World War II (Temporal Keyword)

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Submerged Cultural Resources Assessment (1991)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Toni Carrell.

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Subsea Mudflows and Moving Shipwrecks: Submerged Cultural Resource Management on the Mississippi River Delta Front (2020)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Melanie Damour. Douglas Jones. Jason Chaytor.

This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. On May 12, 1942, the 500-foot-long, steel-hulled tanker Virginia was sunk by the German U-boat U-507 off the Mississippi River’s Southwest Pass. The shipwreck was discovered in nearly 300 feet of water during a 2001 oil and gas survey and was investigated by a remotely operated vehicle in 2004. A 2006 geophysical survey found that the shipwreck had moved more than 1,200 feet...


Supplemental 2016 North/South Runway Expansion Project Area, JBER, Cultural Resources Survey Report, United States Air Force Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Phyllys Callina.

The U.S. Air Force proposed to extend the north end of the north/south-oriented runway at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Because the proposed project includes federal funds and lands, it qualified as an undertaking under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), U.S. Code (USC) Title 54, Section 306108 (54 USC 306108); therefore, an identification-phase cultural resources survey of the project area was planned, and completed in August 2016, to comply with section...


Survey and Documentation of World War II Defensive Fortifications at Eareckson Air Station, Shemya Island, Alaska (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jason S. Rogers. Morgan R. Blanchard. Roberta Gordaoff.

This report summarizes the survey and documentation of World War II forts at Eareckson Air Station. Research methods used prior to fieldwork included an examination of aerial photographs, maps, and literature. Fieldwork was conducted under the direction of Northern Land Use Research Alaska (NLURA), LLC staff meeting the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards (36 CFR Part 61, Appendix A) for history and archaeology. Sites were located by vehicle and pedestrian survey...


Survey and Evaluation of Historic Buildings on Peterson Air Force Base (Final Report) (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Alexandra Wallace.

This project was initiated by the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) on behalf of Peterson Air Force Base (AFB) and conducted by the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML). The selective intensive-level survey is under the authority of Section 110 and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), as amended, and in accordance with the History Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP) requirements. The survey also evaluates each...


Survey and Evaulation of 121 Buldings at Nellis Air Force Base, Clark County, Nevada (2014)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos

This historic resources report includes a total of 121 buildings identified by Kish LaPierre, Cultural Resources Program Manager for Nellis AFB, that require survey and evaluation for potential NRHP eligibility because work anticipated for the energy conservation program at the installation may result in impacts that adversely affect these cultural resources.


Survey and Evaulation Report Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada (2011)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos

A historic context for the evaluation of NRHP eligibility of buildings at NAS Fallon and to survey, document, and evaluate all buildings and structures on NAS Fallon Main Station constructed prior to 1990 for NRHP eligibility with the exception of certain types of infrastructure. The project also was to evaluate whether one or more historic districts eligible for the NRHP exist at NAS Fallon. Nellis AFB is mentioned throughout this document.


A Survey of Historical Sites and Their Association With Oral Histories in Eastern Weno, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia (1996)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael Cain.

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The Tafuna Plain Sewer System Phase I - Archaeological Investigation of the Surveyed Route (1992)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Simon Best.

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Technology for Underwater Heritage: Mapping World War II Sites in the Pacific (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Peter W. Kelsey.

The National Park Service is investigating large scale yet highly accurate distributed models that could assist preservation activities across the Pacific. Recent innovations regarding reality capture and computer modeling technologies specific to the marine environment, including LiDAR, SONAR and photogrammetry are providing value to heritage projects in the Pacific. The first comprehensive survey of the USS Arizona ship and memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii since 1984 began in November of 2013...


A Time of Agony, the War In the Pacific in Saipan (1994)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Sister Maria Angelica Salaberria. Marjorie G. Driver. Omaira Brunal-Perry.

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Top Cover and Global Engagement - A History of the Eleventh Air Force (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text John H. Cloe.

A pamphlet that describes a history of the 11th Air Force in celebration by the 60th anniversary of the arrival of the first Army Corps of Engineers in Alaska. Created by the 3rd Wing History Office at the 611th Civil Engineer Squadron.


Trip Report for Unscheduled Emergency Archaeological Assistance at USAKA, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 17-18 March and 1-3 April, 1987 (1987)
DOCUMENT Citation Only C. F. Streck, Jr..

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1975)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Yvonne Brewer. Neil K. Chase.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


The U. S. Naval History of the Samoan Defense Group - LT. Commander John Burke, Usna (1945)
DOCUMENT Citation Only John Burke.

