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[Shoe Purchase Coupon]

Shoe purchase coupon for Carl A. F. Holler and administered by the Office of Price Administration.

Date: August 18, 1945

Creator: Office of Price Administration

[Tobacco Ration Card]

Tobacco ration card issued to "Holler, Carl A. F."

Date: June 3, 1945

Creator: War Department

[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.

["Anniversary Waltz" Dance Program]

"Anniversary Waltz" dance program sponsored by; "Tri-V's and COEDS," held at Poston, AZ Relocation Camp.

Date: May 26, 1945

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.