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CollectionHerbert Bain Knowles papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, writings, orders to duty, reports, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Knowles's service with the U.S. Navy's amphibious forces in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Includes invasion plans and occupation reports for Guam, Japan, Kwajalein Islands (Marshall Islands), Leyte Island (Philippines), Lingayen (Luzon, Philippines), Okinawa Island (Japan), Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands), and Tarawa Atoll (Kiribati). Correspondents include James...
- Contributor: Knowles, Herbert Bain
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CollectionFox Movietone newsreel collection--World War II paper records, Catalog Record Only Focuses on papers related to World War II era newsreels of this major pioneer in the newsreel industry. While the war and many of the political and military leaders associated with it dominated the news reported during this period, news on the American home front, including sports and fashion, is also well documented in this collection. Papers are mainly cameramen's dope sheets (detailed notes...
- Contributor: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- Date: 1922
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CollectionMorton L. Deyo papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, subject files, speeches, and writings documenting Deyo's career in the U.S. Navy, particularly as a naval task force commander during World War II in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. Includes material on the Normandy invasion; the naval bombardment of Utah beach and Cherbourg, France; the Okinawa campaign; the battle of Iwo Jima; Japanese navy (Japan Kaigun); Japanese kamikaze attacks; and the demilitarization...
- Contributor: Deyo, Morton L. (Morton Lyndholm)