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[Radio Interview with Vice Adm. R. K. Turner and Gen. H. M. Smith, Transcript]

Typed transcript of interview conducted by radio interviewer Richard S. 'Cactus' Pryor with Vice Adm. R. K. Turner and Gen. H. M. Smith the day after the Iwo Jima flag raising and consists of commentary about that event and other combat operations taking place on the island at that time.

Date: February 24, 1945

Creator: Pryor, Cactus

[Operations Plans, Iwo Jima, 4th Marine Division]

Document describing the debarkation and approach schedule, air and naval gunfire support, and other plans for the proposed invasion of Iwo Jima, 4th Marine Division.

Date: January 14, 1945

Creator: Eberhardt, F. C.

[Diary Entries, Eugene Houston]

Handwritten diary pages from Eugene J. "Gene" Houston, who served on the U.S.S. Gillespie during World War Two. Ranging from a few words to a few sentences, the entries are dated and mention naval activities in the Pacific Theater.

Date: [1941..1945]

Creator: Houston, Eugene J.

[Doolittle Raid Operation Log, April 18, 1942]

Operation Log from the Doolittle Raid taken from the USS Hornet by then SN Leo R. Cantrell. Written in pencil, the document gives minute by minute detail of the launch, with exact times, and includes launch times for each take-off by plane number

Date: April 18, 1942

Creator: Cantrell, Leo R.

T-N-T

Typed account "T-N-T" of bombing of USS Marathon at Okinawa on July 22, 1945, written by Kenneth E. Haden of the ship's crew. Included with the document is an envelope addressed to Mrs. Silas Haden with handwritten notes including "Kenneth account of Bombing."

Date: October 11, 1945

Creator: Haden, Kenneth E.

Tonight At Iwo Jima

Typed document recording the account of Edward H. De Wolf, who served on LST (H) 931 at Iwo Jima, describing the scene in a front line hospital ship following the initial invasion of Iwo Jima. The document graphically describes the assault on that island and the activity on LST (H) 931 during it.

Date: February 19, 1945

Creator: de Wolf, Edward H.

Surrender Ceremony - 2 September 1945

Hal Lamar's copy of a document entitled "Surrender Ceremony, 2 September 1945." The document lists a Schedule of Arrivals, Procedure for Assembling, and lists the names of Officers, Allied Representatives, and Japanese Representatives expected to attend. Several diagrams lay out the personnel arrangements on the USS Missouri.

Date: September 2, 1945

Surrender Ceremony - Sequence of Events

Document describing the surrender ceremony sequence of events on Truk Islands aboard the USS Portland. Document gives instructions on meeting and interacting with the Japanese delegation during the surrender. The appendices illustrate arrangement of personnel.