General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. SURVIVORS OF USS YORKTOWN ARRIVES AT PEARL HARBOR

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. SURVIVORS OF USS YORKTOWN ARRIVES AT PEARL HARBOR

1946

1) MCU Adm. Nimitz and Adm. Calhoun on dock.2) MS-UA Adm. Nimitz leaving ship over gangway.3) MCU Wounded being taken off transport and placed in ambulances on dock.4) MS-GV Survivors of Yorktown leaving transport via gangway (SV).5) MS-GV Casualties being lowered over side on platform and being placed in ambulances waiting on the dock (SV).6) MCU Survivors entering bus (SV).7) MCU Survivors of Yorktown leaving transport over gangway.8) MCU Survivors entering bus at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard.9) MS Wounded leaving transport via gangway; several of the wounded being carrier by buddies.10) MS Casualties being lowered over side of transport to dock (SV).11) MS-DA Wounded being taken from platform and loaded into ambulances on dock.12) MS-GV Destroyer, old four-stacker-type.13) MS PAN Bow to stern of old four-stacker-type destroyer.14) MS-UA Bridge of DD.15) MS-MCU Four-stacker DD in Pearl Harbor.16) MCU Wounded being lowered overside of transport to dock and placed in ambulances (SV).17) MCU Survivors leaving DD which is tied up al side dock.18) MS-DA Survivors of Yorktown leaving DD in Pearl Harbor.19) MS-DA Wounded being taken from destroyer and placed in ambulances.

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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...

Calhoun, William L. (William Lowndes), 1884-1963

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William Lowndes Calhoun, great grandson of Vice President John Calhoun, was born July 13, 1884, in Palatka, Florida. He was an instructor at Annapolis from 1930 to 1932, and saw duty at Naval War College from 1939 to 1940. He served as commander of the Service Force Pacific Fleet from 1942 to 1945, and was promoted to vice admiral in June 1942. Calhoun died October 19, 1963. From the description of Calhoun, William L. (William Lowndes), 1884-1963 (U.S. National Archives and Records A...