Box AR00038

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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.

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Contains 16 onion skin half-sheet messages from the United States Naval Communication Services directed to the USS Marvin H. McIntyre and 1 US Marine Corps message directed to the USS Marvin H. McIntyre.

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Contains four black-and-white photographs of various sizes and one faded color photograph. Contents include three pictures of the 1946-1947 Antarctic expedition and two photographs of Edward M. Doran posing in uniform.

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Contains one newspaper clipping from the August 9, 1995, issue of the San Diego Union-Tribune and a color photograph, 10 x 15 cm of a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, LTD identification badge. The focus of the newspaper is an article on the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Commander Doran’s experience of the Mitsubishi shipyards.

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Single page document of a typed draft of an article covering the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki with editing marks. The document has a vertical fold; all text is on the left side. Yellow note that reads, “Original”.

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Contains two clippings from a newspaper and a magazine. The first is a short announcement of Commander Doran’s retirement after 30 years of military service. The second clipping focuses on the USS Ward attacking a Japanese midget submarine.