(WORLD WAR TWO) Photographs from the Pacific Theatre and oth

Sale 2675 - Lot 317

Price Realized: $ 406

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(WORLD WAR TWO.) Photographs from the Pacific Theatre and other papers of a naval Lieutenant Commander. 42 items sleeved in one binder; condition generally strong. Various places, 1943-1946

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William Augustus Cartwright (1906-1974) of Cincinnati, OH served as a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Naval Reserve, serving for two years on active duty in the Pacific during the war. This collection features 32 official naval photographs from the war (most 8 x 10 inches), including salvos from Japanese cruisers at the U.S.S. White Plains, the ammunition ship U.S.S. Mount Hood engulfed in flames, a beachhead on Morotai, the invasion of Peleliu, activities aboard the U.S.S. Chenango, dramatic views of bombing raids from aircraft carriers, Leyte Gulf in the Solomon Islands and more.

Also included is a folding Hagstrom world map carefully annotated with Cartwright's naval movements; a binder titled "Gridded Air Target Maps, Saipan, Tinian, Aguijan," dated 15 May 1944; postwar notes of thanks with facsimile signatures of President Truman, Secretary of the Navy Forrestal, and General MacArthur; his 1946 certificate of service; two mimeograph orders dated 1944; and two engraved aerial views titled "Approach Sketch of Hollandia Aerodromes" dated 12 December 1943.