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[Clipping: Posthumous Award Received by Mother]

Description: Newspaper clipping about Mrs. W. L. Howard, mother of Leroy Dennis, receiving a posthumous Purple Heart Award for Leroy's death during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Date: unknown
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: Death of Fort Worth Youth at Pearl Harbor is Revealed]

Description: Newspaper clipping announcing the death of Leroy Dennis after the attack on Pearl Harbor. On the right is a photograph of Leroy Dennis in a white collared shirt and a dark blazer.
Date: 1942
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: Medal for Three Who Died in Service Received Here]

Description: Newspaper clipping announcing that three Fort Worth women received Purple Heart Medals awarded to members of their families who died in the service. On the right side there is a photograph labeled "Mrs. Howard" showing Dennis Leroy's mother with a Purple Heart Medal pinned to her dress collar.
Date: unknown
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: Work of Treachery]

Description: Newspaper clipping showing two photographs of sinking battleships during the December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor. The top image shows the U.S.S. Utah capsized in the harbor and the image below it shows the Destroyer Shaw exploding.
Date: 1942
Creator: The Fort Worth Press
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping with War Cartoon]

Description: A cartoon illustration regarding security regulations being lifted. The cartoon depicts a security officer sitting a desk smoking a cigarette with his legs on the desk. A line of various military personnel, some wearing military caps and holding paper and pencils, extends from the desk to a doorway at the back of the room. To the left of a cartoon a line graph shows a large increase extending off the graph. On the right side of the room is a desk. At the bottom of the cartoon is the caption: "S… more
Date: 194X
Creator: Nelson
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: Resident Records First Pearl Harbor Message]

Description: Xerox copy of a newspaper clipping from the Durant Daily Democrat regarding the radio message sent to San Diego Naval Base and transcribed by Ples Harmon Finley, Jr., informing the Continental United States of the attacks occurring on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: 196X
Creator: Durant Daily Democrat
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: New School Readies Ensigns for War at Sea]

Description: Newspaper clipping containing article on Herbert C. Jones building dedication at Naval Amphibious Base in Coronado.
Date: January 16, 1988
Creator: Burgess, Tom
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: Hero's Wife Returns]

Description: Newspaper clipping discussing the return of a Joanne Jones to California after the funeral for her husband Ensign H. C. Jones. The article details that his funeral was held in the St. Augustine Chapel at Waikiki, the same chapel the couple were married in. When she returned, she was photographed holding her husband's cap and saber shown on the right.
Date: December 21, 1941
Creator: San Francisco Examiner
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: Highest Honor to Be Presented Officer's Widow]

Description: Newspaper article recounting the story of Ensign Herbert C. Jones, his posthumous receipt of the Medal of Honor and the Navy's subsequent acts of commemoration.
Date: [1941..1945]
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: Joanne Zinsmeister Sailed From San Francisco]

Description: News clipping with notice of upcoming wedding of Ms. Joanne Zinsmeister to Ensign Herbert C. Jones. The clipping details how she sailed from San Francisco to Honolulu to be married at the Our Lady of Peace Cathedral on June 11th. Above the small article is a portrait of Mrs. Zinsmeister in a black turtleneck and a chain necklace.
Date: June 6, 1941
Creator: Peninsula Times Tribune
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: Ensign's Pearl Harbor Heroism Rewarded Threefold Since Death]

Description: Newspaper article describing the posthumous Medal of Honor awarded to Ensign Herbert C. Jones's widow, Joanne Herlick, as well as two more awards years later. The article details Mrs. Herlick (formerly Mrs. Jones) perspective of the December 7th Pearl Harbor attack. There is a portrait of Herbert C. Jones in his white Navy dress uniform in the top right corner.
Date: December 8, 1991
Creator: Parker, J. Michael
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: War's Lessons]

Description: A section of newspaper containing a draft of sermon by the Rev. Buckner Fanning on his experiences during WWII and how they changed his life and deepened his religious conviction.
Date: December 8, 1991
Creator: Fanning, Buckner
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: Lasher Alive in Hawaii, Services Are Called Off]

Description: Newspaper clipping discussing funerary services planned for Robert Jay Lasher, a telegram, and Lasher's history. The quoted telegram, addressed to his mother Elizabeth Lasher, announces that Robert Jay Lasher was not lost and had in fact survived the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Date: December 20, 1941
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: Hawaii 'Victims' Still Alive]

Description: Newspaper clipping discussing funerary services planned for Robert Jay Lasher and John Rauschkolb and two telegrams. The first telegram, addressed to Lasher's mother Elizabeth Lasher, announces that it was discovered he had survived the attack on Pearl Harbor. The second telegram was addressed to Rauschkolb's parents and delivered news that he had survived as well.
Date: December 20, 1941
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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