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Nimitz News DispatchNewsletter of the Admiral Nimitz Foundation and National Museum of the Pacific War A Property of the Texas Historical Commission Second Quarter 2016

his year's Symposium will focus on the roles and impact of women in the armed forces from World War II to the current day. Entitled "We Served

Too: The Women in National Security," it will be held on 17 September 2016 in the Steve W. Shepherd Theater, Hwy 87S, Fredericksburg. The following are the main topics which will be discussed:

■ Women who played key roles in cryptology

■ The history and contributions of the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs)

■ Nursing from WWII to the present■ Women in current National Security roles

Confirmed speakers (subject to change) are: Historian Richard Frank and Col. Anne Weinberg, USMC (Ret), former Deputy Director of Manpower Integration. Historian Kelly Crager will serve as Moderator. Speakers on the roles of WASPs and nurses will be present. (More information on confirmed speakers will be found on our website closer to the date of the event.) There will be two panel discus- sions, and representatives of the Women's Army Corps (WAC), WASPS, nurses and defense workers have been invited.

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On the night before the Symposium, a documentary film entitled We Served Too will be shown at the

Steve W. Shepherd Theater. Following the presentation, filmmaker Jill Bond will speak. Details on Page 2.

General information on local Fredericksburg is located on Page 2. For your convenience, a registration form, is provided on Page 3 -- or you may register on

our website: PacificWarMuseum.org.

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he night before the Symposium, 16 September, a documentary called We Served Too about the

Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPS) in World War II will be shown at the Steve W. Shepherd Theater

on Hwy 87S. It tells the story of the young, courageous women who broke through barriers and

shattered stereotypes. This film won a "Gracie" award (for women in the media) for "outstanding

documentary" in 2014. After the movie's conclusion, the film's producer, Jill Bond, will discuss its background

and significance. Bond has been writing, di- recting and producing for over 20 years. This was her first feature

length documentary. The documentary will startat 7:30 Friday evening. Adults: $10; 17 and under: $7. Tickets available through www.fredericksburgtheater.org or by calling 888-669-7114

Dian Graves Owen Foundation Dr. Leon Bromberg Charitable Trust

Dodge Jones Foundation H-E-B

K Bar J Fund Kickapoo Spring Foundation

Legett FoundationWorld War II Veterans' Symposium

Scholarship

ollowing the close of the Symposium, you are invited to a special dinner set in the lovely Nimitz

Ballroom. Cocktails begin at 6:00 pm on the patio. Dinner served at 7:00 pm and the program begins at 8:00

pm. This year's speaker will be Major General Angela Sali- nas, USMC, (Ret). General Salinas, a trailblazer,

was the first Hispanic woman to become a USMC general officer. In 2013, she retired after 39 years of service as the highest ranking female in the Marine

Corps at the time of her re- tirement. She is currently the head of the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas and

serves on the Board of Directors ofthe Admiral Nimitz Foundation.

he Symposium is open to the public and will be held at the Fredericksburg Theater Company’s Steve W. Shep- herd Theater, 1668 Highway 87S, Fredericksburg. Only 275 seats are available so please reserve your space

as soon as possible. Doors open at 8am, and the Symposium hours are 9am to 5pm on 17 September.Tickets are $50 for Admiral Nimitz Foundation members and $60 for non-members. Attendees may enjoy a cock-

tail reception and dinner beginning at 6:00pm in the Nimitz Ballroom for $50 a person. Lunch will be on attendees’ own so they may choose among the town’s excellent restaurants.

Fredericksburg is located 70 miles from San Antonio on IH 10N and 75 miles from Austin on 290W. Air service is available to San Antonio and Austin on major carriers. For information, please contact the Fredericksburg Con- vention and Visitor Bureau on 1-888-997-3600. Its website is fredericksburg-texas.com. To receive a hotel

Friday Night Documentary

General Dwight Eisenhower made the following comment regarding the value of

women's servicein WWII: "I was violently against it, but every

phase of the record they compiled during the war convinced me of the error of my first reaction."

