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A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of World War II
A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of

U.S. Navy Action and Operational Reports from World War II, Pacific Theater
Part 1. CINCPAC: Commander-in-Chief Pacific Area

UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA

A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of

World War II Research Collections

U.S. Navy Action and Operational Reports from World War II
Pacific Theater Part 1. CINCPAC: Commander-in-Chief Pacific Area Command
Project Editor Robert Ë. Lester Guide compiled by Blair D. Hydrick

A microfilm project of UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA An Imprint of CIS 4520 East-West Highway • Bethesda, MD 20814-3389

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data U.S. Navy action and operational reports from World War II. Pacific Theater. (World War II research collections) Accompanied by printed reel guides compiled by Robert E. Lester. Includes indexes. Contents: pt. 1. CINCPAC (Commander-in-Chief Pacific Area Command) (16 reels) -- pt. 2. Third Fleet and Third Fleet Carrier Task Forces (16 reels) -- pt. 3. Fifth Fleet and Fifth Fleet Carrier Task Forces (12 reels). 1. United States-Navy-History-World War, 1939-1945Sources. 2. World War, 1939-1945-Naval operations, American-Sources. 3. World War, 1939-1945-CampaignsPacific Ocean-Sources. 4. United States-Navy-Fleet, 3rd-History-Sources. 5. United States-Navy-Fleet, 5th~History--Sources. I. Lester, Robert. [Microfilm] 90/7009 (E) 940.54'5973 90-956103 ISBN 1-55655-190-8 (microfilm : pt. 1) CIP

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1990 by University Publications of America. All rights reserved. ISBN 1-55655-190-8.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction Scope and Content Note Source and Editorial Note Reel Index Reel! Reel 2 Reel 3 Reel 4 Reel 5 Reel6 Reel? ReelS Reel 9 Reel 10 Reel 11 Reel 12 Reel 13 Reel 14 Reel 15 Reel 16 Subject Index 1 3 7 10 11 16 17 19 21 22 25 26 28 34 35 37 43 v vii ix

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INTRODUCTION
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was commander-in-chief, Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC) from December 31, 1941 to December 1945.
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