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Handout
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Admiral Chester Nimitz

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a biography of Chester Nimitz (1885-1966), an American admiral during WWII. Site compares him to MacArthur.
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Primary
Other

National Security Agency: A Priceless Advantage [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A report written by the NSA on the U.S. Navy Communications Intelligence and the Battles of Coral Sea, Midway, and the Aleutians in the spring of 1942. Very credible and very complete. (Third edition)
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: War in the Pacific

For Students 5th - 8th
The war in the Pacific raged throughout World War II. Read about the Japanese early successes, and see how the American troops recaptured and moved closer to Japan at the end of the war.