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Allen Y. DeLaney Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 000032
Abstract

The Allen Y. Delaney Collection, 1942 – 2004, consists of documents, records, correspondence, photographs, and official Navy records related to his honorable service throughout the Asiatic-Pacific theater during World War II.

Dates: 1942 - 2004

Antone Bruns Collection, 1937-2000

 Collection
Identifier: 000006
Abstract

The Antone Bruns Collection contains flight records, records from the USS Missouri, photographs, and letters. The majority of the collection consists of letters sent between Bruns and his wife, Otha Lee. The collection also contains newspaper clippings, postcards, and patches.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1937 - 2000; 1937 - 1945; 1995; 2000

Asa Porter Collection, 1941-1949

 Collection
Identifier: 000015
Abstract

The Asa Porter Collection contains military documents, patches, guides for returning to civilian life, and letters that Asa sent to his family during the war as well as a transcript of all of Asa’s letters.

Dates: 1941 - 1949

B.J. Lochridge Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 000042
Abstract

The B.J. Lochridge Jr Papers contain a single communique from the 77th Infantry Division headquarters to the USS Mississippi on capturing the Shuri Castle in Naha, Japan.

Dates: May 30, 1945

Burlen Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 000044
Abstract

The Burlen Family Papers contain materials from Robert and Albert Burlen’s time in the United States Army Air Force. The materials in this collection feature photographs, correspondence, booklets, and other documents regarding the Burlen brothers’ experience during World War II.

Dates: 1935 - 1951

B.W. Huntington Collection, 1941-1945; 2015

 Collection
Identifier: 000012
Abstract

The B.W. Huntington Collection houses material gathered by Basil William Huntington, 1920-2016, during his service in the Navy during WWII. The collection includes charting materials, survival guides, certificates, schedules, newspaper clippings, and a USB flash drive containing an oral history recounting Huntington’s wartime experience.

Dates: 1939; 1942 - 1945; 2015

Catherine Nimitz Lay and Admiral Nimitz Foundation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 000051
Abstract

The Catherine Nimitz Lay and Admiral Nimitz Foundation Collection contains letters, photographs, magazine and news clippings, correspondence, tributes and dedications regarding Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his family.

Dates: 1883 - 1998

Catherine Nimitz Lay Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 000050
Abstract

The Catherine Nimitz Lay Papers contains letters, photographs, books, and correspondence regarding Catherine Nimitz Lay and her father, Chester W. Nimitz.

Dates: 1902 - 1978

Cecil Brown, Jr. Collection, 1939-1994

 Collection
Identifier: 000005
Abstract

The Cecil Brown, Jr. Collection, 1939-1994, contains letters, photographs, military documents, manuals, reunion programs, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook. These materials are related to his service in the United States Marines during World War II. During this time, he served in American Samoa, Guadalcanal, New Zealand, and Tarawa and was wounded in Saipan.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1939 - 1994; 1939; 1941 - 1945; 1957; 1988; 1994 - 1995

Charles Grojean Collection, 1942-1975

 Collection
Identifier: 000016
Abstract

The Charles Grojean Collection contains material related to Real Admiral Charles Grojean, retired Rear Admiral of the Navy and former Executive Director of the Admiral Nimitz Foundation. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, service papers, and awards related to the service of Rear Admiral Charles Grojean.