Eisenhower went on to fight for a permanent place

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Angela Salinas, USMC,

With Thanks to Our Sponsors and

Basic Symposium Information


discount, please contact the Inn on Baron’s Creek, 308 S. Washington, 800-916-4339. Please check our website: PacificWarMuseum.org under “Events” for updated details and on line registration.

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Name:

Guests’ Names:

Your and Guest Name Tags Should Read (Veterans -- Please Include Service Info):

Address:

City/State/Zip:

Telephone: E-Mail:

Check Enclosed for $ (Payable to the Admiral Nimitz Foundation)MasterCard/VISA/Discover Card No. Expiration Date: Card Verification Number: Signature:

Please Mail Form to: The Admiral Nimitz Foundation, Attn: Molly Sagebiel, 328 East Main St, Fredericksburg, TX 78624

You may also register on-line at: PacificWarMuseum.org under “Events”

Note: Students (with appropriate ID) are FREE and encouraged to attend, but they Must Register.Please provide Name, Age, Grade & School

Please contact Lisa Simmons for additional information at [email protected].

Symposium Registration Form17 September 2016 -- Steve W. Shepherd Theater,

• Tickets:@$50 = Admiral Nimitz Foundation Members (# of Persons):

Non-Foundation Members (# of Persons): @$60 = Active Duty Military (# of Persons): @$30 = (WWII Veterans are free as part of WWII Veterans Scholarship Fund)

• Saturday Dinner in Ballroom (# of Persons): ) @$50 = (Reservations must be made by 31 August 2016)

• Join the Admiral Nimitz Foundation ($35 basic annual membership): @$35 = Total =


Suggestion: The theater venue can be chilly. A jacket or sweater may be helpful.Dress Code: Casual Dress

Please note: Cancellations must be received by 31 August 2016. Otherwise, a $10 fee will be charged.Dinner reservations are not refundable after 31 August .

Seating at the Symposium is limited. If available, all tickets at the door will be $60.


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For those of you who would like to see if the Oral History of your family member or friend has been digitized and is on line, you may search on our website: PacificWarMuseum.org.

Go to the Menu on the Home Page Hit NERC & ArchivesGo to View the Digital Archives,

Hit WWII Veterans Oral History Collection

Search for the name of the individual you are researching.

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Legacy Society Members Ensure Museum’s FutureHistorian James Hornfischerto be Veterans’ Day Speaker

s Blake Laine recently searched the Internet for information on his grandfather, John Shanesy, he came

upon something completely unexpected: a digital rendition of Shanesy’s Oral History of his WWII service available on the website of our Museum. After listening to it, Lainesent the following message:

I was just on line doing a random search about my grandfather (John “Jack” Shanesy of Troy, Ohio) and I found your website. I never thought in my wildest dreams, I would hear his voice again after his passing on 16 March 2011. Thank you so much for the opportunity. What a good interview!

Laine learned that Shanesy had enlisted early in the war in the Navy because he did not ”want to sleep in the mud.” (His brother had served in the Army and endured fierce fighting, including at the Battle of the Bulge.) Once sworn in, Shanesy was given mechanical and welding training in the U.S. Late in the war, he was given combat equipment and a weapon and sent to Luzon and Manila in the Philip- pines where he worked mainly in the refrigeration shop. His services were also called upon to help in many ways to keep all the equipment at the site running.

In December 1945, he was discharged as a 1st Class Petty Officer. He then parlayed his extensive training into owning his own appliance repair shop.

www.PacificWarMuseum.org

ur Fleet Admiral Nimitz Legacy Society seeks people like you who want to commemorate the

service and sacrifices of those who fought inWWII.

Become a member by making a provision in your estate for the Admiral Nimitz Foundation and National Museum of the Pacific War and notifying the Foundation of your intent.

For more information or to receive a Letter of Intent for Estate Gift, please contact Marty Kaderli on 830-997-8600, x204 or [email protected].

