General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. CONFERENCE ON YONTAN AIRFIELD, OKINAWA; ADMIRAL NIMITZ, GENERAL VANDEGRIFT; CENERAL BUCKNER; SEABEES ON OKINAWA

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. CONFERENCE ON YONTAN AIRFIELD, OKINAWA; ADMIRAL NIMITZ, GENERAL VANDEGRIFT; CENERAL BUCKNER; SEABEES ON OKINAWA

1945

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1) CU Men eat chow & receive mail.2) MS Chow line.3) CU Each man gets an egg & has his name marked off on a list.4) MS Seabees pick up their tools & prepare to go to work.5) CU Cook"s tent, men lined up BG waiting for chow.6) CU Group of Seabees investigate chicken lying in a basket.7) CU Two Seabees drink coffee.8) MS-CU R5D landing.9) CU Admiral Nimitz gets off plane and is greeted by General Vandegrift USMC, General Buckner, USA & Admiral Spruance USN-SV.10) MS Admiral Nimitz & party pass statue erected to Japanese bombing squadron & enter tent called "ComNavOperations."11) CU Admiral Nimitz climbs into armored .12) MS Nimitz & party leave in armored car.13) LS Admiral Nimitz & party drive down dusty road flanked by aircraft, many jeeps follow.QUALITY: FAIR

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Vandegrift, A. A. (Alexander Archer), 1887-1973

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General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, USMC (March 13, 1887 – May 8, 1973) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general. During World War II, he commanded the 1st Marine Division to victory in its first ground offensive of the war, the Battle of Guadalcanal. For his actions on August 7 to December 9, 1942, in the Solomon Islands campaign, he received the Medal of Honor. Vandegrift later served as the 18th Commandant of the Marine Corps. He was the first four-star general on active duty in th...

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...

Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1886-1945

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From the Kentucky Encyclopedia on S.B. Buckner: Simon Bolivar Buckner, governor of Kentucky during 1887-91, was born at Glen Lily, the family estate near Munfordville, Kentucky, on April 1, 1823. When his parents, Aylett Hartswell and Elizabeth Ann (Morehead) Buckner, moved to Arkansas, they left him behind to attend schools in Greenville and Hopkinsville before he entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1840. After graduation Buckner saw active duty with Gen. Winfield Scott during th...