Box AR00054
Container
Contains 13 Results:
Correspondence Regarding USS Missouri Surrender Participants, 1957 - 1980
File — Box: AR00054, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
This folder contains letters exchanged between Harmon L. Graff and numerous servicemembers who were present aboard the USS Missouri during the Japanese surrender ceremony, reflecting Graff’s efforts to contact and obtain signatures or confirmations from those involved. Included are several letters from Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, in which he acknowledges Graff’s greetings, comments on shared photographs, provides requested autographs, and answers Graff’s questions.
Dates:
1957 - 1980
USS Missouri Surrender Ceremony Documentation and Related Publications, 1945, 1964, undated
File — Box: AR00054, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
This folder contains documents and publications related to the Japanese surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri, including a list of servicemen with their addresses and a detailed briefing outlining the September 2, 1945 arrival schedule, ceremony procedures, and related instructions. It also holds a USS Missouri newsletter dated January 6, 1945, featuring articles on holiday celebrations, department features, and shipboard life. Additional materials include a photograph of an...
Dates:
1945; 1964; undated
USS Missouri Japanese Surrender Ceremony: Photographs and Participant Notes and Graff Collection News Clippings, 1963 - 1970
File — Box: AR00054, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
This folder contains signed photographs and notes from Admiral Richmond K. Turner; Robert Doyle, Hugh Jasey, and an unidentified serviceman; Captain H.D. Krick; Ensign Robert S. Wright; Lieutenant Robert S. Mackey; James S. Hamilton; and General Xu Yongchang. Additional materials feature documents bearing the signatures of Captain Douglas C. Plate, Vice Admiral John Smith Hatch, Robert Dee Deputy, Joseph M. Quinn, Robert S. Hamilton, and others, many accompanied by attestations confirming...
Dates:
1963 - 1970