General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. AWARD PRESENTATION AT AIEA HOSPITAL, P.H

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. AWARD PRESENTATION AT AIEA HOSPITAL, P.H

1944

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1) MS Patients wheeled in wheel chairs.2) MS Navy motion picture cameraman photographs patients in wheel chairs-SV.3) MS Red Cross & Navy nurses walk down steps, past camera; Gen. Holland Smith & Adm. Spruance.4) MCU Red Cross nurses prepare Purple Heart awards.5) MS Marines to be awarded medals, stand by.6) MS Flag officers stand by.7) MS CU Adm. Nimitz speaks at mike.8) MS Gen. Holland Smith presents awards.9) MS Marines at qtrs. after receiving awards.10) CU Purple Heart pinned on marine"s chest.11) HS Gen. Holland Smith & Red Cross nurses present awards to Marines at qtrs.12) GV-Pan Marines at qtrs. to receive awards.13) GV-Pan Showing officers" automobiles and marines at qtrs.14) MS Officers in car; car exits.15) MS-Pan Marines at qtrs.QUALITY: GOOD

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Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966

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Chester William Nimitz, Sr. (/ˈnɪmɪts/; February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral of the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II. Nimitz was the leading US Navy authority on submarines. Qualified in submarines during his early years, he later oversaw the conversion of these vessels' propu...

Spruance, Raymond Ames, 1886-1969

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Admiral, United States Navy; deputy commander-in-chief, Pacific Fleet, 1942-1943; commmander, Central Pacific Forces, 1944-1945. From the description of Raymond Ames Spruance miscellaneous papers, 1937-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869192 Admiral, U.S. Navy. From the description of Papers, 1926-1968. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command). WorldCat record id: 57417894 Biographical/Historical...

Smith, Holland M. (Holland McTyeire), 1882-1967

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Smith graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) in 1901. He entered the U.S. Marine Corps in c. 1905, served in the Philippines, Haiti, France during World War I, and the Pacific Theater in World War II. He is sometimes called "the father of modern U.S. amphibious warfare." Smith earned various service medals including the Distinguished Service Cross, the Purple Heart, and the Croix de Guerre. He retired from the service in 1946. From the description of Pap...