WW2 Documents and Letters | World War II Database

439 items in this album on 22 pages.


Yasuyo Yamazaki's last letter to his wife, May 1943	Mother's Day card made for mothers to send to their sons in uniform, 9 May 1943	Message from George Marshall and Ernest King to US military personnel returning from war zones, 15 May 1943, page 1 of 2	Message from George Marshall and Ernest King to US military personnel returning from war zones, 15 May 1943, page 2 of 2

Guest ticket to the commissioning ceremony of USS New Jersey, which took place on 23 May 1943	Missing Air Crew Report 16163, page 1 of 2. Report documents the loss of the Russell Phillips crew on May 27, 1943 near Palmyra Atoll. The crew included Louis Zamperini. See comment below.	Missing Air Crew Report 16163, page 2 of 2. Report documents the loss of the Russell Phillips crew on May 27, 1943 near Palmyra Atoll. The crew included Louis Zamperini. See comment below.	Cartoon by Sixta depicting events and activities in the first year following the 30 Jul 1942 authorization of the US Navy WAVES program

Action Report filed by TBF Avenger pilots LtCdr Howard Avery and Ens Barton Sheela flying from USS Card documenting their attack on German U-402 in the mid-Atlantic, 13 Oct 1943. Page 1 of 3.	Action Report filed by TBF Avenger pilots LtCdr Howard Avery and Ens Barton Sheela flying from USS Card documenting their attack on German U-402 in the mid-Atlantic, 13 Oct 1943. Page 2 of 3.	Action Report filed by TBF Avenger pilots LtCdr Howard Avery and Ens Barton Sheela flying from USS Card documenting their attack on German U-402 in the mid-Atlantic, 13 Oct 1943. Page 3 of 3.	Postcard commemorating the commissioning of USS Tang, 15 Oct 1943

Written orders to the crew of USS Essex from Captain Donald B Duncan alerting crewmembers to the upcoming Line Crossing Ceremony, 22 Oct 1943	A summons issued by Neptunus Rex, Ruler of the Raging Main, to LtCdr Francis Gilreath aboard USS Essex calling him to appear at the Line Crossing ceremony, 26 Oct 1943	Crossing the Line certificate issued to LtCdr Francis N Gilreath, Trusty Shellback, who crossed the line aboard USS Essex 26 Oct 1943 while en route from Pearl Harbor to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides	Blood Chit issued by the United States with six southeast Asian languages, circa 1943.

Text of the Presidential Unit Citation awarded to the ships and men of USS Card, Barry, Borie, Goff, and air units Composite Squadrons One and Nine for actions against German submarines in 1943.	Thanksgiving holiday dinner menu aboard USS Wake Island, 25 Nov 1943	US government war bond poster featuring USS Helena, 1 Dec 1943	1944 chart created by Marinship Shipbuilding illustrating the flow of materials and labor in the building of the Type T2 tankers.