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63
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39
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9
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8
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4
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2
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125
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39
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31
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[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, April/May, 1947]
Letter to Cecile from her father about him and "Mother" trying to travel to New York to visit her, other relatives/friends travelling/visiting, and weather.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Politics and Militarism in Japan
This study is a treatment of the conflicts between politics and militarism in Japan from the promulgation of the Constitution in 1889 to December 7, 1941, in four major divisions: (1) organization of the government; (2) the Elder Statesmen in power, 1889-1918; (3) the party politicians in power, 1918-1932; and (4) the militarists in power, 1932-1941.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Smith, Cordell A.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[People in Front of 76th AGF Band Performance Advertisement]
Photograph of an advertisement for a performance of the 76th AGF Band in Tokyo surrounded by other advertisements. The sign reads "76th AGF Band The 3rd-One Night Stand Hibiya Hall Sat. 13th. 7:30 P.M. Doors Open 6:30 GHQ S.S.". Below the sign a small group of people in civilian clothing walk by.
Date:
April 1946
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation from K. N. Derevyanko to Oliver Trechter, February 21, 1946]
Invitation from Lieutenant General K. N. Derevyanko to Colonel Oliver Trechter to a reception for the 28th anniversary of the Red Army on February 23, 1946 at the Soviet Embassy in Tokyo.
Date:
February 21, 1946
Creator:
Derevyanko, K. N.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Deyo in Sendai]
Photograph of Deyo McCullough from the torso up in uniform in Sendai, Japan. His jacket is dark with two patches on the arm and a side cap. Behind him are brick stairs.
Date:
February 3, 1946
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Demobilization
Front: Text and illustrations highlight the three phases of the demobilization plan. Back: A message from General Eisenhower (from an address delivered at Ottawa, 10 January 1946).
Date:
January 28, 1946
Creator:
[United States.] Army Information Branch.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap for the Armed Forces : End of a myth
Front: The text highlights the methods by which Japan adopted democractic principals after the war ended. Map: a typical Japanese village on Echigo Plain. Photographs: Images of Hirohito dressed in royal robes and Western style clothing Back: The 1946 calendar. Phrase: Soldiers' deposits pay 4% interest : see your personnel officer.
Date:
January 14, 1946
Creator:
[United States.] Army Information Branch.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Moscow conference decisions
Front: Text describes 5 Moscow conference decisions. Maps: Moscow conference decisions as reflected on the global map. Includes photograph of Ernest Bevin (Britain), V. M. Molotov (Russia) and James F. Byrnes (U.S.) Back: Reenlistment. List of reasons to reenlist. Charts of income and retirement income for enlisted classes.
Date:
January 7, 1946
Creator:
[United States.] Army Information Branch.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Portrait of Deyo McCullough]
Portrait of Deyo Mccullough from the torso up. He is wearing a dark uniform jacket with two pockets on the front, an Army technician patch, a collared shirt, a tie and a cap. Handwritten in the bottom right corner is "Sendai, Japan, Jan. 6th 46".
Date:
January 6, 1946
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Army Band on Stage]
Photograph of the U.S. Army band on stage in Tokyo, Japan. The men are in two rows with the front row sitting behind wooden music stands. All but one of the men wear dark collared uniform shirts and pants. On the far left a man with a guitar stands in a cowboy hat, button down shirt, large belt and cowboy boots. From left to right in the front row is Don Brown, Bill Gravett, Bob Brinker, unidentified, George Kaplan, Gayle Rasmussen, Joe Kost and unidentified. The back row is an unidentified man, Chester Dzierkiewiz, Wes Cain, Tom Powers, Larry Glaser, Ted Niewiadomski, Bill Murphy, Chuck Delula.
Date:
December 27, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[131 AGF Band in Sendai]
Group photograph of the 131 Band on Christmas day in Sendai, Japan. The men are in two rows behind wooden music stands that read "131 AGF". The men wear long sleeved collared uniform shirts and pants. Handwritten in black ink below, above or beside each man is his name. In the from row from left to right is Joe {illegible}, George Kaplan, Arthur {illegible}, Alan Bogues, Clinton Phillipe and Jesse {illegible}. The back row is Larry Glaser, Tom Powers, Bob Brinker, Bob Bust, Bill Murphy, {illegible}, and Bart Foss. There is a white sign above the men that reads "131 A.G.F. Dance band". Printed In the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph is "Sendai, Japan. Dec. 25, 45".
Date:
December 25, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Army Post Office 547 Christmas Menu, December 25, 1945]
List of servicemen working at the Miyagi Military Building in Sendai, Japan and a menu for Army Post Office 547's dinner on Christmas day, 1945. The front of the menu features an illustration of bells and Santa Claus.
Date:
December 25, 1945
Creator:
Army Post Office 547
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Deyo and a Cello]
Photograph of Deyo McCullough standing with a cello in front of tree on Christmas in Sendai, Japan. McCullough stands on the left in a collared shirt, dark tie, belt, pants and boots. printed on the front diagonally across the upper right-hand corner is "Dec 25 - 45 Sendai, Japan".
