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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Special Film Reports. 1944 - 1945. STAFF FILM REPORT

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Special Film Reports. 1944 - 1945. STAFF FILM REPORT

MILITARY FILM REPORT: Reel 1: (1) ALLIED DRIVES BREAK NAZI NORMANDY DEFENSE. Cherbourg harbor, LSTs are unloaded with aid of Bailey bridge. Saint Lo, France, street fighting, soldiers help wounded Nazi. (2) Capture of Leghorn: Harbor destruction, citizens greet soldiers, Japanese-American troops rest, destroyed buildings and mined streets. (3) Brazilian expeditionary force arrives and is greeted by Gen. Jacob L. Devers. Reel 2: (1) PACIFIC: ACTIVITIES ON SAIPAN. Admirals Ernest J. King, Chester W. Nimitz and Colonel Smith inspect Saipan. Shows Japanese equipment, burning dead soldiers, suicide attempts and internment camp. (2) Biak Airfields in U.S. Lands. C-42, P-51 and B-25s take off. P-51 bombs hillside entrenched with Japanese troops. Reel 3: (1) PACIFIC: NAVY OPERATIONS. Strafing of Japanese ships, Iwo Jima shore installations and intercepting Japanese planes. (2) PACIFIC: PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IN HAWAII. President Roosevelt meets with Admirals Nimitz and Leahy, and General MacArthur aboard aircraft carrier, visits Army Hospital, reviews and addresses 7th Infantry Division, inspects Jungle Training Center and holds press conference. Demonstration of machine gun hip-shooting technique, flame thrower usage, and attacks on jungle villages. President Roosevelt's entourage includes Adm. Ross McIntire, Captain Hargrove, General Arnold and Commander Richardson.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/36129 View

George C. Dyer Papers, 1898-1988, (bulk 1935-1959)

Title: George C. Dyer Papers 1898-1988 (bulk 1935-1959)

United States Navy officer. Correspondence, memoranda, diary, speeches and lectures, research files, reports, biographical material, photographs, and printed matter relating to Dyer's naval career and to his publications, primarily his biographies of navy admirals during the World War II era.

ArchivalResource: 3,500 items; 10 containers; 4 linear feet

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George C. Dyer Papers, 1898-1988, (bulk 1935-1959)

Title: George C. Dyer Papers 1898-1988 (bulk 1935-1959)

United States Navy officer. Correspondence, memoranda, diary, speeches and lectures, research files, reports, biographical material, photographs, and printed matter relating to Dyer's naval career and to his publications, primarily his biographies of navy admirals during the World War II era.

ArchivalResource: 3,500 items; 10 containers; 4 linear feet

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Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [NOV. 24]

Title: Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [NOV. 24]

Part 1, obsolete Navy and Army aircraft are broken up for scrap in Jacksonville, Florida and Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. Part 2, Adm. Richardson testifies before a Congressional committee investigating Pearl Harbor. Part 3, Univ. of California students hold a style show. Part 4, Adm. Nimitz opposes and Gen. Eisenhower supports unification of the armed forces in testimony before the Sen. Military Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C. Part 5, football: Notre Dame vs. Northwestern; Army vs. Pennsylvania. Personages: Gen. Arnold.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/99036 View

Richardson, James O. (James Otto), 1878-1974. Signature, July 20, 1945.

Title: Signature, July 20, 1945.

Signature on 8 vo. album sheet, dated July 20, 1945, Washington, D.C. Refers to Richardson's disputes with FDR regarding the Fleet that led to his early retirement.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 4.5 x 6 in.

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Dyer, George C. (George Carroll), 1898-1987. Papers, 1898-1988 (bulk 1935-1959).

Title: Papers, 1898-1988 (bulk 1935-1959).

Correspondence, diary, memoranda, speeches and lectures, articles, research files, reports, rosters, biographical materials, illustrations, printed materials, clippings, photos, and other papers, relating to Dyer's naval career and to his writing projects and publications, especially his biographies of World War II admirals. Includes material relating to Dyer's service as commander of the light cruiser Astoria during World War II, commander of the United Nations blockade and escort force during the Korean War, commandant of the Eleventh Naval District, and deputy commander of National War College, and his work with Navy Relief Society, and papers of James O. Richardson relating to Richardson's naval career and his testimony at the congressional hearings of the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack. Correspondents include George Akers, Harold R. Bull, Robert B. Carney, Emmet P. Forrestel, Edwin B. Hooper, Francis S. Low, James O. Richardson, and Theodora Smith.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28424387 View

Columbia Pictures Corporation Collection. 1938 - 1941. Motion Picture Films. 1938 - 1941. OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE

Title: Columbia Pictures Corporation Collection. 1938 - 1941. Motion Picture Films. 1938 - 1941. OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/89860 View

Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 1]

Title: Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 1]

Part 1, Adm. Halsey, aboard the South Dakota off Long Beach, turns over his command to Adm. Kingman, inspects the fleet, and receives a last salute. Twenty five destroyers are deactivated at San Diego, California. Part 2 shows German Gen. Staff officers Fiedler, Jodl, Keitel, List, and Leeb, and Adm. Mathies in a U.S. prisoner of war camp. Part 3, Adm. Richardson testifies before a Congressional committee investigating Pearl Harbor. Personages: Chairman Alben Barkley, Adm. Leahy, Cordell Hull, Sumner Welles, and Joseph C. Grew. Part 4 football: Washington Redskins vs. Philadelphia Eagles; Indiana Univ. vs. Purdue Univ.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/99038 View

Stephenson, Clyde, 1920-. Oral history interview with Clyde Stephenson, [sound recording], 2008.