YOU MAY ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITEwww.PacificWarMuseum.org, under “Get Involved”

aval historian James Hornfischer will be the speaker on Veterans’ Day. He is the author of several

best sellers, including The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, Ship of Ghosts, and Neptune’s Inferno. He

was the re- cipient of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Lit-

erature.His new book is The Fleet at Flood Tide, America

at Total War in the Pacific (1944-45). It is an unprece- dented account of the campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its power and supremacy. A book signing will follow Hornfischer’s presentation. There will be more information in the next newsletter.

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The following article was provided by Brandon Vinyard, Director of Marketing and Public Relations.

n May, students from Co- manche High School set

up Living History displays at the Pacific Combat Zone. Dressed in period attire, the displays ranged from Rosie the Riveter and women aviators, to infantrymen, both Japanese and American. As a LivingHistorian, I was taken aback by both the size and quality of the exhibits.

Eric Gutierrez displayed weapons, gear, and personal items that a Japanese soldier would have carried. Eric took on the role of Suetaro Kenemoto, a Japanese soldier who fought and died during the war. Suetaro was born in Seattle, Washington in 1923. In the mid-1930s, he went to live with his mother in Japan. At 18, he was drafted into the army as a willing participant. Suetaro died from artillery fire in 1944.

Eric brought Suetaro’s story to life with displays of a Japanese signature flag and a translated letter that Suetaro wrote to his mother in April 1944. As I walked up to Eric’s table, he introduced himself and started to tell Suetaro’s story. Without referring to a script, Eric spoke in great de- tail about Suetaro indicating he had not just memorized a script, but had invested himself in the story.

The teacher responsi- ble for bringing these students together and introducing them to a new way of learning was Patrick Adams, who teaches U.S. His- tory at Comanche High School. All of the arti- facts on display were from Patrick’s personal collection, which started when he was young and purchased a U.S. web belt from a surplus

store. Years later, that interest grew when he was 14 and he and his father visited our Museum. Patrick said, “My Dad served in the South Pacific, but he never talked about it. We were looking at an M1 rifle and other weapons behind glass, and my dad just started talking. I promised my- self that one day I would own an M1 Garand, and after high school I purchased one. The collection grew from there.”

“U.S Alive in ‘45” started two years ago after Patrick realized he needed to get kids involved in showing the collection, rather than just watching him present it. The group has presented it at four schools, their local commu- nity, and now this Museum. When asked what he would like his students and those who see the exhibit to walk away with, Patrick said, “I hope they understand the re- alness of it. History is more than just reading a book and reciting the facts. History is preserving the past.”

he temporary exhibit “Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow: Living with the Atomic Bomb 1945-1965” recently

opened. It is located in the George H. W.Bush Gallery and is free to view.

The exhibit is open from 9am to 5pm and will be on display until 11 August. It explores

how people experienced the atomic threat as part of their

dailylives. The exhibit is on loan from

the Mid-America Arts Alliance.

Featuring more than 75 publica- tions, posters, toys and other objects

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and graphics, the exhib shows how Americans w flooded with images and i formation about the danger and potential of atomic ergy. It outlines how this message changed in answer to evolving weapon tech- nologies and shif t ing global politics.

This exhibit will bring back many memories for tthese decades and is a way to introduce younger people to a past unsettling era.

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WDear Members,

e are halfway through another year.Thanks to your continued support

and a focused, hard-working staff, we are having another strong year. Phase 2 of the Pacific Combat Zone Renovation is going well. Both the battlefield and new amphitheater are coming up out of the ground and looking good! We also completed the much needed reroofing of the Nimitz Museum in May. And, most importantly, our visitation is up year-after-year.

We continue to have quite a few plaqueceremonies in the Memorial Court Yard honoring those in- dividuals and units who served in the Asiatic-Pacific during World War II. Always moving events, especially when the veteran is present, it is especially rewarding to me to

see children and young adults participating, hearing the stories and learning about the value of service to our great Nation.

