JAPAN & AMERICA, c1930-1955
THE PACIFIC WAR AND THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN
Series One: The Papers of General Robert L Eichelberger (1886-1961)
from the William R Perkins Library, Duke University
Part 1: Subject Files on World War II and Japan (Boxes 32-53)
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Box 32:
Activation of the 77th Division, 5 January-31 July 1942 (2 folders)
Administrative Order, No. 1, 2 January 1945
Administrative Order, No. 2, 4 January 1945
Administrative Order, No. 3, 5 January 1945
Administrative Order, No. 4, 15 January 1945
Administrative Order, No. 5, 16 January 1945 (1 volume)
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Box 32 continued:
Administrative Order, No. 5 (continued), 16 January 1945
Administrative Order, No. 6, 17 February 1945
Administrative Order, No. 7, 1 March 1945
Administrative Order, No. 8, 7 March 1945
Administrative Order, No. 9, 23 March 1945
Administrative Order, No.10, 2 April 1945
Administrative Order, No.11, 16 April 1945
Administrative Order, No.12, 1 May 1945
Administrative Order, No.13, 9 May 1945
Administrative Order, No.14, 21 June 1945 (1 volume)
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Box 33:
Campaigns: Biak, Schouten Islands, 1944 (4 folders) includes:
- Biak, Schouten Islands, Papers for 1944
- History of the Biak Operation, 15-27 June 1944
- Krueger to Eichelberger Answers
- Schouten & Japan Islands. May 3, 1944. Special Report. (106pp)
Campaigns: Buna, New Guinea, 1942-1948 (5 folders and 1 volume) includes:
- Buna, New Guinea, Papers for 1942
- Lt. Gen. Robert L Eichelberger, 1943. 'History of the Buna Campaign' December 1, 1942-January 25, 1943 (bound volume 106pp)
- Buna, New Guinea, Papers for 1943
- Report of the Commanding General Buna Forces, December 1, 1942-January 25, 1943 (duplicates the bound volume above, but with pencil annotations)
- Buna, New Guinea, Dictated Notes and Other Notes, 1948 & n.d.
- Buna, New Guinea, Miscellaneous Papers, n.d.
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Box 34:
Campaigns: Hollandia, New Guinea, 1943-1944 (6 folders) includes:
- History of the Tanahmerah Bay Landing Force, 1944 (Folder 1) pp1-114
- History of the Tanahmerah Bay Landing Force, 1944 (Folder 2) pp115-252
- Terrain Study and Locality Study
- History of the Hollandia Operation, 1944
- Terrain and Area Study of Northeastern Netherlands New Guinea and Geelvink Bay, 1943
- Miscellany (includes some very good Japanese diaries; notes on Landing Forces; Casualty lists)
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Box 35:
Leyte-Samar, P.I.,1944-1946 (5 folders) includes:
- The True Facts of 'the Leyte Operation' by Major General Yoshiharu Tomochika
- Translation of Japanese Booklet True Facts of the Leyte Operation and supporting Tactical Interrogations
- Report of Commanding General Eighth US Army on the Leyte-Samar Operation
- Staff study of Operations of the Japanese 35th Army on Leyte
- Staff study of Operations of the Japanese 102D Division on Leyte and Cebu
Lingayen, P.I.,1944 (1 folder)
Luzon, P.I., November 1944 Administrative Order No. 1, 1944 (1 folder)
Box 36:
Luzon, P.I.,1944-1945 (1 folder)
- Report after Action: Operations of the 37th Infantry Division, Luzon, P.I. (320pp)
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Box 36 continued:
Luzon, P.I.,1944-1945 (5 folders) includes:
- Luzon, P.I., Papers for 1945 & n.d.
