Box AR00038

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Contains one sepia-toned photograph of Warrant Officer Edward M. Doran. 20 x 14.5 cm. Photograph taken by a LIFE photographer after capturing a two-man Japanese submarine at Pearl Harbor.

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Contains one black-and-white photograph of Captain J. Maourla and Colonel Allen Shapley preparing for the invasion of Okinawa, Japan. 10 x 12.5 cm. Photograph taken by Edward M. Doran.

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Contains three (3) black and white photographs of United States naval sailors inspecting one of the five midget submarines and a dummy torpedo captured in 1941. Photographs were taken at Pearl Harbor Submarine Base, featuring Warrant Officer Edward M. Doran, and captured Japanese Imperial Navy Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki. 11.5 x 7 cm.

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Contains one black-and-white photograph of Lieutenant Commander Edward M. Doran holding a penguin's flipper in Antarctica. The USS McIntyre can be seen in the background.

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This container contains envelopes and correspondence between United States Navy Commander Edward M. Doran and Japanese Imperial Navy Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki. Documents include a Happy New Year postcard written in both Kanji with English translations and empty envelopes from both Edward Doran and Kazuo Sakamaki.

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Contains 3 letters related to an identification badge that Edward Doran picked up from the Nagasaki Shipyards shortly after the dropping of the atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki, Japan. Letters include an undated letter written on Edward Doran’s behalf and two letters written on September 2 and September 16, 1992, from N. Tanaka, Deputy Manager of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Museum. It also contains two air mail envelopes for the September 2 and September 16 letters.

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Contains a four-page letter typed on yellow legal paper and a copy printed on white 8" x 11" paper. The letter is unaddressed and written by Edward M. Doran. Retired Commander Doran’s purpose in writing this letter is to find out more information about the supposed midget submarine that managed to sneak into Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941. The letter also contains auto-biographical information about his service history with the United States Navy.

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Contains a single December 1991 National Geographic, volume number 180, issue number 6. Bookmarked material includes an article titled “Pearl Harbor: A Return to the Day of Infamy” and a two-page black-and-white photograph of the West Virginia burning. The second bookmark is a Holiday card from Pallie and Phil.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Edward M. Doran Collection, 1938 - 1996, consists of documents, records, correspondence, official Navy documents, certifications, organization memberships, magazines, newspaper clippings, and biographies on Edward M. Doran. Photographs featured within this collection include black-and-white and color photographs of US military vessels, personal pictures, and staged group images. The material focuses especially on his experience surviving Pearl Harbor and his involvement in salvaging a...

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Contains one black-and-white photograph of USN Edward M. Doran in a military suit and Cap Device. Two additional pieces have been glued onto the glass. A Pearl Harbor Survivors Association card granted to Edward M. Doran in 1991 has been glued to the left of the glass one identification card. Edward M. Doran’s Navy award ribbons have been glued to the bottom edge of the glass.