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[Mary Nimitz and Caretaker]

Description: Photograph of Mary Nimitz and her Amah (caretaker) standing on a lawn in front of an unknown building in China. Mary stands on the left holding a toy and wearing a sleeveless white dress, white socks, black strapped shoes and black ribbon bow on her head. Her Amah stands on the right with a hand on Mary's shoulder while wearing a white quarter-sleeved shirt, dark wide legged pants, white stockings and flats.
Date: 1933~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Chester W. Nimitz Signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender]

Description: Photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz signing the Japanese instrument of surrender. Admiral Nimitz sits at a long dark table with the large document in front of him, only his side profile can be seen. He is wearing a light-colored, uniform and hat with the Navy's emblem on it. Three men stand behind Admiral Nimitz watching as he signs the surrender document. There are also twenty men watching on from the background. Photograph is autographed by Nimitz: "C. W. Nimitz U.S. Representative… more
Date: September 2, 1945
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Outside Bilibid Prison in Manila]

Description: Photograph outside a Bureau of Prisons in Manila holding prisoners of war. Two buildings are shown, one is marked with a medic cross and another unmarked wooden building. Multiple cars are parked in front of the buildings and people in uniforms wander about.
Date: October 1945
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Hospital Decorated for Christmas 1945]

Description: Photograph taken inside Fleet Hospital #114, in Samar, Philippines, showing a room decorated for Christmas. The room has high ceiling with streamers draped from it, there are two table on either side of the photo with four chairs on the left and three chairs on the right. In the center is a door, to the right of that door is written "Merry Christmas" and on the left is "Happy New Year."
Date: December 1945
Creator: Rose, Helen M.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Jane Kendeigh with Injured Soldier on Flight]

Description: Photograph of Jane Kendeigh sitting with an injured soldier on flight from Iwo Jima. The soldier is lying on the bottom of a bunk with their head wrapped in bandages. Another person is lying on the top bunk. Jane is kneeling by the bottom bunck and wearing a military uniform.
Date: March 6, 1945
Creator: United States. Navy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Marines at Red Cross Tent]

Description: Photograph of Marines on Bougainville gathering around the Red Cross center there to read the latest news. The Red Cross center is a tent pitched with wooden stakes with Marines lined up underneath it and it's surrounded by trees. There is also a small wooden sign with "Red Cross" written across it to mark the tent.
Date: April 4, 1944
Creator: Batts, J. J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Manila Housekeepers Sit on Barrack Steps]

Description: Photograph of four housekeepers sitting on some steps outside Army Nurse Corps barracks in Manila. Three of the women are dressed in all white while the woman on the bottom right is dressed in a dark spotted dress and dark shoes.
Date: 1942~
Creator: Way, Holland
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Bilibid Prison]

Description: Photograph of a road outside of Bilibid Prison in Manila. Several tents can be seen inside the prison across a dirt road behind power lines and wire fencing with wooden posts. The photo appears to have been taken from a vehicle.
Date: 1942~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Cathedral Ruins]

Description: Photograph of cathedral ruins. In the background the main entrance to the Intramuros can be seen. There are walls on either side with rubble lining them and a puddle of water on the left side.
Date: 1942~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Women Waiting to Leave Manila]

Description: Photograph of Marjorie Pruitt, K. Rhode, Oneida Mire, Mabel Bassett waiting to go home. A cluster of women in uniform stand on the left in front of a building and a truck on the right.
Date: September 1945
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Chinese Ship with Torn Sails]

Description: Photograph of a Chinese Ship on the Yangtze River with two badly torn sails and a man standing on the deck. There is an anchor visible by the bow, and a smaller boat being pulled from the stern. In the background a strip of land is visible.
Date: 1933/1934
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Ships in Yangtze River Gorge]

Description: Photograph of two ships in Yangtze River gorge. On the left is a larger ship following the small ship on the right. In the foreground there is a rocky shoreline and some trees while the other side of the river shows tall cliff faces. Caption in bottom left corner: "MIAOHO, 33 miles above Ichang."
Date: 1933/1934
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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