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Japan

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Chester W. Nimitz Personal Writings

 Collection
Identifier: 000071
Abstract

The Chester W. Nimitz Personal Writings comprises correspondence from 1893 to 1911, documenting his early life, education at the United States Naval Academy, and early naval service aboard several vessels. The collection also includes notebooks and textbooks from his time at the Naval Academy.

Dates: 1893 - 1911

James Heindel Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 000074
Abstract

The James Heindel Collection includes artwork, photographs, correspondence, publications, documents, and later research materials related to James Heindel’s time in postwar Japan, with a particular focus on Sugamo Prison and the Japanese War Crime Trials.

Dates: 1946 - 1948; 2004; 2015

John Robert Knoderer Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 000092
Abstract The John Robert Knoderer Collection contains various materials related to Knoderer's service in the Dental Corps with the 11th Airborne Division. Included in the collection are various photographs, Knoderer’s report of separation and silver star citation, an 11th Airborne photobook, a greeting card, and two personal scrapbooks. The scrapbooks contain photographs of Knoderer and his wife, Jessie Phyllis Knoderer; clippings pertaining to the Knoderers, their wedding, and the war; V-Mail...
Dates: 1942 - 1946