Box AR00037
Container
Contains 14 Results:
Naval Reserve Pamphlet and US Photograph Envelope, Undated.
File — Box: AR00037, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
This folder contains a pamphlet on the benefits of joining the United States Naval Reserve and an official US Navy photography envelope. The pamphlet features a message from US Navy Fleet Admiral E.J. King, Vice Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, the potential benefits of joining the US Naval Reserves, the need for the Naval Reserves, and its newly defined organization. All materials within this folder and Hammond’s War Map located in flat file storage were originally housed within the US Navy...
Dates:
Undated.
Naval Documents on the USS White Plains (CVE-66), 1944 - 1946
File — Box: AR00037, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
This folder contains three documents and a tan folder with a light beige cloth binding. A half-sheet communique from the commander-in-chief of the United States Fleet and Chief Admiral Chester Nimitz welcoming six US naval vessels into Pearl Harbor, a date log for the USS White Plains (CVE-66) since leaving the port of San Diego from April 24, 1944, to February 5, 1946, and an extra edition of The Daily Plainsman announcing the surrender of the Japanese Empire to allied forces. These...
Dates:
1944 - 1946
Certificate of Recognition, Undated.
File — Box: AR00037, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
This folder contains one certificate of recognition from the office of the president, Harry Truman, to James William Cockrell. The body of the certificate thanks James W. Cockrell for his service during World War Two.
Dates:
Undated.
USS White Plains (CVE-66) Newsletters and Publications, October 1944 - November 1944
File — Box: AR00037, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
This folder contains publications originally housed within a dark brown folder with gold lettering that reads, “Instruction Book Wright Cyclone 14 Aircraft Engines”. Material within this folder include an analysis titled Second Battle of the Philippine Sea, a poem titled Ain’t It Truth by Tony Rego, four comic strips of the comic Blondie, a half-sheet on the Admiralty Islands, seven issues of the USS White Plains (CVE-66) Plan of the Day, and four issues of The Daily Plainsman newsletter...
Dates:
October 1944 - November 1944