John N. Rupp collection, 1943-1991 1944-1945.

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John N. Rupp collection, 1943-1991 1944-1945.

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The collection consists of 1 scrapbook, 1 3-ring binder containing cartoons from "The Adakian" (1945), loose cartoon clippings from "The Adakian," U.S. Navy photographs, personal photographs, manuscript materials, and an autobiography entitled "The war and I and other topics : World War II reminiscences & miscellany : a collection of writings" (1 v. (various pagings) ; 28 cm.). The scrapbook contains manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, and 212 black-and-white photographic prints (6 x 9 cm.-21 x 26 cm.) relating to Rupp's military service. The collection also contains 133 loose black-and-white photographic prints (7 x 10 cm.-21 x 26 cm.) for a total of 345 photographs in the collection. Subjects of the photographs include: John N. Rupp, Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, Admiral Ralph Wood, Naval officers and soldiers, military buildings, military bases, U.S.S. Panamint, Japanese Naval cruiser, Japanese surrender at Ominato (Japan), ships, rivers, and fishing. Locations of the photographs include: Tucson (AZ), Adak, Dutch Harbor, Kodiak Island, Naval Air Station at Kodiak, and Ominato (Japan).

2 linear ft.

Anchorage Museum Atwood Resource Center, ANCHORAGE MUSEUM OF HIST & ART LI

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SNAC Resource ID: 8151066

Anchorage Museum Atwood Resource Center, ANCHORAGE MUSEUM OF HIST & ART LI

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Panamint (Amphibious command ship)

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Wood, Ralph F. (Ralph Frederic), 1890-1958

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Ralph Frederic Wood was born July 6, 1890, in Goshem, Indiana. He received his commission in the U.S. Navy in 1913, and later served as Commander of Aircraft of the Southwest Pacific Force from Aug. 1942 to July 1943. Wood died on November 29, 1958. From the description of Wood, Ralph F. (Ralph Frederic), 1890-1958 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10615815 ...

Fletcher, Frank Jack

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Fletcher (1885-1973) was a career naval officer who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1906. In 1914 he participated in the American occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico, and during World War I served aboard several ships in European waters. While stationed on the U.S.S. Sacramento, he was involved in suppression of the Colorum insurrection in the Philippines in 1924. Fletcher was commander of the U.S.S. New Mexico from 1936-1941 and was commander of Cruiser Division Six at Pearl Harbor when th...

Rupp, John N., 1913-1996.

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Japan. Kaigun

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...