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[Letter from Jesse L. Bealer to Dot Zimmerman, October 23, 1937]

Description: Letter from Jesse L. Bealer to Dot Zimmerman detailing his life at the Naval Training Station Great Lakes, Illinois. He discusses his hair being cut short, his teeth being fixed, and his tonsils being removed, his company being moved to another part of the camp, and sleeping in hammocks, and asks how things are in town.
Date: October 23, 1937
Creator: Bealer, Jesse L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Jesse L. Bealer to Dot Zimmerman, November 5, 1937]

Description: Letter from Jesse L. Bealer to Dot Zimmerman detailing his life at the Naval Training Station Great Lakes, Illinois. He discusses the uniforms, gear, and toiletries he was given, the drills they have been practicing, potential leave for Christmas, and performing parades for visitors.
Date: November 5, 1937
Creator: Bealer, Jesse L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Jesse L. Bealer to Dot and Walter Zimmerman, October 28, 1937]

Description: Letter from Jesse L. Bealer to Dot and Walter Zimmerman discussing life at the Naval Training Station Great Lakes, Illinois. He discusses standing watch during a blizzard, what he wants for Christmas, his chances at getting into a trade school, and having his pictures taken.
Date: October 28, 1937
Creator: Bealer, Jesse L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Jesse L. Bealer to Dot and Walter Zimmerman, December 11, 1937]

Description: Letter from Jesse L. Bealer to Dot and Walt Zimmerman discussing a visit to the Naval Training Station hospital. He relates that he went to the sick bay for a headache and cold and was soon transferred to the hospital, but that he does not mind it and that he feels well now. He mentions that he will bring a picture frame home, but that he cannot mail it as he is not allowed to mail glass, and that he saw "The Good Earth".
Date: December 11, 1937
Creator: Bealer, Jesse L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Jesse L. Bealer to Dot and Walter Zimmerman, December 25, 1937]

Description: Letter sent by Jesse L. Bealer to Dot and Walt Zimmerman discussing his holiday activities at the Naval Training Station Great Lakes, Illinois. He thanks them for the watch they gave him for Christmas, discusses a show the midshipmen at Annapolis put on, and relates his night of drinking on Christmas Eve with others from the training camp while on leave.
Date: December 25, 1937
Creator: Bealer, Jesse L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Jesse L. Bealer to Dot and Walter Zimmerman, December 27, 1937]

Description: Letter from Jesse L. Bealer to Dot and Walt Zimmerman discussing his Christmas and his upcoming New Year's activities at the Naval Training Station Great Lakes, Illinois. He mentions getting his own bartender at the 33 Club in Waukegan, Illinois, his plans to visit Kenosha, Wisconsin over his New Years leaves, being moved to Company 31, drills and exams, and letters he received from people back home. In the postscript he invites Dot and Walt to visit for the graduation exercises and take him ho… more
Date: December 27, 1937
Creator: Bealer, Jesse L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Grover Barron Bishop to Grover Bishop, January 19, 1936]

Description: Letter sent by Grover Barron Bishop to his father discussing life at the Naval Training Station in San Diego, California. He discusses his daily schedule, meals, sleeping in hammocks, differences between Southerners and Northerners, the station's cleanliness, and the Navy's strict ways of doing things.
Date: January 19, 1936
Creator: Bishop, Grover Barron
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Grover Barron Bishop to Grover Bishop, January 28, 1936]

Description: Letter sent by Grover Barron Bishop to his father discussing life at the Naval Training Station in San Diego, California. He discusses being sent to the Naval Hospital for pneumonia and his experience there, church in the Navy, the lack of theft in the Navy, and the punishment for not hanging your clothes correctly.
Date: January 28, 1936
Creator: Bishop, Grover Barron
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Grover Barron Bishop to Grover Bishop, February 6, 1936]

Description: Letter from Grover Barron Bishop to his father discussing life at the Naval Training Station in San Diego, California. He discusses the progression of his pneumonia and his experience staying at the hospital, Navy breakfasts, and insurance and savings policies the Navy offers. He closes telling his father he thinks he is the best dad in the world and that he loves him.
Date: February 6, 1936
Creator: Bishop, Grover Barron
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Grover Barron Bishop to Grover Bishop, March 1, 1936]

Description: Letter sent by Grover Barron Bishop to his father discussing life at the Naval Training Station in San Diego, California. He discusses getting used to the climate in California, his chances at getting into a military academy, a letter he received from a girl in Sherman, one of his peer's letters, and being made Recruit Chief Petty Officer.
Date: March 1, 1936
Creator: Bishop, Grover Barron
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Grover Barron Bishop to Grover Bishop, April 1936]

Description: Letter sent by Grover Barron Bishop to his father discussing life at the Naval Training Station in San Diego, California. He discusses an academy appointment from Representative Sam Rayburn, standing night watch and getting sick from it, the Texas Centennial, a card to his grandmother that got lost, a German cruiser that came to port, his friend J. P. Fits, rating second class in May, and asks Miss Buster to write to him.
Date: 1936-04?
Creator: Bishop, Grover Barron
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Grover Barron Bishop to Grover Bishop, August 19, 1936]

Description: Letter from Grover Barron Bishop to his father discussing life aboard the USS Arizona (BB-39). He discusses orders from the commander, getting into fights, the potential to go to Spain, being shot with tear gas, and pumping fuel to make the ship lean.
Date: August 19, 1936
Creator: Bishop, Grover Barron
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Grover Barron Bishop to Grover Bishop, August 26, 1936]

Description: Letter from Grover Barron Bishop to his father and sister discussing life aboard the USS Arizona (BB-39). He discusses the end of a battle and says he'll tell them about it in person, he discusses the girls in Hawaii, trying to find friends on liberty, his grandmother's birthday, a crowd on the deck, and an injury to his toe.
Date: August 26, 1936
Creator: Bishop, Grover Barron
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Jesse L. Bealer to Dot and Walter Zimmerman, January 16, 1938]

Description: Letter from Jesse L. Bealer to Dot and Walt Zimmerman discussing everything he has learned at the Naval Training Station Great Lakes, Illinois. He learned proper washing and folding of clothing, military drills, swimming and boat rowing, flag signaling and morse code, knots, firearm usage and maintenance, types of ships and boats and all their parts and accessories, and life as a sailor. He notes that he still has several more hours of training left.
Date: January 16, 1938
Creator: Bealer, Jesse L.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[U.S.S. Oklahoma Liberty Card]

Description: Card issued from the United States Navy for Jack Russell Gordon giving him to leave the U.S.S. Oklahoma on liberty. On the back it is signed by Gordon has his date of birth, April 26, 1921, and his left and right forefinger prints.
Date: January 1937
Creator: United States. Navy.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Post Card from Stefan Czarnecki to Stanley Locke, Jr., December 9, 1941]

Description: Post card from Stefan Fred Czarnecki to Stanley Locke, Jr. telling him that the ship he's on has been damaged but won't sink. He also promises to fully answer Mr. Locke's letter the next day. The image on the front is of the U.S.S. Maryland on the water showing the starboard side. Printed in the bottom left corner is "U.S.S. Maryland."
Date: January 31, 1937
Creator: Czarnecki, Stefan Fred
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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