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[Letter from Charles Stasny to his Parents, May 16, 1944]

Description: Handwritten letter from Charles Stasny to his parents discussing life during the war. He mentions leaving the island and returning to living on aboard a ship. He also mentions returning some money his parents had lent him and the possibility that he and three other crewmates may go home. He asks his parents to have the Eagle change his address and discusses the protestant chaplain on board making him unsure when he'll be able to attend catholic mass.
Date: May 16, 1944
Creator: Stasny, Charles, 1921-2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Malone Farrar

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Malone Farrar. Farrar grew up in Texas and joined the Navy in 1940. In training, he was assigned to VP-12, a PBY-3 Catalina Squadron. Then he was transferred VP-13 Squadron. Next, he was transferred to VP-55, a PBM1 Mariner Squadron and sent to flight engineering school. After the Pearl Harbor attack, he was assigned to ACORN-8. Farrar then joined with the 73rd CB Battalion. He was a mechanic. They loaded the USS President P… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Farrar, Malone
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Location: 28.358348 -80.628746
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Academic Year 1967-1968, Unit 11: Other Island Dependencies and Trusteeships

Description: This booklet is the sixth unit of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about countries and territories in the Pacific. This unit discusses Guam, American Samoa, the Ryukyu Islands, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, and New Guinea. It includes background information, review questions, and a list of suggested readings for further study.
Date: January 1967
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Oral History Interview with James T. Murphy, October 1, 2000

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James T. Murphy. Murphy grew up in Montana and joined the Army Air Corps in May 1941. Once he finished training, he was assigned to the 43rd Bomb Group, 63rd Bomb Squadron. He then went to reconnaissance for the Battle of Midway. He then rejoined the Pacific Theater and pacticipated in skip bombing and flying B17s. He tells the story of receiving his Silver Star from General Douglas MacArthur. He mentions returning to the Ai… more
Date: October 1, 2000
Creator: Murphy, James T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Location: 33.544783 -112.358575
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Spread of Food, #1]

Description: Photograph of large food platters arranged on a small table along with open cans. Men stand around the table in white t-shirts, most holding food in their hands some with silver dishes holding food.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Tarp Covered Building, #1]

Description: Photograph of a small building in a dirt clearing surrounded by new growth. The building is dark in color and reinforced with wood panels along the bottom and a screen door and overhanging roof. Overtop the roof is a large dark tarp that hangs down on either side of the door.
Date: 1941~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldiers on Inflatable Boat, #1]

Description: Photograph of seven soldiers crowded onto an inflatable boat in shallow water. The men are possibly nude, with the folding of the inflatable boat under their weight hiding their lower bodies from view. The large fronds of a tree hang down into the frame.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldiers Pose in Front of Tents, #1]

Description: Photograph of a group of soldiers posing in front of an encampment. The men are in two rows, the front crouched down and the back standing. The men in the front row wear white t-shirts or are shirtless, they also wear pants and lace up boots. The men in the back row mostly wear long-sleeved collared uniforms or they match the men in the front row in their white undershirts. There are three tents visible behind the men.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Ralph Sprinkle and Others with Camera, #1]

Description: Photograph of two unidentified men and Ralph Sprinkle sitting together in the barracks. They are wearing long-sleeved collared shirts and pants. On the left a dark-haired man in glasses sits on a bed with a camera in his lap. To his right Ralph Sprinkle is looking over his shoulder. On the right the last man lays back on a bed across from the one the other men sit on.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldier Washing His Clothes, #1]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified soldier washing his clothes on the hood of a vehicle. The man is nude and scrubbing a piece of clothing with a brush and soap, his boots and another piece of clothing sit on the hood in front of him. To his right another man stands by the passenger side door. There are several men bathing in the water directly behind where the man is washing his clothes. The front of the vehicle reads "U.S.A. 20148866".
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Program for the Opening of the Camp Crocodile Mess Hall, October 1, 1943]

Description: Program for the grand opening of the Camp Crocodile mess hall. The program is decorated with small illustrations and lists the menu for the night as well as the festivities including a musical interlude, a movie short, and a showing of "The Palm Beach Story".
Date: October 1, 1943
Creator: Third Amphibious Force
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldiers Chow Down in Mess Tent, #1]

Description: Photograph of soldiers in white t-shirts gathered around a table in the Mess tent. The table has several small tins surrounding a larger serving dish the soldiers pick at. To the left is a desk and a few shelves on the wall. To the right is an icebox, and some shelves along the back the wall. Across the ceiling is a support beam with a single lightbulb and decorated with streamers draped over it.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldier Smiling Outside Tarp Covered Building, #1]

Description: Photograph of a soldier smiling outside a small building. He is wearing a light-colored garrison cap, long-sleeve collared shirt, a belt, pants and boots. The building is dark in color and reinforced with wood panels along the bottom and a screen door and overhanging roof. Overtop the roof is a large dark tarp that hangs down on either side of the door.
Date: 1941~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Telegram from Randall Jacobs to Eleanor McFadden Young, November 1942]

Description: Copy of a telegram from the Chief of Naval Personnel Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs to Eleanor McFadden Young informing him that her husband, Captain Cassin Young, was lost in action during the Battle of Guadalcanal. Admiral Jacobs asks that Mrs. Young does not divulge any information regarding her husband's ship or station to prevent aiding their enemies.
Date: 1942-11~
Creator: Jacobs, Randall
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Negative Group Photo of Armed Soldiers]

Description: Negative of a group of armed soldiers. In the foreground two rows of soldiers crouch down in high collared uniform jackets, hats, and calf length boots with rifles pointed outwards. A group of soldiers stands behind them in the same uniform with rifles thrown over their shoulders. In the background to the left a small building is visible.
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Certificate for the Navy Cross, 1942]

Description: Citation for the Navy Cross awarded posthumously to Captain Cassin Young for his actions on November 12-13, 1942 during the Battle of Guadalcanal in which he lost his life while in command of the USS.
Date: 1942-11?
Creator: Knox, Frank, 1874-1944. & Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Tulagi Specials.

Description: Two couplet rhyming poems composed as lyrics to the a song set to popular tunes. The first two stanzas are lyrics to a song set to the tune of "Shanty in Old Shanty Town" on the subject of horrible conditions at a foxhole on Tulaghi Isle. The second two stanzas are lyrics set to the tune of "My Gal Sal" being a comedic ode to General Douglas MacArthur.
Date: 194X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Poem
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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