Dates: 1942 - 1975

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New Guinea 5
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World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines 5
Australia 4
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 4
Military administration 4
V-J Day, 1945 4
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island 4
World War, 1939-1945--Philippines--Manila 4
Honolulu (Hawaii) 3
Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan) 3
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) 3
San Francisco (Calif.) 3
Tokyo (Japan) 3
V-mail 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Leyte 3
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea 3
World War, 1939-1945--United States 3
American Samoa 2
Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942 2
Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) 2
Japan--Description and travel 2
Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952 2
Kamikaze airplanes 2
Mariana Islands 2
Midway, Battle of, 1942 2
Military bases--United States 2
Military education 2
Pacific Islanders 2
Photographs 2
Prisoners of war 2
Prisoners of war -- Japan 2
Rationing 2
Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands) 2
San Diego (Calif.) 2
Submarines (Ships) 2
United States. Navy--Radiomen 2
World War, 1939-1945--Amphibious operations 2
World War, 1939-1945--Australia 2
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Islands of the Pacific 2
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Solomon Islands--Guadalcanal 2
World War, 1939-1945--Hawaii 2
World War, 1939-1945--Hawaii--Pearl Harbor 2
World War, 1939-1945--Photography 2
World War, 1939-1945--Solomon Islands--Guadalcanal 2
World War, 1939-1945--Wake Island 2
Aomori-ken (Japan) 1
B-24 (Bomber) 1
B-29 (Bomber) 1
Barksdale Air Force Base (La.) 1
Baseball players 1
Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942 1
Beaumont (Tex.) 1
Camp Crowder (Mo.) 1
Camp Joseph T. Robinson (Ark.) 1
Camp Roberts (Calif.) 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
Civilians in war 1
Colorado 1
Combat 1
Communication 1
Des Moines (Iowa) 1
Fort Bliss (Tex.) 1
Fort Eustis (Va.) 1
Fort Leavenworth (Kan.) 1
Fort Monmouth (N.J.) 1
Fort Sam Houston (Tex.) 1
Fort Stotsenburg (Philippines) 1
Fort Thomas (Ky.) 1
Fort Worth (Tex.) 1
France 1
Goodenough Island (Papua New Guinea) 1
Great Lakes (Ill.) 1
Great Lakes Naval Training Center (Great Lakes, Ill.) 1
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943 1
Guam 1
Hawaii 1
Henderson Field (Guadalcanal) 1
Hualian Shi (Taiwan) 1
Japan-Niigata-ken 1
Keesler Army Airfield (Miss.) 1
Kingsville (Tex.) 1
Kwajalein Atoll, Battle of, Marshall Islands, 1944 1
Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base (Va.) 1
Lubbock (Tex.) 1
Manhattan Beach (New York, N.Y.) 1
Marshall Islands 1
Mason City (Iowa) 1
McAllen (Tex.) 1
Merchant marine 1
Midget submarines 1
Midway Islands 1
Military hospitals, American 1
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Japanese 8
Chinese 3
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United States. Navy 18
United States. Army 10
United States. Army Air Forces 6
American National Red Cross 5
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966 4
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United States. Marine Corps 4
Lay, Catherine Vance Nimitz, 1914-2015 3
Missouri (Battleship: BB-63) 3
Nimitz Hotel (Fredericksburg, Tex.) 3
Nimitz, Anna Elizabeth "Nancy", 1919-2004 2
Nimitz, Catherine F. (Catherine Freeman), 1892-1979 2
Nimitz, Chester W. (William), Jr., 1915-2002 2
Nimitz, Mary Aquinas "Mary Manson", 1931-2006 2
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company 2
United States Naval Academy 2
United States. Army. Air Corps 2
United States. Army. Signal Corps 2
United States. Department of the Navy. Medical Service Corps 2
United States. Navy. Naval District, 12th 2
United States. Veterans Administration 2
West Virginia (Ship) 2
Admiral Nimitz Foundation 1
Allied Military Government 1
Argonaut (Submarine : SM-1) 1
Arisan Maru (Ship) 1
Arizona (Battleship) 1
Army Air Forces Basic Flying School (Pecos Army Air Field, Tex.) 1
Astoria (CL-90) 1
Aylesworth, Jack M. 1
Baird, Clifford, 1912-1993 1
Bartol, James, 1848-1919 1
Baugh, Marion, F., 1915-1942 1
Beck, Ed 1
Bennett, Jack 1
Bermuda (Cruiser) 1
Blaney, Chuck 1
Boswell, George M., Jr. , 1920-2011 1
Brown, Cecil G., Jr., 1917-2014 1
Brown, Oscar, Jr. 1
Bruns, Antone, 1915-1999 1
Bruns, Otha Lee, Otha Lee, 1917-2020 1
Bryant, Leonard, 1925-1944 1
Bryant, Mabel E. 1
Burlen, Albert, 1926-2010 1
Burlen, Robert, 1925-1945 1
Cahalen, Richard J. (John), 1922- 1
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 1
Carter, John Neal 1
Civilian Technical Corps 1
Cockrell, James W. 1
Connor, James R. (Reagan), 1922-2006 1
Connor, Theodore 1
Crosland, Philip F., 1918-2017 1
Curry, Dorothy 1
Curry, Elmer A. (Ames), 1915- 1
DeLaney, Allen Y., 1917-2004 1
Derringer, Francis, 1921-1944 1
Fallis, William M., 1916-1984 1
Farragut Naval Training Station (Idaho) 1
Flying Tigers (AVG), Inc 1
Foote, Robert F., 1911-2002 1
Fore, James William, 1925-2011 1
Galbraith, Leila W., 1908-2003 1
Galbraith, Nicoll F. 1
Galbraith, Whitney 1
Gallaher, W. Earl, 1907-1983 1
Greissle, Hermann A., 1925-1990 1
Grojean, Charles, 1923-2008 1
Grove City College 1
HIJMS Musashi 1
HIJMS Yamato 1
Hancock (Aircraft carrier : 1944-1976) 1
Harrison, Stanley J. 1
Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.) 1
Hoyle, Stephen C., 1910-1969 1
Huntington, William B., 1920-2016 1
International Military Tribunal for the Far East 1
Jenkins, Jake, 1923-1992 1
Jones, Edgar, 1915-2009 1
Karcher, Clarence C. , 1911-1979 1
Kelly, Floyd Jr., 1925-2011 1
Lay, Chester Nimitz, 1948- 1
Lay, Richard Freeman, 1948- 1
Leith, Hal, 1919-2013 1
Little America IV (Antarctica : Research station) 1
Longshore, Guy, 1923-2022 1
Lunsford, Yotsey, 1914-1985 1
Manhattan Beach Coast Guard Training Station (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) 1
McCullough, Deyo, 1919-2013 1
Metcalf, John W. 1
Monterey (Ocean liner) 1
Mosier, Richard M., 1927-2018 1
Mukden (Prisoner of war camp) 1
Murphy, John W., 1903-1995 1
National Museum of the Pacific War 1
Neilson, Charles J. 1
New Mexico (Battleship) 1
Nimitz (Ship : CVN-68) 1
Nimitz, Chester B. (Bernard), 1855-1884 1
North, John A., 1926-2012 1
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