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The War in the Pacific: 1941 - 1945
Dirk Kempthorne Secretary of the InteriorSeptember 17, 2007
Briefing by Dr. Harry A. Butowsky, Historian and Park History Web ManagerNational Park Service
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Overview of Today’s Talk
• Highlights of the events and people central to the War in the Pacific.
• Discuss the related NPS historic sites.
• Identify the NPS resources available for research and study.
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The War Begins for America
from An American Family in World War IIedited by Minker, O’Connell and Butowsky
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The Pacific Theatre of War
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U.S. Military Leaders - 1941
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Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941
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The USS Arizona Burns and Sinks, December 7, 1941
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The Defense of Wake (1941)
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Japanese invasion of Guam –December 1941
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Doolittle Raid on Japan, April 1942
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The Battle of Midway
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Aleutian Islands – June 1942
Aleutian WWII National Historic Area
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The Sinking of the AkagiJune 4, 1942
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Pacific Battles (1941-1945)
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Pacific Campaigns
• Island Hopping – Tarawa,Saipan,Guam, Iwo Jima, Okinawa• Guadalcanal, New Guinea• Philippines• Blockade of Japan• Hiroshima and Nakasaki• Japanese surrender,
August 14, 1945
Deck of the USS Missouri
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17 World War II National Parks
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NPS Resources for Research
• NPS history website www.nps.gov/history/history/index.htm• Landmarks 100+ (national significance)• Landmark Studies (100+)• Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corp
campaign studies• Special history studies• Submerged cultural resource studies
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100+ National Historic Landmarks
Trinity Site• Site of the first atomic bomb
explosion, July 16, 1945.• White Sands, New Mexico
Opana Radar SiteOahu, Hawaii
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100+ National Park Service WWII in the Pacific Studies• Warships Associated
with World War II in the Pacific• World War II in the
Pacific National Historic Landmark Theme Study• Confinement and
Ethnicity• Multiple Studies for all
of our World War II Parks
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Additional Resources on NPS web
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America Remembers . . . For the Veterans
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And Future Generations