We have several major events coming up in the last half of the year including a presentation by the former Chairman

of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mike Mullen, USN (Ret) on the 5th of July and

our September Symposium that will focus on the role of women in national

security and the U.S. military from World War II to the present. Of course, none of what we do would be possible

without your help and dedicatedsupport. I thank you for your continued interest in helping us ensure we continue to honor all who have served our country. With gratitude and best wishes,

Mike Hagee

egistration

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uddies” Classic, Sporting Clay hoot, on 27 Au- ust 2016 at the ational Shooting omplex in San ntonio, Texas. r o c e e d s w i l l enefit the Admi- al Nimitz Foun- ation and Vet- rans’ Assistance ogs of Texas, hich provides ompanion dogs o disabled veter- ns. To test skill n stations where

clay birds are tossed at different heights, angles and speeds

- some along the ground, some at bush and shrub height, and some flying high overhead. Trophies will be presented to the 1st and 2nd place teams per course and top three

over- all shooters. There are trophies for top female and top junior shooter.

Tickets for individual participants cost $200 - ammuni-

From the Desk of the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Admiral Nimitz Foundation:

Register for “Battle Buddies” Sporting


Pag Nimitz News tion, gift bag, foam ear plugs, and lunch with soft drinks and adult beverages are included. Sporting clay carts are provided for disabled shooters; otherwise, they are available for$50. Additional lunches are $15. We suggest participants bring their own safety glasses and more professional noise suppression gear, if needed. (The latter will be available for purchase at the Clubhouse.) Other attractions include a silent auction. Sponsors, to date, include Valero Energy Foundation, Mary and Mike Porter, Conceptual Mind Works, H-E-B, Toyota, and Remington Outdoors. Sponsors are also being sought to back a team of veterans, wounded warriors, and area college and high school shooting groups.

F o r o n - l i n e r e g i s t r a t i o n , v i s i t o u r w e b s i t e PacificWarMuseum.org, under “News and Events”, or call 830-997-8600, ext. 211. When registering, do not forget to register all members of your team for proper placement, select if you are competing in the Male, Female, or Youth (17 or younger) divisions, and indicate your gauge for ammo. Individual shooters are welcome.

The schedule is as follows -- 7:30am: Registration and Check-In at the Clubhouse; 8:45pm: Safety Rules read, and shooters drive to the course parking lot; 9:00am (Sharp!): Shoot begins; 12:00pm: Lunch; 1:15pm: Shoot- off for Top Individual Shooter, followed by close of Silent Auction and award of trophies.

Directions to the National Shooting Complex from San Antonio: Take Loop 1604 to Culebra Road; Go West on Culebra, approximately 2 miles to Roft Road. Turn left on Roft Road and follow to the Complex entrance on right. Follow road to Registration Headquarters (Clubhouse).


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he family of Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner has gen- erously donated to our Archives a variety of items

which pertain mainly to the Admiral’s World War II service. Admiral Turner was best known for commanding

the Am-

phibious Forces during the campaigns in the Pacific. In June 1942, he took command of the Amphibious Force, South Pa- cific Force. Over the next three years, he held a variety of senior Amphibious Force Commands. He helped to plan and execute amphibious operations against enemy positions in the south, central and western Pacific. He would have com-

manded the amphibious component of the invasion of Japan if the war had not ended.

Among the items donated is a unique album documenting the funeral ceremonies of Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Hiroshi Saito. It includes the activities of the accompanyingU.S. Naval representatives and Japanese Government dele- gates in Japan related to the transfer of the Ambassador’s ashes in April 1939. This is believed to be the only copy of this album in the U.S. except for the copy located in the Library of Congress.

Saito died in Washington, D.C. in March 1939 at a time when American-Japanese relations were severely strained. President Roosevelt decided to honor Saito, a personal friend who had worked hard to maintain diplomatic relations and bridge the gap between the two nations for the past four years. Saito was cremated in Washington, and FDR handpicked the USS Astoria to carry the ashes back to Japan. Admiral Turner was Roosevelt’s ship captain of choice. In this way, it is likely that the album came to be in the Admiral’s personal collection.

