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[Trucks Preparing to Move Out]

Photograph of a battalion, including many trucks, preparing to move out into the field at Camp Barkeley in Abilene, Texas.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Letter from Lt. Col. O. W. Hartwell to Captain Charles R. Griggs, March 31, 1945]

Letter from Lieutenant Colonel O. W. Hartwell to Captain Charles R. Griggs discussing different battalions and regiments; Hartwell has had his battalion for a while and had recently been pulled out of the line. Hartwell also says he has seen only "one of the old gang" in Chris Daley; there is also indecision on who will go to Rucker and "who would go on the list."

Date: March 31, 1945

Creator: Hartwell, Lt. Col. O. W.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz at Beach in Hawaii]

Photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in patterned swim trunks in front of a barb wired fence at a beach in Hawaii. Printed below the image is the following "ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET, CHETSER W. NIMITZ. very few high officers in any of the services enjoyed the great respect of the men that Admiral Nimitz does. To a man, we had confidence in his ability, and respect for his authority. When away from his official duties, he was one of us, as this informal picture demonstrates. It was taken by… more

Date: 1944/1945

Creator: Brenkus, Chuck

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

SNAFU

Six stanza poem in rhymed verse, with four lines per stanza and eight lines on the third stanza, composed as lyrics to a song on the subject of the military's response to Pearl Harbor and lackluster conditions.

Date: [1941..1945]

Item Type: Poem