19, 1942
Creator: United States. Marine Corps.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[U.S. Marine Corps Report of Separation]

Description: United States Report of Separation form (form number NAVMC 78-PD). This form contains information about Richard Wallace Ziegler’s honorable United States Marine Corps discharge. Information includes Corporal Ziegler's Marine Corps service history, his employment and non-service educational data, and his preference for being discharged from the United States Marine Corps.
Date: May 3, 1946
Creator: United States. Marine Corps.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[News Clip: Rayburns]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about W. A. Thomas and S. E. Bartley, both sisters of former Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. The sisters are traveling to Newport News, Virginia to participate in the christening ceremonies of one of the latest Polaris Submarines, the USS Sam Rayburn.
Date: December 19, 1963
Duration: 1 minute 05 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.8453980278845 -96.83933935041667
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
captions transcript

[News Clip: Eine schutz staffeln soldaten ist kaput]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the arrests of John Edward Joiner, who wore an arm-band with the swastika, the symbol of Nazi Germany under Adolph Hitler. Joiner was arrested in Dallas for walking on-site of President Kennedy's assassination carrying a dummy of Fidel Castro.
Date: December 7, 1963
Duration: 1 minute 26 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.78139 -96.793731
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[V-mail from Mary Bartol Smith to Xavier Martin Smith - April 5, 1944]

Description: Letter from Mary Bartol Smith to Commander Xavier Martin Smith. In this letter, Mrs. Smith informs her husband that Phyllis' dental work is complete and she will be arriving in Virginia on the 15th. Afterwards they will be traveling to Brookline on the 20th. Mrs. Smith mentions that she still gets stiff when sitting for too long and that it will likely take three days to reach Boston. Lastly, she expresses that she would have loved to take this summer trip with her dear husband.
Date: April 5, 1944
Creator: Smith, Mary Bartol
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Envelope from Xavier Martin Smith to Mary Bartol Smith, March 13, 1944]

Description: Envelope from Lieutenant Commander Xavier Martin Smith at U.S. Navy No. 245 Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, to Mary Bartol Smith at the United States Naval Mine Depot in Yorktown, Virginia. This envelope was sent via air mail and features an orange embossed 6-cent U.S. Postage Via Air Mail design that has been partially torn off, along with a faded purple stamp indicating that Naval censors have approved this envelope and its contents.
Date: March 13, 1944
Creator: Smith, Xavier Martin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Envelope from Mary Bartol Smith to Xavier Martin Smith, April 13, 1944]

Description: Envelope from Mary Bartol Smith at the Naval Mine Depot in Yorktown, Virginia, addressed to Commander Xavier Martin Smith at the U.S. Naval Section Base No. 245 Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California. It was sent by airmail and features a red 6-cent airmail postage stamp depicting a mid-flight B-25 bomber affixed to the top right corner of the envelope.
Date: 1944-04-13/1944-04-24
Creator: Smith, Mary Bartol
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Envelope from Mary Bartol Smith to Xavier Martin Smith, February 8, 1944]

Description: Envelope addressed to Lieutenant Commander Xavier Martin Smith at U.S. Naval Section Base, Navy No. 245 Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California, from Mary Bartol Smith at the Naval Mine Depot in Yorktown, Virginia. This envelope was sent via airmail and features a red 6-cent United States airmail postage stamp showcasing an image of a B-25 bomber in mid-flight, applied to the top right corner of the envelope.
Date: 1944-02-08/1944-03-02
Creator: Smith, Mary Bartol
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Envelope from Xavier Martin Smith to Mary Bartol Smith, December 24, 1943]

Description: Envelope from Lieutenant Commander Xavier Martin Smith, who is on temporary duty at Navy 245 Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, to Mary Bartol Smith at the United States Naval Mine Depot in Yorktown, Virginia. This envelope was sent via air mail and features an orange embossed 6-cent U.S. Postage Via Air Mail design, along with a faded black stamp indicating that Naval censors have approved both this envelope and its contents.
Date: December 24, 1943
Creator: Smith, Xavier Martin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Envelope from Mary Bartol Smith to Xavier Martin Smith, January 4, 1944]

Description: Envelope from Mary Bartol Smith at the Naval Mine Depot in Yorktown, Virginia, to Lieutenant Commander Xavier Martin Smith at the United States Naval Mine Assembly Depot No. 1, U.S. Navy No. 134 Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California. This envelope was sent via airmail and features a red 6-cent United States air mail postage stamp with an image of a mid-flight B-25 bomber applied to the top right corner of the envelope.
Date: January 4, 1944
Creator: Smith, Mary Bartol
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Envelope from Mary Bartol Smith to Xavier Martin Smith, January 17, 1944]

Description: Envelope from Mary Bartol Smith at the Naval Mine Depot in Yorktown, Virginia, to Lieutenant Commander Xavier Martin Smith at U.S. Navy No. 245 Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California. This envelope was sent via airmail and features a red 6-cent United States airmail postage stamp with an image of a mid-flight B-25 bomber affixed to the top right corner of the envelope.
Date: January 17, 1944
Creator: Smith, Mary Bartol
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Envelope from Mary Bartol Smith to Xavier Martin Smith, December 26, 1943]

Description: Envelope from Mary Bartol Smith at the Naval Mine Depot in Yorktown, Virginia, to Lieutenant Commander Xavier Martin Smith at the Navy 245 Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California. It was sent via airmail and features four purple 3-cent postage stamps depicting a spread-wing eagle and the phrase "Win The War."
Date: December 26, 1943
Creator: Smith, Mary Bartol
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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