[1894 Aviation Engineer Battalion Members Using Crane to Move Equipment]

Photograph of military service members from the 1894 Aviation Engineer Battalion moving equipment using a crane. One service member is positioned in front of a tire with their back to the camera. In the distance, a group of service members stand off the to the right of the crane's arm.
Date: June 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1894th Aviation Engineer Battalion Members Posing in Front of Tents]

Photograph of 1894th Aviation Engineer Battalion members in full uniform in two rows in front of tents.
Date: [1944,1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[ADG Band Performing at G.I. Dance]

Photograph of an Airport Depot Group band playing at G.I. Dance in La Tontouta, New Caledonia. The band is arranged in two lines behind a small white picket fence - one row is sitting and playing the sax while the rest of the horns stand behind them alongside a drummer. On the right side sits a man playing the piano with a man standing behind him playing the bass.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces. Air Depot Group, 13th
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Sits with CINCPAC Staff on Porch]

Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz sitting with CINCPAC staff on porch in Guam. There are two couches arranged in a L formation, Admiral Nimitz sits on the far couch with two unidentified men on his left. To his right there is a man leaning against the building next to a large window and another sitting on something out of view. On the couch to the right there are three more men sitting. All the men are wearing light-colored uniforms with two pockets on the front of the shirts and black dress shoes, some are wearing short sleeves and shorts while others have full length sleeves and pants. In front of the men on the couches is a small wooden coffee table with a small metal ashtray on top of it.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Watches Enlisted Sailor Pitch Horseshoes]

Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz watching an enlisted sailor, possibly Anthony Trifiletti, pitch horseshoes during picnic on the beach. Nimitz stands withs several other men in light-colored Naval uniforms under the cover of trees as Anthony Trifiletti stands in the center holding up a horseshoe. A black arrow is drawn underneath C. W. Nimitz on the border of the photograph.
Date: May 21, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Work Convoy]

Aerial photograph of work convoy in an unknown location on a dirt road surrounded by trees, a water way on the left side with two bridges.
Date: [1944,1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aggie Muster Group Picture]

Photograph of Aggie Muster group somewhere in the Pacific on April 21, 1944. The men in the photo are wearing matching uniforms and are arranged into three rows. The top two rows are standing while the bottom row is sitting in fold out chairs.
Date: April 21, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Air Strike at Ryukyu Islands]

Photograph of a two U.S. Carrier Planes over the Ryukyu Islands after dropping torpedoes. Black smoke follows behind the planes.
Date: October 17, 1944
Creator: Smith, Loran F.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Alan Paulson Voluntary Blood Donor Service Enrollment Book] (open access)

[Alan Paulson Voluntary Blood Donor Service Enrollment Book]

Voluntary Blood Donor Service Enrollment Book from the Canadian Red Cross Society belonging to Alan Paulson. The booklet provides recommendations on how to prepare for blood donation and includes a blood donor record.
Date: 1944
Creator: Canadian Red Cross Society
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[American Rice Thrasher in Guam]

Photograph of a group of Marines inspecting an American rice thrasher found in the outskirts of Agat Town, Guam. The marines stand partially in uniform. Three of the marines are facing towards the rice thrasher while the rest look directly towards the camera.
Date: August 2, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Army Soldiers Dancing with Nurses in New Caledonia]

Photograph of G.I.s dancing with nurses and Red Cross staff at dance in New Caledonia.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces. Air Depot Group, 13th
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Army Specialized Training Program Certificate] (open access)

[Army Specialized Training Program Certificate]

A certificate of completion for the Army Specialized Training Program European Area & Language Curriculum No. 71 for Elmer A. Curry at Pomona College.
Date: March 4, 1944
Creator: United States. Army.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Basketball Game In Quonset Hut]

Photograph of servicemen playing basketball in a Quonset hut. The men are wearing shorts and some are wearing t-shirts or tank tops. A group of men is on the left with two of them suspended in the air with the basketball, and two men are on the right side. The photograph focuses on the game in action. Service members can be seen sitting along the walls of the hut observing the game.
Date: [1944..1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Battleship-Carrier Team]

Photograph of an aircraft carrier moving towards one of the Marshall Island bases on a task force mission. A U.S. Navy battleship is moving near the aircraft in order to guard the aircraft.
Date: January 28, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Becky Van Meter Pinning Purple Heart on Sailor]

Photograph of Becky Van Meter on the right pinning a Purple Heart to one sailor in a line of them with an officer standing to her left.
Date: August 1944
Creator: Wilcox, E. E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boats Anchored Offshore]

Photograph of boats anchored offshore and a dock to the right in an unknown location.
Date: [1944,1945]
Creator: Maceiras, Richard P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bombing of Roi-Namur]

Photograph of the bombardment of Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands.
Date: 1944-02~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Briefing]

Photograph of a briefing between tank commanders of a Marine assault unit near Adelup Point, Guam as their crews take a break for a smoke and minor adjustments of their machines. Behind the group of men, four tanks are lined up as repairs are being done.
Date: August 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Calisthenics]

Photograph of a crew aboard a Pacific Fleet aircraft participating in physical exercise while traveling towards a Japanese base in Hollandia, New Guinea. The men are arranged into parallel lines across the boat, and they are wearing similar military uniforms.
Date: May 10, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carol Weaverling in Uniform at Purple Heart Ceremony]

Photograph of Carol Weaverling in uniform at a Purple Heart presentations ceremony outside the Fleet Hospital, Noumea, New Caledonia. Three men in uniform's stand behind Carol, and a woman in a white, Red Cross Nurse uniform stands on the left taking to another serviceman.
Date: 1944~
Creator: United States. Navy
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Chaplain Prays for Guamanian Dead]

Photograph of Lieut. Comdr. Alfred F. Kamler, USN, (third from the right) officiating the burials of three Guamanian children in a cemetery near a native camp in Guam.
Date: August 23, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Christmas Card from the USS Appalachian, 1944] (open access)

[Christmas Card from the USS Appalachian, 1944]

Christmas card issued by the USS Appalachian (AGC-1) for those aboard to send to family and friends back home. The front of the card features an illustration of a sailor sitting on a pier near the shore. The shore is covered in palm trees and other flora. Above the sailor is a thought bubble containing images of a fireplace with a wreath and stockings hung above it and a cabin covered in snow with trees and a shining star in the distance behind it. In the upper left corner of the front is text saying "U. S. S. APPALACHIAN, Somewhere in the Pacific". Inside the card is a short rhyming poem and holiday greeting.
Date: 1944~
Creator: USS Appalachian (AGC-1)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[CinCPac Photo Lab Personnel]

Photograph of the CinCPac Photo Lab Personnel posing for a group portrait. The members are wearing uniforms and are arranged into two rows. The back row (from left to right) has L.F. Smith, D.H. Gard, P. Begley, C.H. Burnett, and P.J. McFadden. The front row (from left to right) has W.C. Worthington, C.C. Herring, and J.H. Saunders.
Date: June 19, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
CinCPOA Communiqué NR 59, June 22, 1944 (open access)

CinCPOA Communiqué NR 59, June 22, 1944

Communiqué from Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Ocean Areas to the Pacific Ocean Areas giving updates on the war.
Date: June 22, 1944
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History