Scaffolding “Crowns” the Old Nimitz Hotel

Work to restore the roof of the old Nimitz steamship hotel built in the 19th

Family of Admiral R. K. Turner Donates


century has been completed. Now housing the Admiral Nimitz Museum, the building's old wooden shingles were removed and replaced with more durable replica shingles to prevent water leakage.



fter seizing Rabaul on New Britain in late January 1942, the only remaining Australian stronghold north

of Australia was Port Moresby on the south coast of New Guinea. On 8 March 1942, the first Japanese troops landed along the north coast at Lae and Salamaua. These troops were from the South Seas Detachment (Army troops from the 144th Infantry Regiment) and the Maizuru 2nd Special Naval Landing Force (SNLF).

In May 1942, the Japanese ef- fort to invade Port Moresby from the sea was turned back during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Following this defeat and the disaster at Mid- way in June, the Japanese decided to take Port Moresby via the over- land route from Buna.The troops employed were the South Seas Detachment reinforced by engi- neers and artillery.The Japanese moved south along the Kokoda Track and pushed the Australians back almost to Port Moresby.

With the defeats of the Japanese landing at Milne Bay in late Au- gust and at Bloody Ridge on Guadalcanal in mid-September, it was decided to pull back over the Owen Stanley Mountains to de- fend along the north coast at Buna

cial Naval Landing Force (CSNLF) on New Georgia, the 7th CSNLF on Santa Isabel, and the 6th Sasebo Special Naval Landing Force at Bougainville and Buin.

Following the capture of Buna and Guadalcanal, the Al- lies began their operation to isolate Rabaul. One force under Admiral Halsey went northwest up the Solomon chain, while MacArthur moved up the New Guinea coast to seize the Ad-

miralties. He continued westwards to seize the entire north coast of New Guinea prior to his jump to the Philippines. These landings came at a pace to which the Japan- ese could not reac t . In the Solomons, the Allies landed on New Georgia in June and Bougainville in November 1943. On New Guinea, it was Lae in September and Cape Gloucester in December 1943. Into 1944, landings took place in the Admiralties in February, Aitape and Hollandia in April, Wakde and Biak in May, and Noemfoor and Sansapor in July. The 17th Army, headquar- tered in the Shortland Islands, had the 6th Infantry Division on Bougainville and the 13th Infantry Regiment (from 6th Division) and the 229th Infantry Regiment (from

and Gona. On 9 December, the Australians captured Gona. Buna fell on 3 January 1943, and the final mop-up of the beachhead was

MUSEUM’S NEW GUINEA EXHIBIT:Japanese jacket/helmet • Type 44 carbine

Japanese paybook found at Hollandia

38th Division) on New Georgia.After a brutal two month battle

on New Georgia, Japanese remnants evacuated to Kolombangara

completed by 22 January. Total Japanese losses at the beachhead were about 4000 men.

With the Allies on the north coast of New Guinea and the loss of Guadalcanal, the Japanese began moving troops to New Guinea. The main Japanese Army headquarters in the area was the 8th Area Army at Rabaul. It commanded the 17th Army in the Solomon Islands and the 18th Army on New Guinea. At Rabaul, the 8th Area Army retained the 17th and 38th Infantry Divisions and the 65th Infantry Brigade under its control. The 6th Air Division was on New Guinea with approximately 175 operational aircraft. Rabaul was also the headquarters for the Japanese Navy’s South- eastern

Fleet. It controlled the 8th Fleet, in the Shortland Is- lands, with one heavy cruiser, eight destroyers, eight submarines and the 11th Air Fleet at Rabaul with approximately 225 operational aircraft. Japanese Naval ground forces in the Solomons consisted of the 8th Combined Spe-

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and reinforced. Once the U.S. landed on Vella Lavella, thoseforces were evacuated to Bougainville. In November 1943, the U.S. landed on Bougainville. Japanese forces counterat- tacked the beachhead with troops from the 6th Division and elements of the 17th Division brought in from Rabaul. The Japanese were pushed back to the southern end of Bougainville by Australian forces by war’s end. Following the U.S. landing at Cape Gloucester and the seizure of the Admiralties, Rabaul was cut off.

