Source: John B. Green Collection #380.1.a Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo Description: This early combat photograph taken by an American sailor shows the first of approximately 2,300 sailors and marines from the South Atlantic Fleet and the 2nd Advanced Base Regiment landing at Veracruz, Mexico in the predawn hours of 21 April 1914. Two other marine [...]
This week’s staff pick is from the Clarence Leroy Shuping Papers collection (Manuscript Collection #553). One of the donors of this collection, Hampton Shuping, is also featured prominently in the collection. He was the second oldest of Clarence’s three sons, and he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. This photograph was taken [...]
Source: Frank A. Armstrong, Jr. Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #35 Staff Person: Jonathan Dembo Description: The photograph below is one of the most famous in any of our collections. It shows Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (1885-1966) signing the Instrument of Surrender on board the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) during the formal ceremony [...]