Date:
December 25, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pacific Stars and Stripes, Occupation Forces Souvenir Edition, Tuesday, December 25, 1945
Souvenir edition of a magazine providing news and information to occupation forces in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Also included in this edition are Christmas messages from service members and information about Christmas celebrations in Japan and Korea.
Date:
December 25, 1945
Creator:
United States. Army. Forces, Pacific
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newsmap for the Armed Forces : U.S. role in world affairs
Text describes U.S. role in world affairs and is keyed to map. Map projection is "designed to minimize distortions along the 40th parallel which runs approximately through Tokyo and Washington."
Date:
December 17, 1945
Creator:
[United States.] Army Information Branch.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap for the Armed Forces : 4 years after Pearl Harbor
Front: Text describes photographs: U.S. destroyer Shaw -- Third Fleet Unit -- Nazis march in Vienna -- 35th Infantry Division troops in Polch, Poland -- Joachim von Ribbentrop -- Signatures on the United Nations Security Charter -- Nipponese who helped capture the headquarters of Chinese 29th Army at Tungchow -- Pfc. Cecil Cunningham, of St. Louis, MO in Tokyo -- Navy Secretary Frank Knox draws the second number in the Third Selective Service drawing -- Five Michigan men leave a separation center at Fort Sheridan, Ill. after discharge. Back: Map shows eastern portion of the United States with population statistics by state and per person income payments in 1940 and 1944.
Date:
December 10, 1945
Creator:
[United States.] Army Information Branch.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[131 Dance Band in Sendai]
Group photograph of the 131 Dance Band on stage in Sendai, Japan. The men are in three rows except for a trumpet player standing on the left and the pianist sitting at the piano on the right. The back row consists of six men, from left to right there are four trumpet players, a drummer and cellist. In the second row there are three trombone players. In the front row there are seven men, five saxophonists, and a guitar player all sitting behind wooden music stands. The seventh man in the front row is not behind a music stand nor holding an instrument. All the men wear dark collared uniform shirts and pants. Printed underneath the photograph is "Dec. 45 - Sendai".
Date:
December 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Christmas Program for the Eighth Army Staff Officer's Mess, December 25, 1945]
Program and menu for the Eighth Army Staff Officer's Mess at the Helm House in Yokohama, Japan on Christmas Day, 1945. The front of the program features an illustration of a Christmas tree.
Date:
1945-12~
Creator:
Eighth Army
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newsmap for the Armed Forces : The atomic question
Front: Text highlights some of the issues of using atomic energy and weapons. Includes information on the three-nation [U.S., Great Britain, Canada] declaration on atomic energy. Photographs: Smoke from an atomic bomb blast towers miles above Nagasaki; All but the base of a steel tower holding an atomic bomb was vaporized during test explosion in New Mexico; Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer; These men took part in the atomic bomb conferences at the White House : Prime Minister Attlee; President Truman; Prime Minister Mackenzie King; T. L. Rowan, Attlee's secretary; Dr. Vannevar Bush, U. S. expert; Maj. Gen. E. I. C. Jacob, British expert; Representative Charles A. Eaton of New Jersey; Senator Brian McMahon of Connecticut; Canadian Ambassador Lester B. Pearson; Secretary of State James F. Byrnes; Representative Sol Bloom of New York; Admiral William D. Leahy; the Japanese city of Hiroshima after it had been leveled by an atomic bomb. Back: Text and illustration give a progress report on demobilization of Army, Marines, and Navy as of 1 November 1945.
Date:
November 26, 1945
Creator:
[United States.] Army Information Branch.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, November 22, 1945]
Letter to Cecile from her father discussing Pearl Harbor and World War 2.
Date:
November 22, 1945
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Full Body Portrait of Deyo McCullough]
An official photo of Deyo McCullough in Niigata, Japan. He stands profile, body turned to the left and is wearing a dark full uniform with two pockets on the front and patches on the sleeve, lace-up boots and a side cap.
Date:
November 9, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[War History of the U.S.S. Monitor]
A war history of the U.S.S. Monitor (LSV-5) sent by A.L. Main commander U.S. Navy.
Date:
November 1, 1945
Creator:
Main, A. L.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ramon M. Esteve to Mr. Jack Lee, October 26, 1945]
Letter from Ramon M. Esteve to Jack Lee discussing Joe's request for release from the Navy and requesting that some of Jack's friends help with the application.
Date:
October 26, 1945
Creator:
Esteve, Ramon M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newsmap for the Armed Forces : the Sun is down
Front: The text highlights what happened in the first weeks of the occupation of Japan. Photographs: General MacArthur receives Emperor Hirohito at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo -- Japanese officer reads demobilization order to Japanese troops in Tokyo -- Shinto priests -- Gen. Yamashita, on war-criminal list, has been arraigned in Manila -- American officers inspect records of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo. Back: Illustration of material goods arrayed on the outline of the United States is accompanied by text showing the good things of American life.
Date:
October 22, 1945
Creator:
[United States.] Army Information Branch.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library