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U.S. Air Force Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) - Joint Base Charleston (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

The Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) is a planning document used to manage an installation's cultural resources management program. The document identifies cultural resource activities such as surveys and building inventories, that have taken place on an installation. It also identifies and describes historic resources within installation boundaries, identifies Native American groups affiliated with an installation, and provides a plan for staying in compliance with cultural...


Underwater Cultural Resources Management and Protection: U.S. Navy Shipwrecks in Hawaiian Waters, an Inventory of Submerged Naval Properties (Legacy 01-121)
PROJECT Hans K. Van Tilburg.

This survey report summarizes all known information for submerged U.S. naval properties in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands, based on various published and unpublished documents, oral reports, previously completed archaeological investigations, and archival resources. The report includes background information on the environmental setting of Hawaii, prehistoric and historic contexts, potential National Register nominations, and management recommendations.


Underwater Cultural Resources Management and Protection: U.S. Navy Shipwrecks in Hawaiian Waters, an Inventory of Submerged Naval Properties - Report (Legacy 01-121) (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Hans K. Van Tilburg.

This survey report summarizes all known information for submerged U.S. naval properties in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands, based on various published and unpublished documents, oral reports, previously completed archaeological investigations, and archival resources. The report includes background information on the environmental setting of Hawaii, prehistoric and historic contexts, potential National Register nominations, and management recommendations.


United States Air Force, Cultural Resources Servicewide Overview Project, 42nd Air Base Wing, Air Education and Training Command, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Christine K. Hensley.

Report presenting the results of an assessment of historical properties inventory and compliance efforts, identifies data gaps, and develops a strategy for evaluating cultural resources for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. With these goals in mind, an evaluation was made of the cultural resources management program at Maxwell AFB and recommendations are given.


United States Air Force, Cultural Resources Servicewide Overview Project: Luke Air Force Base, Air Education and Training Command, Maricopa County, Arizona (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Brant G. Loflin.

This report was written under an Interagency, Agreement for Professional and Technical Assistance in Managing and Protecting Cultural Resources on Air Force property entered into by the U.S. Air Force and the National Park Service. This report describes the results of an assessment of historical properties inventory and compliance efforts, the identification of data gaps, and the development of a strategy for evaluating cultural resources, for listing in the National Register of Historic Place


USDA Forest Service Inventory Standards and Accounting Form: Assessment of Effects of Proposed Safety Hazard Mitigation at Three Historic Mine Sites, Sandia National Laboratory (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert Dello-Russo. Roy W. Foster. Eric Petersen.

USDA Forest Service Inventory Standards and Accounting Form completed in support of an assessment by the Environmental Restoration Project of Sandia National Laboratories. The project has proposed to seal vertical and horizontal shafts at three historic mine sites in order to mitigate perceived safety hazards. on lands withdrawn from the Sandia Ranger District by the Department of Defense. The three historic mine sites are located on lands withdrawn from the Sandia Ranger District by the...


USDA Forest Service Inventory Standards and Accounting Form: Department of Defense High Energy Research and Technology Facility (HERTF) Powerline and Communication Line (1990)
DOCUMENT Full-Text John S. Hayden.

A project to construct a powerline and communication line to serve the Department of Defense High Energy Research and Technology Facility (HERTF) Site was found to be out of compliance viz, construction having been initiated prior to obtaining Cultural Clearance. A cultural resources survey was done on approximately 15 acres. Two prehistoric sites and one historic site were encountered for which project plans were changed to avoid. Cultural resources clearance is recommended.


USS Indianapolis Discovered! Now What? (2019)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Blair Atcheson. Richard Hulver.

This is an abstract from the "Developing Standard Methods, Public Interpretation, and Management Strategies on Submerged Military Archaeology Sites" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The 2017 discovery of USS Indianapolis, one of the Navy’s most storied ships and sought-after wrecksites, propelled the vessel back into the public eye and highlighted a string of deep-water WWII shipwreck investigations. After the media hype subsided, the Naval...


Utah WWII Stories (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Rick Randle. William L . Taylor. Eccles Broadcast Center, UT.

An oral history narrative from an interview with World War II veteran, William (Bill) L. Taylor., conducted by Rick Randle at Eccles Broadcast Center.


Wake Atoll Air Traffic Control Towers (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Carrie Cecil.

The purpose of this report is to establish the historic context for air traffic control tower and air traffic control support facility development on Wake Atoll. A critical component of any airfield, the air traffic control towers, and support facilities on Wake contributed to the safe and organized passage of aircraft through and over the atoll. Air traffic control facilities were an important aspect of Wake’s operation as a major aviation hub from 1935 to 1972. This report outlines the...