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[Telegram from Chester W. Nimitz to Leslie Cunningham, December 16, 1941]

Description: Telegram from the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to Leslie Cunningham informing him that his son, Richard Cunningham, was lost in action during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Admiral Nimitz asks that Mr. Cunningham does not divulge any information regarding his son's ship or station to prevent aiding their enemies.
Date: December 16, 1941
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Telegram from Randall Jacobs to Leslie Cunningham, December 19, 1941]

Description: Telegram from Chief of Bureau of Navigation Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs to Leslie Cunningham informing him that his son, Richard Cunningham, who was previously reported as lost in Pearl Harbor is now reported as a survivor and apologizing for the anxiety caused by their mistake.
Date: December 19, 1941
Creator: Jacobs, Randall
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Handwritten Pearl Harbor Notes]

Description: Handwritten notes taken on December 7, 1941 at 10:30 AM about emergency measures on Oahu at Pearl Harbor. Included are orders for doctors, a call for drivers, orders for military personnel and civilians.
Date: December 7, 1941
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Paul Bocker's Post Exchange Card, #1]

Description: Card issued from the United States Army Post Exchange for Paul Bocker allowing him to exchange the card for items not exceeding $100 dollars from businesses with credit contracts with the Post Exchange in Camp Malakole.
Date: 1941~
Creator: United States Army Post Exchange
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Paul Bocker's Post Exchange Card, #2]

Description: Card issued from the United States Army Post Exchange for Paul Bocker allowing him to exchange the card for items not exceeding $100 dollars from businesses with credit contracts with the Post Exchange in Fort Shafter.
Date: 1941~
Creator: United States Army Post Exchange
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Vanita M. Bocker's Diary]

Description: Diary related to Vanita M. (Falkenstein) Bocker, wife to 2nd Lt. Paul O. Bocker. Lt. Bocker was stationed at Camp Malakole, Oahu with the 251st Coast Artillery at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The diary discusses the calendar for Vanita Bocker, books she has read, a diary entry about the attack on Pearl Harbor and its aftermath.
Date: 1941~
Creator: Bocker, Vanita M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[U.S.S. Maryland, Remember Pearl Harbor]

Description: Document of Captain D.C. Godwin's address to the crew of the USS Maryland (BB-46). Captain Godwin references Pearl Harbor being attacked and speaks on subsequent military plans, including secrecy regarding naval information.
Date: December 28, 1941
Creator: Godwin, D. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Telegram from Chester W. Nimitz to Elizabeth Lasher, December 6th,1941]

Description: Telegram from Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, to Elizabeth Lasher. He informs her that her son, Robert Jay Lasher, was lost in action during the attack on Pearl Harbor and asks that she not divulge any information regarding her son's ship or station to prevent aiding their enemies.
Date: December 16, 1941
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Telegram from Randall Jacobs to Elizabeth Lasher, December 20th,1941]

Description: Telegram from Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, to Elizabeth Lasher. He informs her that more recent reports indicate that her son, Robert Jay Lasher, actually survived the attack on Pearl Harbor, despite earlier reports stating he had been lost.
Date: December 20, 1941
Creator: Jacobs, Randall
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Grover Barron Bishop to Jane Bishop, May 2, 1941]

Description: Letter from Grover Barron Bishop to his eldest sister, Jane Bishop, discussing life aboard the USS Arizona (BB-39) stationed at Pearl Harbor. He discusses sailors' feelings on going to war, the heat's and other stressors' effects on people, his mother coming to California, being overworked, and getting something for Lou.
Date: May 2, 1941
Creator: Bishop, Grover Barron
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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