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[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Salutes on Board HMS Duke of York]

Description: Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz saluting on board the HMS Duke of York. He is wearing an all-white Navy uniform with a dark sash and a brimmed hat with the Navy's emblem on it.
Date: September 1945
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Chester W. Nimitz, Forrest P. Sherman, and Charles H. Mcmorris Stand Near Binoculars]

Description: Photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Forrest P. Sherman, and Charles H. McMorris stand behind binoculars mounted on a tripod. The three men are wearing light-colored uniforms with two pockets on the front of the shirts, a belt, and dark dress shoes. Nimitz and the man beside him stand on the right in shorts while the man on the left wear's full-length trousers. Behind the men are some trees and a building can be seen in the distance to the right.
Date: 1945
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Chester W. Nimitz and Sergio Osmena]

Description: Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz with President of the Philippines Sergio Osmena, in Guam. Admiral Nimitz stands on the left with his hands clasped in front of him and wearing a light-colored uniform with two pockets on the front, stars pinned to each side of his collar, a simple belt and a brimmed hat with the Navy's emblem on the front. President Osmena stands on the right with his body turned to the left and wearing a very similar uniform to Admiral Nimitz but with long sleeves and mi… more
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. Navy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Nurses and Wounded Soldiers Trim a Christmas Tree]

Description: Photograph of wounded soldiers and Red Cross nurses decorate and trim a small Christmas tree at Fleet Hospital in New Caledonia. Two soldiers sit on each bed with the small Christmas Tree propped up between them with a nurse on either side.
Date: December 23, 1944
Creator: United States. Navy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Wounded Soldiers in Beds at Fleet Hospital]

Description: Photograph of five soldiers lying in sick beds at Fleet Hospital 107, Ward 3, in Noumea, New Caledonia. Pictured on the left at the end the row of beds stands a man and women in service uniforms.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: United States. Navy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Red Cross Staff Sit in Front of Fleet Hospital]

Description: Photograph of women on the Red Cross Staff in front of the Fleet Hospital 107 in Noumea, New Caledonia. Seated on the wooden steps from left to right: Jane Mayhew, Secretary; Carolyn Perabe, Recreation; Carol Weaverling, AFD; Rebecca Van Meter, Recreation. A sign with the symbol and words "American Red Cross" is in front a building behind them.
Date: October 4, 1944
Creator: United States. Navy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Wounded Soldiers at Purple Heart Presentation]

Description: Photograph of wounded servicemen at a presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia in August of 1944 in the middle of a large dirt area. On the right stands two rows of injured servicemen at attention, and on the right more servicemen standing at attention with a row sitting in the center on folding chairs due to leg injuries. The dirt area has been carved out of rolling hills that appear in the background of the photo. A portion of the camp can also be seen in the background.
Date: August 1944
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Officer Speaking at Purple Heart Presentation]

Description: Photograph taken at a Presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia in August of 1944. On the right stands an officer speaking into a microphone and behind him to the right stands service women and men at attention.
Date: August 1944
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Sits at Desk in Headquarters]

Description: Photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz sitting at his desk holding a large document open in his hands. His desk is covered with papers, folders, books and a pair of glasses. Flt. Adm. Nimitz is wearing a light-colored uniform with short sleeves, two pockets on the front and five stars pinned to either die of his collar. Behind him is a phone sitting on a small table in front of a window.
Date: April 16, 1945
Creator: United States. Navy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Inspects Tarawa, #1]

Description: Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz inspects Tarawa with a group of other men. Two men stand on the far left in light-colored uniforms with two pockets on the front, stars pinned to their collars, belts, trousers, thick soled shoes and brimmed hats with the Navy's emblem on the front. In the center stands another man with a cigar in his hands, and Chester W. Nimitz. They wear the same light-colored uniforms but with side caps on instead. Another man stands in front of Chester W. Nimitz poin… more
Date: November 1, 1943
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Jane Kendeigh with Injured Soldier on Flight]

Description: Photograph of Jane Kendeigh sitting with an injured soldier on flight from Iwo Jima. The soldier is lying on the bottom of a bunk with their head wrapped in bandages. Another person is lying on the top bunk. Jane is kneeling by the bottom bunck and wearing a military uniform.
Date: March 6, 1945
Creator: United States. Navy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Service Members Attending Purple Heart Ceremony]

Description: Photograph at the presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia, August 1944. Men and women service members stand at attention, while unidentified officer standing in front of them speaks into microphone.
Date: August 1944
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Army Soldiers Dancing with Nurses in New Caledonia]

Description: Photograph of G.I.s dancing with nurses and Red Cross staff at dance in New Caledonia.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces. Air Depot Group, 13th
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Purple Heart Presentation at New Caledonia]

Description: Photograph of a field where a presentation of Purple Hearts is taking place in Noumea, New Caledonia on August 1944. On the left stand a 2 groups of service members standing at attention, in the center stands another group at attention with one member standing with the American flag and a group of women are lined up facing them. On the right side of the photograph stands service members amongst some folding chairs, and a service band.
Date: August 1944
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[New Caledonia Dance]

Description: Photograph of G.I.s dancing with nurses and Red Cross staff at a dance in New Caledonia. In the front of the people dancing are two tables covered in cups and tins, two women sit at the second table and a service member is leaning down to the woman on the left facing the camera.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces. Air Depot Group, 13th
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[New Caledonia Dance, #2]

Description: Photograph of G.I.s dancing with nurses and Red Cross staff at dance in New Caledonia. A couple stands in the center of the photograph with the man's back turned to the camera, and there are two couples shown behind them and one just out of frame on the left.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces. Air Depot Group, 13th
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Carol Weaverling in Uniform at Purple Heart Ceremony]

Description: Photograph of Carol Weaverling in uniform at a Purple Heart presentations ceremony outside the Fleet Hospital, Noumea, New Caledonia. Three men in uniform's stand behind Carol, and a woman in a white, Red Cross Nurse uniform stands on the left taking to another serviceman.
Date: 1944~
Creator: United States. Navy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[New Caledonia Dance Goers Sit at Tables]

Description: Photograph of G.I.s, nurses, and Red Cross Staff sitting at two tables talking at a dance in New Caledonia.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces. Air Depot Group, 13th
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Eleanor Roosevelt Speaking in Red Cross Uniform]

Description: Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt in Red Cross uniform speaks to crowd while standing in front of several servicemen and women as well as Admiral Halsey and some cars.
Date: 1944~
Creator: Thibodeau, Laura M.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Purple Heart Recipients]

Description: Photograph of a group of Purple Heart recipients taken at a Purple Heart ceremony in Noumea, New Caledonia. The recipients are in two lines, the back line all standing, and the front seated.
Date: August 1944
Creator: Wilcox, E. E.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Ungroomed Marines Being Addressed by Officer]

Description: Photograph of a presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia, in August of 1944. Four Marines are lined up and standing at attention for an officer standing in front of them, while women service members hold papers off to the left alongside another officer.
Date: August 1944
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Service Men and Women Passing Out Papers at Presentation of Purple Heart]

Description: Photograph of a Presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia in August of 1944. On the left there are four people in white uniforms handing out papers to service members as they pass by while on the left a man is shown with his back to the camera.
Date: August 1944
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Becky Van Meter Pinning Purple Heart on Sailor]

Description: Photograph of Becky Van Meter on the right pinning a Purple Heart to one sailor in a line of them with an officer standing to her left.
Date: August 1944
Creator: Wilcox, E. E.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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