World War II (Temporal Keyword)

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Artistic Endeavors in Nebraska’s Prisoner of War Camps (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Allison Young. Allison M Young.

During the Second World War, thousands of prisoners of war were transported to the United States to be held for the duration of the conflict. The Geneva Convention served as the primary doctrine influencing how camps were built and how the prisoner populations were treated. Under the convention, prisoners were able to work for a wage as well as pursue hobbies in areas like education, sports, and the arts. This paper explores how the artistic pursuits of German POWs influenced the material record...


Assessment of Cultural Resource Studies Conducted at Kirtland Air Force Base, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (1988)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Christoper Lintz. Amy Earls. Nicholas Trierweiler. Jan Biella.

Since 1978 Kirtland Air Force Base and Sandia Laboratories have contracted for thorough on-ground surveys for the identification and evaluation of prehistoric and historic archaeological sites. A total of 13 surveys were completed for 31,281 acres on the Base and Forest Service Withdrawal Lands between 1978 and 1985. On May 7, 1987, Mariah Associates, Inc. was awarded the first of a three-phase contract designed to provide a comprehensive historic preservation plan for Kirtland Air Force Base....


Atomic Craters and Bedforms in Bikini: Detailed Geomorphic Signatures of the Seabed (2020)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Art Trembanis. Carter DuVal. Michael L. Brennan. James P. Delgado.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Mapping Crossroads: Archaeological and High Resolution Documentation of Nuclear Test Submerged Cultural Resources at Bikini Atoll" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. From 1946 to 1958 a series of 22 atomic bombs were tested throughout Bikini atoll resulting in a series of anthropogenic craters around the atoll. Now 61 years later, questions remain about what evidence remains for these tests and how human...


Australia to Fund Preservation of World War II Sites (1992)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Ennsanin Etto.

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AUX-1: Cultural Resources Inventory (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Sharon K. Bauer. Everett J. Bassett. J. Simon Bruder.

AUX-1 is one component to be included in a cultural resources management plan (CRMP) being developed for Luke AFB to deal proactively with cultural resources located on facilities under the jurisdiction of the Base. This report includes data collected to provide documentation in support of that effort as well as a proposal by the Air Force to continue and increase a variety of military deployment and training exercises at the facility. These continued and proposed actions -include weapons...


Aviators Down! Tuskegee Airmen in Michigan (2020)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Wayne R. Lusardi.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Strides Towards Standard Methodologies in Aeronautical Archaeology" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. During the middle years of World War II, Michigan was selected by the U.S. Army Air Force as a place for advanced training of African-American pilots that had graduated from the Tuskegee flight program in Alabama. The potential for Tuskegee Airmen-related archaeological sites worldwide is low. Outside of...


Base Facilities Report Dated September 1, 1943 (1943)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Commander Service Squadron South Pacific Forces.

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Bases in the South Pacific (1947)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Anonymous.

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Battle of the Gulf: Archaeological Investigations in the other American Theater of World War II U-boat Operations (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Douglas Jones.

Following the early success of Operation Drumbeat off the American East Coast, German Naval Vice Admiral Karl Dönitz turned his periscopes towards similarly wide-open hunting grounds in the Gulf of Mexico. For a brief but intense period beginning in the spring of 1942 U-boat attacks claimed over 50 Allied Merchant Marine casualties in the Gulf, and crippled many more.  Over the last decade many of these wrecks have been located during federally-regulated oil and gas surveys, and subsequently...


Bellows Air Force Station Resources
PROJECT Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

Project metadata for resources within the Bellows Air Force Station cultural heritage resources collection.


A Brief History of Scott Air Force Base 1917-1992 (1992)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Patricia K. Warner.

Special study published on Scott Air Force Base's 75th anniversary to honor the installation's history.


A Brief History of the 7th, Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (1972)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Anonymous.

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A Brief Overview of Archaeological Potentials for Leone, Island of Tutuila, American Samoa (1985)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Joseph Kennedy.

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British Six Inch Guns on Japanese Bases in the Marshall Islands. a Preliminary Report on the Use of Foreign Armament on Japanese Coastal Defense Installations in the Central Pacific (1992)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Dirk H. R. Spennemann.

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Building the Navy's Bases in World War II: History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps 1940-1946, Vol. II (1947)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Anonymous.

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Cannon Air Force Base Cultural Resources
PROJECT Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

Project metadata for resources within the Cannon Air Force Base cultural heritage resources collection.


Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Resources
PROJECT Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

Project metadata for resources within the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station cultural heritage resources collection.


Carissimo Salvatore: An Archaeological view of Italian Service Units at the Presidio of San Francisco (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Kari Jones.

Over 50,000 Italian prisoners of war were transported to the United States during World War II. After Italy negotiated an armistice with the Allies, POWs were presented with a choice. Those that signed an oath of allegiance to the new Italian government were assigned to Italian Service Units (ISUs). They provided support services for the United States military in exchange for limited freedoms and better living conditions. Those that refused to sign the oath remained in POW camps. This paper...


Chapter 28. Bases in the Marianas and Iwo Jima (1947)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Anonymous.

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A Chronology of Events at Las Vegas Army Air Field Las Vegas Air Force Base and Nellis Air Force Base October 1940 through September 1966 (1966)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert G. Ellis.

A Chronology of Events at Las Vegas Army Air Field Las Vegas Air Force Base and Nellis Air Force Base October 1940 through September 1966.


Class II Cultural Resources Inventory for a Proposed Facility Additions in the Vicinity of the Starfire Optical Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Valerie Butler. Marsha Carra.

An archaeological inventory was completed on a 36-acre parcel of land located on United States Forest Service Cibola National Forest, lands withdrawn to Kirtland Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico. A proposal to construct a 54,000 SF structure (Telescope Atmospheric Compensation Laboratory, TAC Lab) on withdrawn lands has been presented to Kirtland AFB by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). One previously recorded site is located within the current project area. Site #AR 03-03-05-429/LA...


Cold War Historical Context 1951–1991 Fort Richardson, Alaska, United States Army Alaska (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Karen Waddell.

This document provides a Cold War context for Fort Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska, for the purpose of providing guidelines for identification and evaluation of Cold War era military properties. Expectations of Cold War sites surviving until they reach the traditional 50-year period lessen as changes in mission, rapid changes in technology, and changes in the world political scene become more prominent. Pressing issues such as these make the evaluation of Cold War properties, using Cold War...


A complete history of Guam (1964)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul. Carano. Pedro C. Sanchez.

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Conservation Survey of Remains of Japanese Military Artefacts; Mile Atoll, Marshall Islands (1992)
DOCUMENT Citation Only C. Pearson.

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Conservation Survey of Remains of Japanese Military Artifacts Mile Atoll, Marshall Islands (1992)
DOCUMENT Citation Only C. Pearson.

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