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[Memorandum to the USS Monitor, May 8, 1945]

Description: Memorandum to all hands aboard the USS Monitor (LSV-5) providing information about San Francisco, California. The memorandum provides information on naval bases, transportation, landmarks, shopping and dining, entertainment and newspapers, and a warning on jay walking.
Date: May 8, 1945
Creator: Hewitt, J. V., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from William Halsey, Jr., to the Third Fleet, September 5, 1945]

Description: Letter from Admiral William Halsey, Jr., to the Third Fleet informing them that US currency will not be legal tender in Japan and that US forces going ashore will need to use US military Yen, available for exchange at a rate of 15 to 1, or Bank of Taiwan and Bank of Chosen notes. However, US currency is legal tender in vessels in Japanese ports.
Date: September 5, 1945
Creator: Halsey, William, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Navy Certificate of Satisfactory Service, January 13, 1946]

Description: Certificate of Satisfactory Service issued by the United States Navy and signed by Lieutenant Commander E. W. Holzapfel certifying that Lieutenant junior grade Edgar Jones has completed a period of training and service during World War II in the navy from June 17, 1943 to January 13, 1946 and is released to inactive duty.
Date: January 13, 1946
Creator: United States Navy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

U. S. S. Monitor LSV-5: Personal Information Booklet

Description: Booklet providing general information for sailors aboard the USS Monitor (LSV-5). The booklet discusses letters, telegrams, and censorship, laundry, the Monitor herself, liberty and leave, smoking, uniforms, do's and don'ts, and obscenity.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: United States Navy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

To the Philippines

Description: Booklet containing information on the Philippines intended for United States military personnel that went there. The booklet describes the people, geography, history and how the Philippines fell to Japan, and health and sanitation and provides maps, illustrations, and English phrases translated into Tagalog with phonetic pronunciations. Pages 15-18 are missing from the booklet.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: Queensland Newspapers, Pty., Ltd.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Nansei Shoto Ryuku Islands-Loochoo Islands: A Pocket Guide

Description: A pocket sized booklet containing information on the Nansei Islands in Japan intended for United States military personnel that went there. The booklet describes the people, geography, history, culture, and disease and dangerous wildlife and provides maps, illustrations, and English phrases translated into Japanese with phonetic pronunciations.
Date: [1941..1946]
Creator: Special Publications Branch
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Crew Boarding]

Description: Photograph of a crew boarding a ship off a smaller boat. The crew are all wearing similar uniforms and several are wearing hats. Bags of supplies are piled in the back side of the boat.
Date: [1941..1945]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Room 0202

Description: Pencil drawing made of the interior of a room on the USS Monitor by Edgar Jones. On the left side of the room is a wall mounted sink with a mirror and shelves above it. Next to it is a rack of hanging clothes. A bunk bed is in the back middle of the room, with chains supporting the top bunk and lights and a vent on the ceiling above it. On the right side of the room is a chair at a folding desk, with upper shelves containing what appear to be hard hats. Toward the back right of the room, next t… more
Date: January 21, 1945
Creator: Jones, Edgar, 1915-2009
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Japanese Cartoon Propaganda Leaflet]

Description: A cartoon leaflet depicting a withered, scrawny solider wearing only a pair of pants, shoes and a helmet with a star. He is on his back and sprawled out on an archipelago. To the right of the soldier is Japanese text in an orange block. The back of the cartoon contains a letter written in Japanese discussing the attacks on the Japanese and their islands and the hardships faced by them.
Date: 194X
Creator: Jones, Edgar, 1915-2009
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Washington Athletic Club Membership Card, July 1945]

Description: Membership card issued from the Washington Athletic Club and signed by manager of the club Kenneth Meisnest given to Lieutenant junior grade Edgar Jones. The back of the card contains club rules and Washington state liquor laws.
Date: 1945-07~
Creator: Washington Athletic Club
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Two Sailing Vessels in the Water]

Description: Photograph of two boats in the water take from a larger sailing vessel. The back of the boat in the foreground has 557, as well as "#7", written on it. Another boat with 559 written on the back can be seen in the background of the photo of the 557 boat. The side of a larger vessel can be seen on the right side of the image.
Date: [1941..1945]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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