40th Bomb Group Association records, 1943-1995: Correspondence, newsletters, memoirs, and audiovisual material, relating to activities of the 40th Bomb Group in the China-Burma-India and Pacific Theaters during World War II, and to subsequent activities of veterans of the group. Includes photocopies of histories of other World War II American bomb groups.
Charles Julian Wheeler papers, 1912-1986: Correspondence, writings, certificates, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to American naval operations in World War I, in Turkey and China in the 1920s, and in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Includes sound recordings and transcript of interview conducted by Etta Belle Kitchen.
China Defense Supplies records, 1940-1947: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and financial and personnel records relating to procurement and shipment of war materiel from the United States to China during World War II, military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater, and wartime diplomatic relations between China and the United States. Includes office files of William S. Youngman, Jr., as president of China Defense Supplies.
John Leroy Christian papers, 1942-1943: Reports, memoranda, studies, aerial photographs, and maps, relating to military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater, the Pacific, and French Indochina during World War II.
Joseph Warren Stilwell papers, 1889-2010: Diaries, correspondence, radiograms, memoranda, reports, military orders, writings, annotated maps, clippings, printed matter, sound recordings, and photographs relating to the political development of China, the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945, and the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Includes some subsequent Stilwell family papers. World War II diaries also available on microfilm (3 reels). Transcribed copies of the diaries are available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Lauchlin Bernard Currie papers, 1941-1993: Correspondence, notes, memoranda, reports, and summaries of interviews relating to American aid to China during World War II, conditions in China, and military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
United States. Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service miscellaneous records, 1941-1946: Sound recordings of radio broadcasts, and translations of transcripts of Chinese communist broadcasts from Yenan, China. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
11th Bombardment Group (H) Association miscellany, 1941-1991: Printed reminiscences, diary excerpts, propaganda leaflets, and photographs, relating to aerial bombing operations of the 11th Bombardment Group in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and especially to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the American bombardment of Iwo Jima in 1944-1945.
Allied Forces. South West Pacific Area. Allied Geographical Section printed material : Tokyo and Kwanto Plain, 1945: Terrain study no. 132 of the Southwest Pacific Area Allied Geographical Section, relating to the geography of Tokyo and the Kwanto Plain area of Honshu Island.
C. H. N. Paap typescript : Overzicht genomen uit De Residentiebode over de oorlog van 10 Mei 1940 tot 9 Mei 1945, 1945: Relates to the condition of American prisoners of war held in Japanese prison camps during World War II. Includes issues of the Pacific Island Employees Foundation Bulletin, 1942-1945, and a few issues of the Pac-POW Bulletin, 1945-1947.
Clovis E. Byers papers, 1917-1961: Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, speeches and writings, clippings, personnel records, and audiovisual material, relating to the Pacific Theater during World War II, the Army of Occupation in Japan, the Korean War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization command in Europe.
Dale O. Hall papers, 1908-1946: Correspondence, diary, printed matter, photographs, and miscellany, relating to American military training in the United States during World War II, military mapping in the Pacific Theater, and the postwar occupation of Japan.
Dashiell L. Madeira miscellaneous papers, 1930-1952: Correspondence, reports, and orders, relating to American naval operations in the Atlantic and Pacific prior to and during World War II, and to the Allied occupation of Japan.
David B. Parker papers, 1942-1967: Writings, correspondence, reports, orders, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to American military engineering operations in the Pacific Theater next hit during World War II, the atomic bombing of Japan, and General Douglas MacArthur.
Elbert Duncan Thomas radio broadcast transcripts, 1942: Broadcasts to the Japanese people, relating to the Pacific Theater in World War II.
Robert Alfred Theobald papers, bulk 1942-1957: Correspondence, speeches and writings, war diaries, dispatches, operations plans and orders, manuals, service lists, memoranda, reports, and war estimates, relating to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese invasion of the Aleutians, and naval operations in Alaska, 1942-1943.
Stephen Jurika papers, 1926-1987: Correspondence, reminiscences, personnel records, orders, memoranda, log books, clippings, photographs, and art objects, relating to American naval aviation, naval operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II, postwar American-Japanese security cooperation, and American national security interests in the Pacific region.
