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[Calisthenics]

Description: Photograph of a crew aboard a Pacific Fleet aircraft participating in physical exercise while traveling towards a Japanese base in Hollandia, New Guinea. The men are arranged into parallel lines across the boat, and they are wearing similar military uniforms.
Date: May 10, 1944

[Life Raft]

Description: Photograph of men in a life raft floating away from a submarine while an airplane floats on water in the background. There are four men in the raft and all of them are wearing life jackets. The sailors on the submarine are looking down at the raft in the water.
Date: 1942~

[Wading River]

Description: Photograph of Colonel H. A. Smith, Commander of the Division, and some of his men wading through a river, somewhere in New Guinea. The group are position in the middle of the river with the water coming up to their waist. Several men are holding their guns or shoes in their hands, above the water. Thick bushes cover both sides of the river.
Date: November 15, 1942

[New Power Plant]

Description: Photograph of a new power plant setup for a transmitter at Lae, New Guinea. The setup is made up with a wooden canopy and is filled with barrels underneath it. Thick trees and bushes surround the area.
Date: January 14, 1944

[Foxhole Observer]

Description: Photograph of Sgt. Ben J. Pietrantonic (left) of Rochester N.Y., editor of the "Foxhole Observer", presenting copies of the paper to Constable Sirip (right) of the Royal Papuan Constabulary, at Base F, in Finschhafen, New Guinea. The man on the left is wearing a military uniform and looking away from the camera. The man on the right is wearing shorts and a short-sleeved shirt with a thick belt. He also has a gun strapped to his back. Two unidentified men can be seen standing on the right side o… more
Date: August 7, 1944

[Nimitz Family Scrapbook: Page 14 Side 1]

Description: Page from scrapbook kept by the Nimitz family that includes two photographs. The top photograph features the Nimitz's cats, E-2 and E-1, playing in the grass. Behind them is a wooden fence covered in sticks or vines. The bottom photograph features Clarence "Heine" Hinkamp, Elizabeth Freeman, and Chester W. Nimitz standing on snow or frozen ground. Clarence is wearing a knit cap, a suit jacket over a turtle neck sweater, and pants. Elizabeth is wearing a hat, a coat and fur, and a long skirt. C… more
Date: 191X

[Nimitz Family Scrapbook: Page 7 Side 1]

Description: Page from scrapbook kept by the Nimitz family that includes a photograph of the submarine USS E-1 entering dry dock. USS E-1 is mostly out of the water and there are wooden posts on either side of it. Three men standing on the right-side posts watch E-1 from behind. Photograph is mounted on black scrapbook paper.
Date: 191X

[Nimitz Family Scrapbook: Page 8 Side 2]

Description: Page from scrapbook kept by the Nimitz family that includes two photographs. The photograph on the top features Clarence "Heine" Hinkamp, Catherine Freeman, and Chester W. Nimitz standing in snow or possibly frozen water. Clarence is wearing a knit cap, a suit jacket over a turtle neck sweater, gloves, and pants. Catherine is wearing a hat, a coat, fur, and a long skirt. Chester is wearing a bowler hat, a long winter coat over a collared shirt and tie, and pants. The photograph on the bottom fe… more
Date: 191X

[Nimitz Family Scrapbook: Page 12 Side 1]

Description: Page from scrapbook kept by the Nimitz family that includes two photographs. The photograph on the top features the exterior of house. There are trees in front of and surrounding the house. The house has a second story balcony with two windows on either side of it. The first story of the house is obscured by photo deterioration. The photograph on the bottom features a road near the shore. There is a light post to the right of the road. In the distance there are some houses and fences. Photograp… more
Date: 191X

[U.S.S. Hancock Ship Store]

Description: Photograph of three men at a ship store on board the U.S.S. Hancock. The store is a small room set behind a counter with a wall of shelves holding a variety of small items. On the counter there are two small boxes, possibly a pack of cigarettes and matches. Behind the counter is a man in a white t-shirt smiling at the camera. A man on the left leans against the counter from outside the store with one leg up in a dark t-shirt and pants with a large knife strapped to his hip and something in his … more
Date: 1945~

[Photographers Take Group Portrait of Sailors]

Description: Photograph of photographers taking a group portrait of the sailors on U.S.S. Hancock. The sailors is lined up in three rows against a wall while in uniform and two men stand off to the right by an automobile. In front of the crew stand the two photographers in dark pants and short sleeved shirts with a bulky camera on a tripod. To their left in a man standing profile in a light-colored uniform and another on the far-left standing facing the sailors in dark pants and long-sleeved shirt rolled up… more
Date: 1945~
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