Nimitz Library Digital Collections

(Three picture series)
Airplanes, Military -- Japan; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese;
Surprise attack by Navy PB4Y results in destruction of Japanese flying-boat. In the first picture, the PB4Y has broken out of a cloud-bank to catch the enemy plane flat-footed from the port quarter. Picture 2 shows the EMILY streaming smoke. ...
World War II - Combat Photographs

(Three picture series)
Airplanes, Military -- Japan; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese;
Surprise attack by Navy PB4Y results in destruction of Japanese flying-boat. In the first picture, the PB4Y has broken out of a cloud-bank to catch the enemy plane flat-footed from the port quarter. Picture 2 shows the EMILY streaming smoke. ...
World War II - Combat Photographs

(Three picture series)
Airplanes, Military -- Japan; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese;
Surprise attack by Navy PB4Y results in destruction of Japanese flying-boat. In the first picture, the PB4Y has broken out of a cloud-bank to catch the enemy plane flat-footed from the port quarter. Picture 2 shows the EMILY streaming smoke. ...
World War II - Combat Photographs

Office of the Superintendent: General Correspondence, 1922-1927
United States Naval Academy; United States Naval Academy. Superintendent; United States Naval Academy -- Administration; United States Naval Academy -- Alumni and alumnae; United States Naval Academy. Band; United States Naval Academy -- Buildings...
Academy Archives Finding Aids

Willard M. Sweetser Papers, 1898-2008 (bulk 1921-1956)
Sweetser, Willard Merton, 1902-2007; Military attachés -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations; United States. Navy. Yangtze Patrol; Panay (River Gunboat : PR-5); Lardner (Destroyer : DD-487); Manuscripts; Correspondence; Invitations;...
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Case of the Somers mutiny: defense of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, commander of the U.S. Brig Somers, before the court martial held at the Navy yard, Brooklyn
United States.Navy.Court-martial (Mackenzie : 1843); Somers (Brig : 1842-1846); Somers Mutiny, 1842; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States
CASE OF THE SOMERS' MUTINY DEFENCE OF ALEXANDER SLIDELL MACKENZIE COMMANDER OF THE U.S. BRIG SOMERS, BEFORE THE COURT MARTIAL HELD AT THE NAVY YARD, BROOKLYN NEW YORK: TRlBUNE OFFICE, 160 NASSAU STREET, 1843 CASE OF THE SOMERS'...
The Somers Affair

Sunset for Three Japs
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese;
Striking view of the demise of three Jap planes during the prelude to the battle of the Eastern Philippines. Hitting our Task Force on June 18, in the hope of catching us off guard, the Japs suffered a loss of 353 planes. In the right hand lower...
World War II - Combat Photographs

Japanese Bomb Hits Flight Deck of U.S.S. ENTERPRISE - August 24, 1942
Enterprise (Aircraft carrier : CV-6); Bombing, Aerial; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American;
The film from his camera was saved, but this unique and famous picture cost the photographer his life. Direct Strike -- Another time the Japs were fortunate in their aim was this direct hit on the flight deck of the U.S.S. ENTERPRISE back on August...
World War II - Combat Photographs

Kamikaze - Clips from Navy, Marine, Coast Guard Motion Picture Films
Aircraft accidents; Aircraft carriers -- United States; Airplanes, Military -- United States; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American;
Missing the crash barrier, this Navy plane rolled down the deck, knocked the wing off a spotted plane, and crashed into the sea. This picture catches it in mid-air on its way down after the fateful accident.
World War II - Combat Photographs

William J. Sebald Papers, 1887-1980
Atcheson, George, 1896-1947; Ba U, U, b. 1887; Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959; Gascoigne, Alvary Frederick, Sir, 1893-1970; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Masaoka, Mike, 1915-; Menzies, Robert, 1894-1978; Mikasa no Miya Takahito, Prince, son of...
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Eugene Edward Wilson Papers, 1854-1947
Wilson, Eugene Edward, 1887-1974; Wilson, Gevenieve; Westervelt, George Conrad, 1879-; United States.Navy -- Aviation; Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics; Air power -- United States; Aircraft industry -- United States --...
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Correspondence, 1843: Hoffman, Stephen B. [Letter] 1843 January 23 [to] Major William Popham [New York]
Somers (Brig : 1842-1846); Somers Mutiny, 1842; Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell, 1803-1848; Popham, William, 1752-1847
My very dear Sir I have carefully perused your letter to Commander Mackenzie, and am much gratified to find that in your mature judgment he has so able an advocate and support; and I sincerely hope that his conduct in that sad Tragedy (painful as...
The Somers Affair

Official Program Cover
United States Naval Academy -- Football; United States Military Academy -- Football; Crockett, Gib;
Artist Crocket intended the 1965 program cover to reflect the program's theme of academy athletes who had gone on to greater glory in many fields of endeavor. Some of that glory is depicted in the following picture. [689K; USNA]
Army-Navy Football

The Trident Magazine: Centennial Issue
United States Naval Academy -- Periodicals; United States Naval Academy -- Anniversaries, etc; United States Naval Academy -- History;
Naval Academy History