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[Navy Speaker at Memorial]

Description: Photograph of a woman in a what appears to be a U.S. Navy uniform speaking in the center of a crowd outdoors for some sort of memorial ceremony. Another woman in uniform can be seen to the right, and other uniformed personnel can be seen in the crowd.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Military and WASP at Memorial]

Description: Photograph of many people standing and sitting in rows of chairs outdoors. Many are WASP, sitting in chairs with signs that say, "Reserved for WASP" on them. Various kinds of uniformed military personnel, such as Air Force and Navy, can be seen throughout the crowd.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Navy Speaker at Memorial #2]

Description: Photograph of a woman in a what appears to be a U.S. Navy uniform speaking in the center of a crowd outdoors for some sort of memorial ceremony. Another woman in uniform can be seen behind the speaker, and other uniformed personnel can be seen in the crowd.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Navy Helldiver returns from a mission]

Description: Newspaper clipping of a large photograph of a WWII Navy Helldiver plane banking to land on an aircraft carrier. The photograph includes a brief description describing the circumstances of the plane's landing. There are other articles on the back of the clipping, about U.S. politicians and a photograph of women holding small children.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Row of WWII Fighter Planes]

Description: Photograph of a long row of WWII era fighter planes parked on a dirt runway. A note in blue pen on the back of the photo reads, "Hell ? - A-25 - Trained in these Navy Planes Liberty Field, Savannah Ft. Stewart".
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASPS Galore]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about Mickey McLernon's plan to bring six of her fellow WASP trainees with her on her next visit home to San Antonio. There is an advertisement for a summer activity on the back of the clipping.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Scarsdale Home News]

Description: Newspaper clipping from No. 11 of the Scarsdale Home News. The main article is titled "A Family Affair," which discusses the swearing in of Dorothy Jean Leslie as a member of the WAVES or Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service. Other articles center around the local weather phenomenon, post-war plans, the returns of local veterans, wedding announcements, and obituaries.
Date: October 7, 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Portrait of Lt. John Kubitza Jr.]

Description: Portrait of Lieutenant John Kubitza Jr. of Waco, Texas wearing a white Navy dress uniform and hat. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo say "Was an Ensign at time of this picture," and "Now serving as meteorologist at Navy Weather Central, Washington D.C."
Date: November 26, 1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from I.H. to Cecile Kempner, August 17, 1941]

Description: Letter to Cecile from her father discussing friends coming to visit from afar. He also writes about the Japanese attack on the US Navy and that he wishes that Russia would "seek peace" with Germany so that Germany would have "no need" for "Japan's Army or Navy or diplomacy".
Date: August 17, 1941
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Rosenberg Library
transcript

Oral History Interview with Glenn G. Morgan, February 17, 2005

Description: Interview with Glenn G. Morgan, a bugler in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He was a bugler aboard the USS Indianapolis and experienced a kamikaze attack during the Okinawa campaign. He also describes transporting the crate that contained the first atomic bomb to Tinian, the ship's sinking, and the four days and five nights he spent in a life raft waiting to be rescued.
Date: February 17, 2005
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Morris, Cork & Morgan, Glenn G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
transcript

Oral History Interview with Buck Gibson, October 19, 2002

Description: Interview with Buck Gibson of Waco, Texas, a veteran from the United States Navy during World War Two. The interview includes some of Mr. Gibson's background before and after the war as well as his personal experiences while in the Navy, including memories of his training, life in the Navy, the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and what happened after he was rescued.
Date: October 19, 2002
Duration: 56 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Cox, Bill & Gibson, Buck
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Portrait of Zanna H. Pate]

Description: Portrait of Zanna H. Pate, wearing his U.S. Navy uniform, including a hat with "U.S. Navy" across the brim. He is seated and posing with his arms crossed on one knee. His name is written on the back of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Honorable Discharge for Raymond Vaughan]

Description: Certificate honorably discharging Raymond Vaughan from the Navy. It reads: "Honorable Discharge from the United States Navy. This is to certify that Raymond Britton Vaughan, a Chief Shipfitter (AA)(T)(CB) is Honorably Discharged from the U.S. Naval Personnel Separation Center, Norman, Oklahoma, and from the Naval Service of the United States this 23rd day of September 1945. This certificate is awarded as a Testimonial of Fidelity and Obedience."
Date: September 23, 1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Arlington Public Library
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