Research Facilities:

Notes:

(1)    Please check before you visit a research facility on a military installation so that you will know what you must present before you will be allowed entry.  On most installations you will need photo identification for each person, driver's license, vehicle registration and vehicle insurance (it is better to carry the insurance policy rather than just the Proof of Insurance card).

(2)    The links below will take you to the on-line library of these organizations or their main web page.  The best use of your time may be to search the on-line library catalog and make written notes about the location of items that appear to be of interest to you.  Then when you get the opportunity to visit the facility, you can make more efficient use of your time.  Generally speaking, holdings in these research libraries may not be checked out; however, you can usually make copies of pages from most documents.  There may be exceptions for fragile items.  You can get pertinent information such as hours of operation and specific location from the web site.

• Alfred M. Gray Research Center, Quantico, VA
• Bataan Memorial Military Museum and Library, Santa Fe, NM
• Clements Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - Note:  Jim Erickson (in his 10/4/2011 message) has informed us that this library contains the David Nash (U.S. Navy Lt., USS Mindanao, POW, Bilibid, Cabanatuan, Davao Penal Colony, Oryoku Maru-Enoura Maru-Brazil Maru, Fukuoka #3, Mukden) diaries and related items.  Click Nash to see a message from the Clements Library listing their David Nash holdings.
• Combined Arms Research Library, Fort Leavenworth, KS - Note:  Some of the Col. Edmund J. Lilly Papers (57th Inf. Regt (PS)) are available on-line on this site.  When you get to the Combined Arms Research Library main page, click on the "Resources" tab at the top of the page.  On the next page look under "Archives" and click on "Archives and Special Collections".  On the next page, scroll down to "Miscellaneous Collections" and see item #8, COL. Edmund J. Lilly.  Click on "Finding Aid" to see a list of the Lilly papers.  Look in Notebook #6 for a list of POWs at Karenko POW Camp, Formosa.  Look in Notebook #19 for a diary of the 57th Infantry (PS) during December 1941 through January 1942.
• National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD
• National Museum of the Pacific War, Fredericksburg, TX
• Navy Historical Center, Washington, D.C.
• The MacArthur Memorial, Norfolk, VA
• The Marine Corps Historical Center, Washington, D.C.
• U.S. Army Center of Military History, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.
• U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, PA   Use the "on-line research catalog" link close to the bottom of the page.  Note: The U.S. Army Military History Institute is now part of the U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center which is located near (no longer on) the U.S. Army War College military post, so access is now easy.
• USMA Library, West Point, NY