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Tinian Airfield Runway Light
Tinian became a base for long-range American B-29 bombers to attack the Japanese home islands.
On August 6, 1945, the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay took off from Tinian bound for Hiroshima with “Little Boy” in its bomb bay. Three days later, another B-29, Bockscar, took off from Tinian with a second atomic bomb, “Fat Man,” bound for Kokura, which the flight crew found obscured by clouds and so shifted to their secondary target, Nagasaki.
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Private E.G. Cleckner's World War I U.S. Army Uniform
Dennis Cleckner of Chesapeake recently donated to the Memorial a World War I U.S. Army uniform belonging to his grandfather, Eldon G. Cleckner.
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Arthur MacArthur IV Leather Jacket
This jacket has a most unique history – it had been given to Arthur MacArthur IV, son of Douglas and Jean MacArthur, by Boy Scout Troop 126 of Seattle, WA, in November 1951.
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George Taylor Uniform Collection
Col. George Taylor, U.S. Army, (Ret.) of Virginia Beach, Virginia, recently gave his uniforms from 20 years of service with the United States Army to the MacArthur Memorial.
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Dictaphone used in Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Church Street office in New York City
This Cameo model Dictaphone dictation machine was used in Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s Church Street office in New York City.
This Dictaphone was among several items of furniture recently given to the MacArthur Memorial by the U.S. Army that had been used in the Church Street office.
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Arthur MacArthur Cigarette Case
The sterling silver and 14 karat gold cigarette case dates to the early 20th century and is believed to have been manufactured by Kerr of New York or New Jersey.
It is engraved “A. MacA.” on the lid and “ARTHUR MacARTHUR / U.S. NAVY / BOWMAN McCALLA MacARTHUR” on the interior.
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"Pappy" Gunn Map Case
This leather map case belonged to Col. Paul I. “Pappy” Gunn, U.S. Army Air Corps, a pioneer in military aviation in the first half of the twentieth century.
An undated Philippine Air Lines tag – an airline started by Gunn – is attached.
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