- Special Report. Allied Geographical Section - Central Luzon, 31 July 1944
- Operational Highlights of the 33D Infantry Division, 1945
- Report of the Commanding General Luzon Mop-Up Operation, 1945
-Nasugbu and Bataan Operations, Mike Six and Mike Seven, 1945
Box 37:
Luzon P.I., 1945 (2 folders) includes:
- Staff study of Japanese operations on Luzon, 1945
- 6th Infantry Division, After Action Report, Final phase of the Luzon Campaign, July 1-August 21, 1945
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Box 37 continued:
Manila (1 volume)
- XIV Corps M.I. Operation Manila, July 1945
After Action Report: Part I - Operations (271pp);
After Action Report: Part II - Administration (154pp)
Maps, 1949 (1 folder)
Mindanao, P.I., 1945, n.d. (3 folders, 2 volumes) includes:
- Mindanao, P.I., Papers for 1945 & n.d.
- Japanese Plans for Defence of Mindanao (information gained from interrogators), 1945
- Staff study of Japanese Operations on Mindanao Island
- Mindanao Campaign of 24th Infantry Division, April-August 1945 (bound volume; 17pp)
- Report of the Commanding General Eighth Army on the Mindanao Operation (bound volume; 210pp)
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Box 38:
Mindoro-Marindugue, P.I., 1945 (1 folder)
- Report of the Commanding General on the Mindoro-Marindugue Operation
Nasugbu, P.I., 1944 (1 folder)
- Staff study of Japanese Operations in the Batangas Area (Nasugbu Area)
Palawan, Zamboanga and Jolo, P.I., 1945 (7 folders) includes:
- Palawan, Zamboanga and Jolo, P.I., 1945 - index cards
- Allied Geographical Section Special Report on Zamboanga, February 14, 1945 (96pp)
- Allied Geographical Section Special Report, Puerto Princessa (Palawan Is), 6 February 45 (58pp)
- Staff study of Japanese Operations on Jolo Is, April 9 1945-September 16 1945
- Staff study of the Japanese Activities in the Zamboanga (Victor IV) Operation (Folder 1)
- Staff study of the Japanese Activities in the Zamboanga (Victor IV) Operation (Folder 2)
- Palawan and Zamboanga Operations (9pp & 177pp)
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Box 38 continued :
Panay, Negros and Cebu, P.I., 1945, n.d. (4 folders) includes:
- Panay, Negros and Cebu, P.I., Papers for 1945 & n.d.
- Mines, Booby Traps and Obstacles Encountered on Cebu, P.I.
- Staff study of Japanese Operations on Panay Island
- Staff study of Japanese Operations on Negros Island
Box 39:
Panay, Negros and Cebu, P.I., 1945 (1 volume)
- Panay - Negros and Cebu Operations (180pp and maps)
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Box 40:
Field Orders, October 1944-June 1945 (2 volumes)
Vol 1: Nos 1-20 September 1944-February 1945
Vol 2: Nos 21-30 March 1945-June 1945
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Box 41:
Naval Intelligence Report: Prominent Persons in Japan and Japanese Dominated Areas, 14 August 1945. (1 volume; 414pp)
Office of Chief of Military History: Leyte: Return to the Philippines, by M Hamlin Cannon, n.d.
(2 volumes)
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Box 42:
Office of Military History: The U.S. Army in World War II, The War in the Pacific.
