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A black and white photo of an overhead crane at a Tokyo submarine base. The photo is from an album containing 53 photographs taken by Warren Tucker and his friends during the USS Yorktown (CV-10) crew...
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Small, black, Japanese booklet brought back as a souvenir. Issued by the Imperial Navy on January 4, 1932, the booklet is 14 pages.
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A folded Japanese identification record with an ID photo of young man in a sailor uniform.
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A Japanese 10 Yen bank note with a portrait of Wake no Kiyomaro on the right side of the bill. On the back of the note, there are instructions for conversion. Many US servicemen visiting Japan took...
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The Japanese Government issued Philippine 50 Centavo notes throughout the Japanese occupation of the Philippine Islands during World War II. The government issued these as a means to ensure loyalty...
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The Japanese Government issued Philippine 5 Peso notes throughout the Japanese occupation of the Philippine Islands during World War II. The government issued these as a means to ensure loyalty and...
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A letter to Warren Tucker from James Forrestal, the Secretary of the Navy, dated December 7, 1945. The letter highlights the accomplishments of the US Navy in World War II and expresses pride and...
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A black and white photograph of USS Yorktown (CV-10) sailors touring the Japanese Imperial Palace grounds in September of 1945.
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A black and white photo of Photographers Mate Warren Tucker (left) and two fellow sailors, Seaman 1/c Oliver Summers (middle) and Photographers Mate 3/c James Tucking (right) next to a koi pond at the...
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A black and white photo of the USS Yorktown (CV-10) as viewed from the starboard side while berthed in Tokyo Bay. Taken at sunset, the photo also features a Landing Ship Medium (LSM) ferrying crewmen...
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A black and white photo of the USS Yorktown (CV-10) viewed from the starboard side while berthed in Tokyo Bay. The photo was taken at sunset with Mt. Fujiyama in the background in September of 1945.
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A black and white photo reproduction of John Furlow's caricature of the USS Yorktown (CV-10)'s first commander Captain Joseph "Jocko" Clark titled "What Every Enlisted Man Goes Through at Captain's...
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A black and white photo of Lt. Robert Thienes of Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3) in sick bay on the USS Yorktown (CV-10) being shown a piece of shrapnel by Lt. Cdr. Frank Voris. Flight Surgeon with...
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A black and white photo of Harris Mitchell, Eugene "Gene" Valencia, James French, and Clinton Smith of Fighting Squadron Nine (VF-9) in flight gear. The group of pilots nicknamed "Valencia's Flying...
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A posed, black and white photo of Eugene "Gene" Valencia of Fighting Squadron Nine (VF-9) wearing his leather flight jacket in the Ready Room of the USS Yorktown (CV-10). Valencia was the US Navy's...
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An artistic, black and white photo of Warren Tucker dressed and made up as a US Marine. Pictured as a war weary Marine, unshaven and smoking a cigarette, the caption on the back reads "Warren Vernon...
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A copy of the commendation received by Warren Tucker from Captain Walter Boone on April 24, 1945 as part of the USS Yorktown (CV-10)'s Photographic Complement. The Photographers Mates receiving a...
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A black and white photo of Warren Tucker being congratulated by Captain Walter Boone during a ceremony on the USS Yorktown (CV-10) flight deck. The ceremony is for the ship's Photographers Mates...
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A black and white photo of Warren Tucker using an electric iron to press a uniform. A note on the back of the photo reads: "Tucker's Pressing Shop, $5.00 Per Uniform".
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A black and white photo of a sailor seated in the USS Yorktown (CV-10) projection booth admiring the photo of a woman. The photo is dated June 11, 1945.