Victor Goehring processed volume : To whom it may concern : my army service 8/10/44 to 11/1/46, 2 years, 2 months, 22 days, 1998: Relates to American military operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and especially to the invasion of Okinawa.
United States. Army. Far East Command. Historical Section mimeograph : Summary of activities : Historical Section, FEC-SCAP, 16 April 1947-16 July 1947, 1947: Relates to projects of the Historical Section for preparing histories of World War II Pacific Theater campaigns and of the occupation of Japan.
United States. Civil Affairs Training School records, 1942-1947: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, financial and personnel records, handbooks, syllabi, and instructional materials relating to the politics, governments, economies, and cultures of Japan, other areas in the Pacific, and various countries in Europe; and intelligence assessments of the war in the Pacific. Digital copies of select records are also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Howard D. Kramer papers, 1940-1957: Transcripts of radio broadcasts, posters, leaflets, correspondence, printed matter, and photographs, relating to American and Japanese propaganda activities in the Philippines during World War II. Includes a photocopy of the Ph.D dissertation of H. D. Kramer, entitled History of the Public Health Movement in the U.S., 1850-1900.
Joaquin Maurin papers, 1870-1976: Memoirs, speech, interview transcript, and letters, relating to American military intelligence activities in the Philippines and elsewhere in the Pacific Theater next hit during World War II.
Raymond D. Tarbuck papers, 1936-1973: Correspondence, orders, reports, memoranda, notes, printed matter, and photographs, relating to American military and naval operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and especially to the planning of the invasion of the Philippines in 1944.
Report on Baños Internment Camp typescript, 1943: Relates to American prisoners in the Japanese prison camp at Los Banos, Philippines. Prepared by released prisoners for the United States Department of State.
Robert Dark papers, 1917-1964: Orders, correspondence, speeches, clippings, and photographs, relating to the United States Army in the Philippines, 1931-1932, the activities of the 321st Infantry Regiment in the Pacific Theater, 1942-1946, and the invasion of Angaur and Peleliu Island, 1944.
Rosella Amelia Davis collection, 1942-1944: Miscellanea, including alien registration certificates, residence certificates, alien registration fee receipts, and passes, used during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
William Edward Hammer processed volume : Recollections of World War II, 1941-1945, 1997: Relates to American military operations in the Pacific Theater and the Philippines during World War II.
United States. Army. Forces in the Western Pacific. Military Commission records, 1945-1946: Arraignments, trial transcripts, and exhibits, relating to the trials of Jiro Mizoguchi, Seiichi Ohta, Mariano Uyeki, and Tomoyuki Yamashita. Commission for trial of Japanese accused of war crimes, Manila, Philippines.
United States. Army. Forces, Pacific. General Headquarters. Civil Affairs Section mimeograph : Philippine Civil Affairs, 1945: Relates to governmental administration of the Philippines by the Civil Affairs Section from October 20, 1944 to August 25, 1945.
13th Air Force Veterans Association records, 1944-1998: Correspondence, memoirs, reports, printed matter, and photographs, relating to activities of the 13th Air Force in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Benedict Stoll Goldberg papers, 1942-1946: Photographs, postcards, and printed matter, relating to United States Marine Corps operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Chandler (George T.) sound recordings: Phonotape sound recordings of reminiscences and interviews with other pilots of the 339th Fighter Squadron, relating to American aerial operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Charles Alan Pownall papers, 1912-1976: Correspondence, orders, reports, memoranda, personnel records, printed matter, and photographs, relating to American naval aviation, especially in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and to postwar naval administration of Guam.
Charles Hodges photographs, 1939-1945: Depicts World War II scenes in Europe, North Africa, the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, India, and the Aleutian Islands; diplomatic conferences, including the Potsdam Conference, 1945, and the Casablanca Conference, 1943; civilian and military leaders; and maps illustrating military campaigns.
Edward Steichen photographs, 1942-1945: Depicts ships and airplanes of the United States Navy in action during World War II, mostly in the Pacific Theater.
