[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz During Change of Command Ceremony]

Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz standing in front of seven men in uniform during change of command ceremony. Chester W. Nimitz stands on the right with his hands clasped in front of him wearing a white Naval uniform with a high collar, ribbon bars pinned above his pocket, epaulettes and a brimmed hat with the Navy's emblem. Another man in a white Naval uniform is standing beside Chester W. Nimitz with his hands behind his back.
Date: December 31, 1941
Creator: United States. Navy
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cordell Hull to the American Legation, December 18, 1941] (open access)

[Letter from Cordell Hull to the American Legation, December 18, 1941]

Letter from Secretary of State Cordell Hull to the American Legation in Bern, Switzerland asking them to request the Swiss Government pass along a message to the Japanese Government stating their intentions to apply the Geneva Red Cross and Geneva Prisoner of War Conventions and requesting Japan do the same.
Date: December 18, 1941
Creator: Hull, Cordell
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Imperial Rescript of the Declaration of War on the United States and Great Britain (open access)

Imperial Rescript of the Declaration of War on the United States and Great Britain

Document announcing a declaration of war to the United States and Great Britain as ordered by the Emperor of Japan. The alliance between America and England and China is provided as a major factor in the escalation of conflict.
Date: December 8, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History