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Oral History Interview with Arles Cole, January 16, 2009

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Arles Cole. Cole joined the Navy in December of 1940. He provides details of his boot camp experiences. He completed communications school and became a signalman. In August of 1941 he served aboard the USS West Virginia (BB-48). Cole was on board during the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. Cole provides vivid details leading up to, during and after the battle. He then served aboard a tugboat, the USS Turkey (AT-13), be… more
Date: January 16, 2009
Creator: Cole, Arles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Blaise LePre, December 16, 2004

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Blaise LePre. LePre dropped out of high school and then joined the Navy in 1943. After basic training in New York and an engineering course in Minnesota, LePre headed west to Washington and was assigned to the USS West Virginia (BB-48). He was aboard the ship during the Battle of Surigao Strait. His duty station was in the boiler rooms. After some repairs at a floating drydock, the West Virginia headed for Iwo Jima to bombar… more
Date: December 16, 2004
Creator: LePre, Blaise Barney
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Floyd Loomis, October 17, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Floyd Loomis. Loomis joined the Navy in March of 1940. He served as Fireman Second-Class aboard the USS West Virginia (BB-48) and deployed to Pearl Harbor. He then transferred to the USS New Orleans (CA-32). They were moored in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. In February of 1942, he was transferred to Treasure Island, in California, placing a converted yacht into commission. They completed patrol missions between Diamond… more
Date: October 17, 2001
Creator: Loomis, Floyd
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[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

[Telegram from Chester W. Nimitz to Leslie Cunningham, December 16, 1941]

Description: Telegram from the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to Leslie Cunningham informing him that his son, Richard Cunningham, was lost in action during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Admiral Nimitz asks that Mr. Cunningham does not divulge any information regarding his son's ship or station to prevent aiding their enemies.
Date: December 16, 1941
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Telegram from Randall Jacobs to Leslie Cunningham, December 19, 1941]

Description: Telegram from Chief of Bureau of Navigation Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs to Leslie Cunningham informing him that his son, Richard Cunningham, who was previously reported as lost in Pearl Harbor is now reported as a survivor and apologizing for the anxiety caused by their mistake.
Date: December 19, 1941
Creator: Jacobs, Randall
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Telegram from Randall Jacobs to Elizabeth Lasher, December 20th,1941]

Description: Telegram from Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, to Elizabeth Lasher. He informs her that more recent reports indicate that her son, Robert Jay Lasher, actually survived the attack on Pearl Harbor, despite earlier reports stating he had been lost.
Date: December 20, 1941
Creator: Jacobs, Randall
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: Hawaii 'Victims' Still Alive]

Description: Newspaper clipping discussing funerary services planned for Robert Jay Lasher and John Rauschkolb and two telegrams. The first telegram, addressed to Lasher's mother Elizabeth Lasher, announces that it was discovered he had survived the attack on Pearl Harbor. The second telegram was addressed to Rauschkolb's parents and delivered news that he had survived as well.
Date: December 20, 1941
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Telegram from Chester W. Nimitz to Elizabeth Lasher, December 6th, 1941]

Description: Telegram from Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, to Elizabeth Lasher. He informs her that her son, Robert Jay Lasher, was lost in action during the attack on Pearl Harbor and asks that she not divulge any information regarding her son's ship or station to prevent aiding their enemies.
Date: December 16, 1941
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Personal Narrative by Louise Milke Moats Whatley, on the Pearl Harbor Attack]

Description: Personal narrative by Louise Milke Moats Whatley discussing the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. Louise recounts her first-hand experience of the attack, a friend's description of hospitals filled with wounded, damages caused by the attack, and life after the event. A list of damaged and destroyed ships is included at the end of Louise's account.
Date: [1941-12-07..]
Creator: Whatley, Louise Milke Moats
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Damage to "Battleship Row" at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941]

Description: Photograph of the battleships, from left to right, USS West Virginia (BB-48), USS Tennessee (BB-43), and USS Arizona (BB-39) damaged during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. The West Virginia is sinking and is mostly below water. The Tennessee is still floating, though damaged. The Arizona is almost entirely below water and is engulfed in smoke.
Date: December 7, 1941
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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