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[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 as he sits 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

[Aerial View of Funeral]

Description: Photograph taken from above showing the back of helmeted heads as a large group of Marines observe a funeral service. In front of them is a small log fence, graves covered in palm tree fronds, and a line of priest in front of a platform. A few lone men stand in front of graves.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Band Plays to Crowd of Soldiers]

Description: Photograph of a band of U.S. soldiers on a stage playing instruments for a crowd of soldiers. At the front a man stands at a microphone in a long-sleeved button down, a black belt and light-colored pants. Behind him the musicians sit in a line, a drummer, a cellist, a saxophonist, a clarinetist, a trumpet player and a trombone player. There is another man crouched down on the stage on the right by an amp.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Barracks Interior]

Description: Photograph of the interior of barracks in either Caledonia or Guadalcanal. Two rows of bed go across the barracks and two men are seen lying on beds across from one another. Coats and hats line the right wall of the barracks.
Date: 1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Blowing Balloons]

Description: Photograph of a soldier blowing a balloon. Another soldier is sat in front of the ballon with a magazine in his lap and laughing at the other man.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Boy Stands With Horse and Calf]

Description: Photograph of a young man in a white collared shirt and shorts holding the lead of a dark horse. Next to the horse is a small calf. Both the horse and calf are extremely skinny with every rib showing. Behind the horse are a few barrels, trees and a building with a straw roof.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Buildings on the Isle of Pines]

Description: Photograph of two buildings on the right of a grass footpath. The far building is on a raised platform with a wraparound porch. The building closer to the camera is made of brick and is very damaged. On the left of the path is a large tree bare of leaves.
Date: August 1942
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Bunk Punch]

Description: Photograph of three men gathered around a bowl with citrus fruit pieces floating in it on a bunk. On the left one of the men is pouring a bottle into the bowl and stirring the contents with a spoon. To his right a dark-haired man squeezes the juice of a piece of fruit over the bowl with one hand and holds a cigarette in the other. On the right a man in glasses leans over the bunk with a mug in hand.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Captain at the Helm of the Evaleeta]

Description: Photograph of the captain at the wheel of the Evaleeta turned towards an open door to his right. He is wearing a striped t-shirt, dark pants, a brimmed hat and glasses. The helm is boxed off and coved with a slanted roof. In the doorway to the captain's right stands another man mostly hidden behind one of the walls surrounding the helm.
Date: August 1942
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Christmas in Guadalcanal]

Description: Four photographs of soldiers celebrating Christmas in Guadalcanal. The top two photographs show soldiers receiving presents being handed out by officers. The bottom two show them around a table of food inside the mess tent. The photographs are attached to a larger base where "Christmas" is written between each pair.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clothes Wringer]

Description: Photograph of a clothes wringer being operated by two sailors. One is on the side turning the handle and the other is in the back and appears to be inserting wet clothes. A pile of clothes sits in front of the device.
Date: 1943~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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