Title: Oral history interview with Clyde Stephenson, [sound recording], 2008.

Clyde Stephenson, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, discusses his service in the Marine Corps before and during World War II, including his experience during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Stephenson mentions growing up on a farm, attending Oshkosh State Teachers College, having difficulty finding a job, and enlisting in the Marines in January of 1940. He talks about boot camp and sea school in San Diego and assignment to the USS California, a flagship with Admiral Bill Pye in command. Stephenson describes Marine Corps duties aboard the battleship: manning the broadside guns, manning the gangway planks, and orderly duty. He talks about the cruise to Hawaii, the rotation of battleships to the States for repairs, limited firing practice, and uniforms. He talks about going back to Wisconsin on leave with Earl Wallen, a friend who was the first person from Green Bay to be killed in World War II, and Stephenson tells of presenting photographs of Wallen to Sullivan-Wallen American Legion Post 11. While on a night firing practice two weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor, he recalls hearing about unknown submarines in the area and using live ammunition. The week before the attack, Stephenson talks about having rifle training at Fort Weaver (Hawaii) and requesting to spend the weekend there. He describes the morning of December 7: playing cards in his tent, hearing airplanes overhead, hearing explosions, and realizing the Japanese were attacking. Stephenson portrays getting a rifle from the armory and firing at enemy planes until the attack was over. After two days of patrolling roads and beaches, he tells of going to Ford Island, where the California had been tied up when it sunk. He discusses living conditions after the attack and salvaging the guns from his ship for use at West Loch. Stephenson talks about the dry dock repairs of the California and going to Bremerton (Washington) for further repairs. He relates hearing about Wallen's death. Stephenson speaks of radio school at Camp Lejeune (North Carolina), taking courses at Wright Junior College and the College of the Ozarks (Arkansas), and radio and radar school at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C. Shipped out in late 1944 with Marine Air Group 11, VMF-114, he states he was in Peleliu when the war ended. Stephenson talks about duty as a tech sergeant repairing radios and IFF (Identification friend or foe) equipment on Corsair airplanes. He talks about getting orders to return to the States but being unable to find transportation until he hitched a ride on a plane. Stephenson tells of only having khaki clothing and catching pneumonia when his transport ship took a northern route home. Because the Navy hospital in San Diego was full, he explains he was housed in a monkey cage at the Balboa Zoo. He characterizes some of the admirals he worked for, including James Richardson, Bob Carney, Earl Stone (from Milwaukee), and Richard Byrd. After his discharge, Stephenson became an electrician and expanded his business, Town and Country Electric, with his sons. He details the story of his brother, Glenwood Stephenson, who was killed in the service, and Clyde's contributions to a book (Operation Plum) about his brother's unit, the 27th Bombardment Group. Clyde mentions another brother who was in the Navy during World War II and who committed suicide while in the Pacific Theater. Stephenson describes going to an island with coconut trees to spot targets for practicing Corsairs, people collapsing in the intense heat, and dealing with a gnat infestation.

ArchivalResource: Sound recording : 2 sound cassettes (ca. 105 min.); analog, 1 7/8 ips.Master sound recording : 2 sound cassettes (ca. 105 min.); analog, 1 7/8 ips.Transcript : 41 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/748559078 View

"March of Time" Collection. 1934 - 1951. March of Time Documentary/Newsreel Films Relating to U.S. History, Government, Politics, Culture, and International Affairs. 1935 - 1953. THUMBS UP, TEXAS!

Title: "March of Time" Collection. 1934 - 1951. March of Time Documentary/Newsreel Films Relating to U.S. History, Government, Politics, Culture, and International Affairs. 1935 - 1953. THUMBS UP, TEXAS!

Traces the history of Texas and describes Texas' role in national defense. Reel 1, gives a brief history of the state while scenes of Austin, the Alamo, San Antonio, Rice Institute, Houston, Dallas, and the Texas landscape are shown. Personages: Congressman Rayburn, Adm. J.O. Richardson, Adm. Nimitz, RFC chairman Jesse Jones. Reel 2, newspaper publisher, Amon Giles Carter, eulogizes Fort Worth. James Farley adds a hat to Carter's collection. Shows party scenes on Carter's ranch. Cotton and grain are loaded on ships at a Gulf port, sulphur is mined and carbon is processed. Shows helium stockpiles, oil fields, airfields, army training bases, aircraft factories and shipyards.

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/97580 View

Kimmel, Husband Edward, 1882-1968. Papers of Husband Edward Kimmel, 1954-1955.

Title: Papers of Husband Edward Kimmel, 1954-1955.

Correspondence and newspaper and magazine articles relating to the publication of Kimmel's book Admiral Kimmel's Story (1955) concerning the controversy surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor, Kimmel's defense of his position in that affair, and the role of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Correspondents include John O. Beaty, Joseph Grew, Fred L. Krause, H. Hayes Landon, Romaine Poindexter, James O. Richardson, John F. Shafroth, Edgar W. Waybright, and Harry E. Yarnell.

ArchivalResource: 200 items.1 microfilm reel (negative)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83754112 View

James J. Robinson papers, Robinson (James J.) papers, (bulk 1945-1950), 1930-1977

Title: James J. Robinson papers Robinson (James J.) papers (bulk 1945-1950) 1930-1977

The James J. Robinson papers consist of legal documents, manuscripts, notes on legal cases, speeches, and research and drafts of a published book. The bulk of the collection pertains to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE).

ArchivalResource: 52.0 Linear feet

http://library.brown.edu/riamco/render.php?eadid=US-RPB-ms2006.01&view=title View