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Box AR00049

 Container

Contains 17 Results:

Japan's Unconditional Surrender Photographs, 1945-09-02

 File — Box: AR00049, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

This folder includes photographs from Japan's unconditional surrender aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63), a portrait of Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey, images of USS Franklin (CV-13), and a model of Pearl Harbor.

Dates: 1945-09-02

Merrill T. Dewan’s Personal Combat Diary, 1942 - 1943

 File — Box: AR00049, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

This folder contains Lt. Merrill Dewan’s combat diary from February 1942 to May 1943, along with his mission log.

Dates: 1942 - 1943

Laminated News clippings of World War II and Merrill T. Dewan

 File — Box: AR00049, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

This folder contains two reprinted and laminated news clippings about Lt. Merrill Dewan’s service in the Army Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific.

Dates: 1942 - 1943; 2009

22nd Bombardment Group and Reconnaissance Photographs, 1942 - 1943

 File — Box: AR00049, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

This folder contains photographs of personnel, aircraft, and operations from the 408th Bombardment Squadron in Australia, New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and Hawaii, capturing combat activities and daily life.

Dates: 1942 - 1943

408th Bombardment Squadron at Hickam Field, Reid River, and New Guinea Photographs, 1942 - 1943

 File — Box: AR00049, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

This folder contains photographs of personnel, aircraft, and activities from the 408th Bombardment Squadron in New Guinea, Australia, Timor-Leste, Fiji, and Hawaii. It shows officers, B-26 Marauders, P-40 aircraft, bomb runs, camp life, B-26 wreckages, and regional interactions in the Pacific Theater.

Dates: 1942 - 1943

Merrill T. Dewan’s Published Personal Combat Diary, 2009

 File — Box: AR00049, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a printed and published version of Lt. Merrill Dewan’s personal combat diary.

Dates: 2009

Ed Fogarty's Telling of a 22nd Bombardment Group Mission

 File — Box: AR00049, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

This folder contains an audio recording of Ed Fogarty, a navigator with the 22nd Bombardment Group, sharing a story about a bombing mission over Rabaul, New Guinea.

Dates: 1942 - 1943; 2009

Envelopes, May 1943 - December 1943

 File — Box: AR00049, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

This folder contains 178 empty envelopes addressed to Edith M. Smith, Mary Bartol Smith, Rob Roy Martin, and Commander Xavier Martin Smith from E. Pattinger, Mary Bartol Smith, and Commander Xavier Martin Smith. Many of these envelopes have United States postage stamps and United States Navy censorship approval stamps.

Dates: May 1943 - December 1943

Envelopes, January 1944 - December 1944

 File — Box: AR00049, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

This folder contains 135 empty envelopes addressed to Dorothy M. Smith, Edith M. Smith, Mary Bartol Smith and Commander Xavier Martin Smith from Commander Xavier Martin Smith and Mary Bartol Smith. Many of these envelopes have United States postage stamps and United States Navy censorship approval stamps.

Dates: January 1944 - December 1944

Envelopes, January 1945 - May 1945

 File — Box: AR00049, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

This folder contains nine empty envelopes addressed to and from Lt. Com. Xavier Martin Smith and Mary Bartol Smith. Additionally, this folder includes blank envelopes with no information.

Dates: January 1945 - May 1945