Walter B. Snook collection 1945

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Walter B. Snook collection 1945

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt5w1033pd

Reports, surrender instructions, and military newspaper issues. Includes a copy of a telegram from Admiral Chester W. Nimitz on the capture of Iwo Jima, and a proclamation to the people of the Volcano Islands.

1 manuscript box; (0.4 linear feet)

eng,

Hoover Institution Archives

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6657214

Hoover Institution Archives

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

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

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s866k3 (person)

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...

Snook, Walter B., collector.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kn1jw9 (person)