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Box AR00038

 Container

Contains 56 Results:

Excerpts and Photographs on Japanese Midget Sub Attack on Pearl Harbor, Undated.

 File — Box: AR00038, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents

Contains articles and photographs related to the Japanese two-man submarines that assisted in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Articles include excepts titled “Time Capsule – Unlocking a Photograph’s Secret,” “Time Capsule – Objects in History,” and a photocopy of an unknown article focusing on the USS Curtis’s role in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Photographs of the damaged Japanese midget submarine have been taped to an 8” x 11” sheet of paper.

Dates: Undated.

Poem Sea Fever, Undated.

 File — Box: AR00038, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents

Contains a half-page sheet with the poem Sea Fever by John Masefield with pencil edits on recto. Verso of a half-page sheet provides background information on the Japanese surrender on the deck of the USS Missouri. Three 2.5mm diameter stamps from the Pearl Harbor Survivor Association are on the front and back of the paper.

Dates: Other: Undated.

Newspaper Clippings, Undated.

 File — Box: AR00038, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents

Contains three newspaper article clippings. Articles include stories on Duke Johnston’s capturing of Kuzuo Sakamaki, the first Japanese prisoner of World War II, the crash of a naval air transport intended for Honolulu, and Lieutenant Commander Doran’s opinion on how the atomic bomb might affect the US Navy.

Dates: Other: Undated.

Going ashore, in a quiet city of ruin, 1992 - 1995

 File — Box: AR00038, Folder: 44
Scope and Contents

ontains two of the same newspaper clippings from the Contains one newspaper clipping from the August 9, 1995, issue of the San Diego Union-Tribune. 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.

Dates: 1992 - 1995

Letter from Port Chalmers Museum, September 15, 1993

 File — Box: AR00038, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents

This contains a letter and envelope from Ian Church, honorary curator of the Port Chalmers Museum at the Port Chalmers Early Settlers and Historical Society in Port Chalmers, New Zealand.

Dates: September 15, 1993

Submarine Veterans of World War II San Diego Chapter Memorial Day Program, May 31, 1971

 File — Box: AR00038, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents

Contains the 1971 Submarine Memorial Day Services program honoring the Submarine Veterans of World War II. The program features the festivities for the event, a list detailing the 52 lost submarines lost beneath the waves, the organization's officers, and the history behind Submarine Flotilla ONE.

Dates: May 31, 1971

Military Officers Association of America Certificate, Undated.

 File — Box: AR00038, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents

Contains a certificate given by the Military Officers Association of America showing that retired United States Navy Commander Edward M. Doran is a life member.

Dates: Undated.

Edward M. Doran Pearl Harbor Survivors Membership Card, 1991

 File — Box: AR00038, Folder: 45
Scope and Contents

This contains a yellow paper identification card signifying that Edward M. Doran is a Pearl Harbor Survivors organization member.

Dates: 1991

Defense Nuclear Agency Documents and Correspondence, May 1980 - May 1990

 File — Box: AR00038, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents Correspondence from the United States Navy Captain and Program Manager for the Nuclear Test Personal Review program, W. J. Flor, to Retired United States Navy Retired Commander Edward M. Doran, March 9, 1990. Captain Flor thanks Commander Doran for providing information on the occupation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, after 1945. The purpose of collecting this information is to enable the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) and the Department of Defense to perform research into identifying DOD...
Dates: May 1980 - May 1990

USS Marvin H. McIntyre Plan of the Day, April 1, 1945

 File — Box: AR00038, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Contains two copies of the USS Marvin H. McIntyre (APA 129) “Plan of the Day” for Sunday, April 1, 1945. Provides general instructions and an approximate timetable for those on board from 0100 to 1845.

Dates: April 1, 1945