Resource Type

[Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Catherine Nimitz, and Mary Nimitz]

Photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Catherine Nimitz, and Mary Nimitz at Naval Air Station, Alameda, California. Chester Nimitz stands on the left holding a black coat in his hands. He is wearing a dark Naval uniform with three small stripes and one large on with a single star on his sleeves, dress shoes and black and white brimmed hat with the Navy's emblem on the front. Mrs. Nimitz stands in the center in a dark coat and skirt with a black hat and fascinator and a white lei around her neck. On the left stands Mary Nimitz sporting two low braided pigtails, a dark over coat, a white collared undershirt and a plaid pinafore dress. Two sailors can be seen in the distant background behind Mary.
Date: December 9, 1942
Creator: United States. Navy
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Outside the Destroyed Intramuros]

Photograph outside of the Intramuros. In the foreground is several muddy puddles and in the distance are the decimated buildings and burned trees of the Intramuros in Manila in the Philippines.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Stands with Arms Crossed]

Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz standing with his arms crossed, only shown from the chest up. He is wearing a light-colored Navy uniform with two pockets on the front, epaulettes decorated with stars, four stars pinned to either side of his collar, a dark tie and a brimmed hat featuring the Navy's emblem on the front.
Date: 1942
Creator: United States. Navy
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Army Corps Nurse Stands Outside Doran Camp Barracks]

Photograph taken inside Doran Camp of a nurse standing to the left outside of Army Nurse Corps barracks in Manila while three other women walk down a path on the right.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jane Kendeigh Gets Her Blood Pressure Checked]

Photograph of Jane Kendeigh sitting and smiling for the camera as she gets her blood pressure checked by fellow nurse, Mary C. Furnari, at the naval hospital blood bank in San Francisco, California.
Date: 1942~
Creator: United States. Navy
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Army Corps Nurse Frances S. Greene]

Photograph of Frances S. Greene in Army Nurse Corps uniform.
Date: 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Army Nurse Holland Way]

Photograph of Way Holland in Army Nurse Corps uniform and glasses.
Date: 1942~
Creator: Studer Photo Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Manila Housekeepers Sit on Barrack Steps]

Photograph of four housekeepers sitting on some steps outside Army Nurse Corps barracks in Manila. Three of the women are dressed in all white while the woman on the bottom right is dressed in a dark spotted dress and dark shoes.
Date: 1942~
Creator: Way, Holland
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bilibid Prison]

Photograph of a road outside of Bilibid Prison in Manila. Several tents can be seen inside the prison across a dirt road behind power lines and wire fencing with wooden posts. The photo appears to have been taken from a vehicle.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Destroyed Building in Manila]

Photograph of a destroyed building in the distance to the right with a crumbling stone wall on the left and a man walking on a dirt path towards the rubble.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cathedral Ruins]

Photograph of cathedral ruins. In the background the main entrance to the Intramuros can be seen. There are walls on either side with rubble lining them and a puddle of water on the left side.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mary Lou Laager With Helmet and Pack]

Photograph of Mary Lou Laager standing in front of some plants and a wooden fence wearing a light-colored pantsuit and holding a helmet and pack.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Mary Lou Laager]

Photograph of Mary Lou Laager posing with a smile in an Army Nurse Corps uniform.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mary Lou Laager With Group]

Photograph of Mary Lou Laager dressed in nurse whites standing in the center of four men. Mary is holding hands with the man on her left. The group is standing in front of some parked cars and palm trees and all but the man on the far left are wearing leis.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mary Lou Laager in Dress Uniform]

Photograph of Mary Lou Laager posing in dress uniform in front of the hedges of a building.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mary Lou Laager in Uniform]

Photograph of Mary Lou Laager standing in front of some trees in an Army Nurse Corps uniform.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ensign Mary Mattei in Navy Nurse Corps Uniform]

Photograph of Mary Mattei posing with her head resting in her palm in a Navy Nurse Corps uniform while looking off to the left.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Bernice Shafer]

Photograph of Bernice Shafer in her Army Nurse Corps uniform. She is wearing a hat and looking off to the right.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oveta Culp Hobby & Officers]

Photograph of Oveta Culp Hobby standing in uniform next to a security station and leaning on the fence with two unidentified officers standing on the other side of the fence to the left.
Date: 1942~
Creator: Frissell, Toni
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Oveta Culp Hobby in Army Nurse Corps Uniform]

Photograph of Oveta Culp Hobby in Army Nurse Corps uniform, she is looking off to the right and her lips are downturned.
Date: 1942~
Creator: Statler, Chase
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Chester W. Nimitz Walks Out of Bunker on Midway Island]

Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz emerging from an underground bunker on Midway Island. He is wearing a light-colored, long-sleeved uniform with two pockets on the shirt's front and stars pinned to either side of his collar. He is also wearing a dark tie and a brimmed hat sporting the Navy Emblem on the front. The facade of the bunker is textured and to Admiral Chester's left is a white banister.
Date: June 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sailing Crew in Small Boat]

Photograph of three sailors standing on a small boat beside a larger sailboat, the Evaleeta. The two sailors towards the bow are wearing long sleeved uniforms and garrison caps, the third stands further back and is wearing a light-colored crew neck shirt. The men are holding onto these long poles that run over the edge and into tires hanging off the Evaleeta. Onboard the Evaleeta three more sailors look over the railing watching the men on the smaller boat. The bow of the smaller boat has plate that reads "NOUMEA'.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mast of the Evaleeta]

Photograph of the mast and sail of the Evaleeta taken from below.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Sitting on the Edge of Beached Boat]

Photograph of an unidentified man in a pair of light-colored loose capri styled pants sitting on the edge of a wooden boat. On the beach behind him is another wooden boat capsized.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History