The Approach to the Philippines, by Robert Ross Smith, 1951 (1 volume)
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Box 43:
Operations Instructions, December 1944-September 1945 (3 volumes)
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Box 44:
Operations Instructions, July-December 1945 (2 volumes)
Operations of the Intelligence Service in the South West Pacific Area, July 1948 (1 volume)
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Box 45:
Pearl Harbor Investigative Reports: (1 folder, 2 volumes) includes:
- Official Report of the Secretary of War Regarding the Pearl Harbor Disaster
- Navy Court of Inquiry: Finding of Facts
- Report of the Army Pearl Harbour Board, 1944 (2 volumes)
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Box 46:
Report (Biennial): The Chief of Staff of the United States Army to the Secretary of War, 1 July 1943-30 June 1945
Report: The Supreme Commander to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the Operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 6 June 1944-8 May 1945
Training Directives, October 1944-November 1945
Miscellaneous, 1942-1945 (1 folder) includes:
- Battle of the Ridges pamphlet
- Notes on Jungle Warfare from the U.S. Marines and U.S. Infantry on Guadalcanal Island. 12 December 1942
- Cruise Book of the U.S.S. Wasatch, 1944-45
- Hawaii, Malaya - Naval Operations
- Amphibious Operations. Invasion of the Philippines, October 1944- January 1945
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Box 47:
Operation Coronet (Invasion of Japan), 1944-May 1945 (4 volumes) comprising:
- Allied Geographical Section:
South West Pacific Area Terrain Studies:
Tokyo and Kwanto Plain (1 volume)
South Eastern Kyushu (1 volume)
- Map Suplement to Terrain Study of South Eastern Kyushu (1 volume)
- Joint Army-Navy Intelligence Study of Central Japan, October 1944 (1 volume)
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Box 48:
Operation Coronet (Invasion of Japan), May 1945-1945 (1 folder, 4 volumes) comprising:
- Staff study: Operation 'Coronet' (1 folder of loose papers; 1 volume)
- Allied Geographical Section: South West Pacific Area Terrain Study - Nagoya Area (1 volume)
- Allied Geographical Section: South West Pacific Area Special Report and Terrain Study, No. 100:
Northern Nansei - Shoto (Osumi - Gunto and Tokasa - Gunto) and Supplement (2 volumes)
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Box 49:
Adminstrative Orders, 1945-1946 (4 volumes) Civil Intelligence Section: Occupational Trends: Japan and Korea, December 1945-April 1946 (2 folders) covers subjects such as:
- Law and Order
- Labour
- Peace Maintenance
- Crime Prevention and the Police
- First Aid and Nursing
- Public Health and Self Protection
- Transportation
- Political, Psychological and Economic Intelligence
- Education
- Religion
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Box 50:
- Civil Intelligence Section: Occupational Trends: Japan and Korea, May-June 1946 (1 folder)
- Civil Intelligence Section: Occupational Trends: Japan and Korea, Philippines, July 1946 (1 folder)
- Economics, 1945-1949, n.d. (2 folders)
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Box 50 continued:
- Economics, 1945-1949, n.d. (1 folder) includes briefs on Economic Rejuvenation of Japan, especially:
9. Anti-Zaibatsu Program
11. Prospects for Japanese Industry
12. Textile Industries
13. Foreign Trade
15. Price, Wage and Currency Stabilization
15a. Black Market
16. Labor Relations
17. Rehabilitation of War Devastated Areas
19. Food
Box 51:
- Editors and Publishers Tour of Kobe, Japan, 1947 (1 folder)
- Education, May-July 1948 (1 folder, 2 volumes) including: Education in the New Japan (GHQ, SCAP Civil Information and Education Section, Education Division, Tokyo, May 1948)
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Box 51 continued:
Eighth Army Field Orders, 1945 (2 volumes) Eighth Army in Japan, August 1945-May 1946, n.d. (1 folder)
Box 52:
Far East War Trials: 1945-1948, n.d. (2 folders) includes:
- Special Study of the Yokahama War Crimes Trials, December 1945-September 1947 Japan, Occupation: Food, 1948, n.d. (1 folder)
Memoranda: SCAP to Imperial Japanese Government, 4 September- 15 November 1945 (1 volume)
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Box 52 continued:
Memoranda: SCAP to Imperial Japanese Government, 16 November-31 December 1945 (1 folder)
Box 53:
Memoranda: SCAP to Imperial Japanese Government, November 1945-January 1946 (2 folders, 1 volume)
Military Government Reports, 1945-1951, n.d. (3 folders) includes:
- Miscellaneous Papers, 1945-1951 & n.d.
- Legal and Government Section - Military Command, 1946-1948
- Report on Military Government up to July 1948
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