The 18th Army on New Guinea had three infantry divisions; the 51st at Lae, Salamaua, and Finschhafen, the 41st at Wewak, and the 20th at Madang. These divisions had been stripped of their horses and some of their artillery because of transport shortages and the lack of forage for horses. This meant all heavy weapons and equipment would have to be manhandled through the jungle if they had to move.

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The 51st Division lost about one third of its strength when its transports were sunk in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea; the remainder of the division was destroyed at Lae and Fin- schhafen in the fall of 1943. Instead of fighting up the coast, MacArthur began leapfrogging along the coast. By June 1944, the 18th Army was cut off. Its breakout attempt along the Driniumor River near Aitape failed with heavy losses and, with only about 10,000 survivors, the remnants of the 20th and 41st divisions, ended the war isolated in the jungles of New Guinea.

The Japanese moved the 35th and 36th Infantry Divisions to western New Guinea to try to halt the American advance. They, too, were destroyed by late summer 1944 at Wakde- Sarmi, Biak, and Sansapor. The survivors fled into the mountains until the end of the war. By late summer/early fall of 1944, the Americans had moved on to Morotai and were poised to invade the Philippine Islands. In the fighting on New Guinea after the fall of Buna, from Wau to Sansapor the Japanese lost 110,000 dead with another 30,000 isolated and neutralized. On 6 September 1945, the Japanese com- mander at

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for information and application.

Please note: Sadly, this will be the last article Rich provides us as he retired at the end of

May. We will miss his Pacific War articles and working with him. However, you may still see

him around the grounds as he plans to volunteer for the Living History programs.

The Japanese on New Guinea and the Solomons

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n 15 July, the Curator will give a behind the scenes tour at the Museum’s photo studio and discuss how

it is used and why it is so important to the Nimitz Educa- tional and Research Center. Participants must be 18 or older, and the cost will be $10 per person. The tour begins at 10am.

To register, please contact Al Spangler at 830-997-8600, ext. 260, or at [email protected], or visit our website.

ur Curatorial Department is planning to have another Curator’s Cart in the George H.W. Bush

Gallery on 5 August at 10:30. There will be a variety of objects and special material from the Museum’s

archives for you to see and possibly handle. It is a fun experience

-- and there is no charge. Just come and enjoy!

he Museum’s fall and winter months are going to be enhanced

bythe opening of a very evocative a n d u n i q u e e x h i b i t e n t i t l e d : Norman Rockwell in the 1940s: A View of the American Homefront.

This traveling exhibit opens on 16 Sep- tember 2016 and is being presented in conjunction with the Norman Rockwell Museum, located in Stockbridge, Massa- chusetts which holds the largest and most significant collection of art and archival materials relating to the life and work ofNorman Rockwell. On display will be 44 original tear sheets from Saturday Evening Post covers.

Many of Norman Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post covers created during the 1940s were based on life expe- riences from the American homefront during WWII. Rockwell’s Four Freedoms, (inspired by Roosevelt’s fa- mous war-time speech) Rosie the

Riveter, Homecoming Soldier and the hapless but lovable G.I. Willie Gillis, are among the memorable images in this exhibition.

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childrenages 6 to 13 and are seen as a way to excite young people about history by making learning fun and

interesting. A parent or guardian must accompany the child. All programs start at 10am and last

until about 11 to 11:30am. On 10 August, the program is called “Turn out those lights!” and will

teach why the homefront held night time drills. Students will also learn how to make blackout

flashlights.There will be a charge of $5 to cover materials.

Space is limited for this event. To register, please contact Al Spangler at 830 - 997 - 8600 , ext. 260 , or at [email protected]. You may also register on our website.

We would like to extend our thanks to Whataburger for its continued support of these edu- cational programs.