Elton D. Boone diary transcript, 1943-1945: Relates to American bombing operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Gerard William Kelley papers, 1942-1955: Correspondence, diary, orders, memoranda, and photographs, relating to American military operations on Saipan, the Marianas, Makin Atoll, and elsewhere in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
John Bell Condliffe papers, 1816-1999: Speeches and writings, correspondence, and printed matter, relating to various aspects of world economic conditions, especially international trade, the history of the development of world commerce, and the economic development of Australia, New Zealand and the entire Pacific basin region. Includes autobiographical writings, family photographs, and letters and memorabilia from his service in WWI.
John Damian Murphy papers, 1943-1949: Court proceedings, investigative reports, regulations, orders, memoranda, printed matter, and photographs, relating to trials held on Guam, 1946-1949, of Japanese military personnel for war crimes.
John Hiestand collection, 1942-1945: Letters, conference proceedings, transcripts of radio broadcasts, propaganda leaflets, and printed matter, relating primarily to the work of the United States Office of War Information and the United States Army Psychological Warfare Branch in the Southwest Pacific, 1944-1945.
John McDougal Atherton papers, 1934-1943: Diaries, letters, certificate, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to activities of the American destroyer Meredith in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans during World War II, and to the sinking of the Meredith and the death of J. M. Atherton during the Solomon Islands campaign. Includes printed matter and miscellany relating to the commissioning of the destroyer escort Atherton, named in honor of J. M. Atherton, in 1943, and to various aspects of Atherton family history.
Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas communiqués, 1945: Relates to World War II naval operations in the Pacific Theater. Issued from Pacific Fleet advance headquarters, Guam, January-August 1945.
Peter John Caswell papers, 1944-1998: Photographs, sound recording of interview, orders, and letters, relating to American aerial operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Includes photographs of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Raymond B. Jordan collection, 1943-1945: Bulletins, photographs, memorabilia, and mimeographed material, relating to United States Army activities in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Robert B. Stinnett papers, 1931-2019: Memoranda and photographs depicting the aircraft carrier San Jacinto, naval personnel, prisoner of war camps, life at sea, scenes of battle, naval artillery, Tokyo, and the Pacific Islands.
Robert John Fleming interview, 1975: Relates to the attack on Pearl Harbor and the administration of the Panama Canal Zone. Interview conducted by Paul B. Ryan, captain, United States Navy. Includes sound recording and transcript.
Robert Moreno photographs, circa 1943: Depicts military operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Rose Kraft collection, 1941-1965: Photographs depicting military campaigns in the Pacific during World War II; color slides depicting scenic views in mainly European countries; and programs to Russian theater and ballet performances.
Spencer Edward Davis papers, 1930-1991: News dispatches, notes, correspondence, press releases, testimony, clippings, serial issues, other printed matter, photographs, and sound recordings, relating to American military operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II, the Vietnam War, political and economic conditions in Asia and the Pacific Basin, American foreign relations with countries of those regions, and the role of American intelligence agencies in foreign policy.
Soldiers of the Press sound recordings, circa 1941-1945: News stories by American war correspondents, relating to Allied military, naval, and aerial operations in Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific during World War II.
Thomas H. Binford papers, 1940-1967, 1940-1967: Addresses, reports, awards, printed matter, and photographs, relating to the Java Sea campaign and other Pacific campaigns during World War II, Japanese war criminals, and American attempts to prevent hostilities between China and Taiwan.
United States. Army Air Forces. Weather Service reports, 1942-1945: Relates to the history of the Weather Service, 1935-1943, and to weather and climatic conditions affecting bombing and other military operations in the European and Pacific Theaters during World War II.
United States. Office of Naval Intelligence. Air Intelligence Group maps, 1944: Cloth maps of areas in the Pacific Theater, prepared for Navy survival kits.
Walter B. Snook collection, 1914-1945: Photographs of military operations in France during World War I, and reports, surrender instructions, and military newspaper issues, relating to military operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Includes a copy of a telegram from Admiral Chester W. Nimitz on the capture of Iwo Jima, and a proclamation to the people of the Volcano Islands.
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