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[Service Memoir of Richard Cunningham]

Description: Personal account of Richard Cunningham detailing his experiences before, during, and after his naval service, including surviving the attack on Pearl Harbor while stationed aboard the USS West Virginia (BB-48) on December 7, 1941. He also discusses his involvement in the Solomon Islands campaign and the aftermath of Pearl Harbor.
Date: [1991..1993]
Creator: Cunningham, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Herber R. Roach to Joanne Herlick, January 28, 1992]

Description: Letter sent by U.S.S. California crewmember Herbert Roach to Joanne Herlick, the widow of Ensign Herbert C. Jones. The letter describes how Ensign Herbert C. Jones and he had been together at the time Ens. Jones received his fatal wounds and how the officer had ordered him to help others rather than himself.
Date: January 28, 1992
Creator: Roach, Herbert R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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