Rockwell was a 20th century American artist, author, and illustrator. His work was very popular in the U.S. because of its reflection of American culture. Among his famed pieces are the more than 300 paintings he created as covers for The Saturday Evening Post for nearly five decades. Later, he also had a working re- lationship with Look Magazine, and painted the portraits of several U.S. pres- idents and world leaders.

The Curator of Education from the Rockwell Museum, Tom Daly,

will be onhand to speak on 7 October, and the exhibit will be open to the public that evening as a stop on Fredericksburg’s monthly First Friday Art Walk. Check our website for final details of Daly's visit.

This coming exhibition will be on display from 16 Sep- tember until 13 January 2017 and will be located in the temporary gallery of the George H.W. Bush Gallery. There will be no charge to view it. Additional information will be available on our website: PacificWarMuseum.org.

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U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (Ret) Texas Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.

Woodrow F. (Woody) McCasland Helen McDonald

Nancy Brown Negley John P. Schneider, M.D.

George E. Seay, III

Our Partnership with the Texas Historical Commission: Working together by agreement as a state agency and a non-profit organization, the THC and Admiral Nimitz Foundation formed a new public/private partnership created to preserve the historic re- sources of the National Museum of the Pacific War and guide the expansion of the Museum. It is the only

Mark Your Calendars for

Upcoming Events in 2016:

Living History Reenactments Canceled Due to Renovations to Pacific Combat Zone. They are

Expected to Resume in March 2017.*********

15 July: Tour of Photo Studio w/Curator5 August: Curator’s Cart

10 August: Nimitz Jr. Corps Program 27 August: Battle

Buddies Sporting Clay Shoot Fundraiser

16 September: Norman Rockwell Exhibit 16 Sept: Symposium

Documentary Movie: “We Served Too”

Fredericksburg Theater - 7:30pm17 September: Annual

Symposium “We Served Too” Women in National Security and

U.S. Military7 October: Rockwell Exhibit on Art Walk

Admiral Nimitz Foundation 2016 Board of Directors

OfficersCase D. Fischer, Chairman

Robert B. Phelps, Vice Chairman Nancy L. Dreher, Secretary

Ronald L. Woellhof, TreasurerGeneral Michael W. Hagee, USMC (Ret)

President and Chief Executive Officer

Directors David Q. Bates, Jr. Kenneth L. Burenga

J. Coley Clark David D. Fitch John E. Harris

Thomas M. Hatfield, Ph.D. Steven L. Highlander

John C. KerrR. Bruce LaBoon John L. Nau, III Bruce Nichols

MajGen Angela Salinas, USMC (Ret) Greg Shrader

Sam Bell Steves, II Mary Ann Turbeville

Robert F. Wheless

Directors Emeriti James Avery Ann Brey

John R. Goodwillie Barbara Schmidt Heinen

Bruce H.C. HillSteven K. Howell

LTG Neal T. (Tom) Jaco, USA (Ret) CAPT Thomas H. Murray, Jr., USNR (Ret)

Gordon E. SauerJohn Schrock, Sr. Roy E. Stroeher

Craig L. Symonds, Ph.D.

Honorary Trustees General Billy J. Boles, USAF (Ret) The Honorable George H.W. Bush

U.S.Senator John CornynU.S. Senator Ted Cruz

The Honorable Gordon England

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Construction continues on the last half of the Pacific Combat Zone renovation. The new Living

History battleground and amphitheater are steadily rising in spite of the recent rains. The

new Living History venue is being named in memory of Texas Governor William P. Clements,

Jr. in recognition of a generous grant from the Clement Foundation. The first phase of the

Pacific Combat Zone opened to the public in March, and the final phase is expected to open

March 2017 with the resump-tion of the popular Living History reenactments.

Renovations to thePacific Combat Zone Continue

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Newsletter - National Museum of the Pacific War · Web viewThis film won a "Gracie" award (for women in the media) for "outstanding documentary" in 2014. After the movie's conclusion,