A band aboard the USS Iowa performs for the ship's crew in October 1944
U.S. Navy Official photograph, Gift of Charles Ives, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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Biak. "File No: 256602 October 26, 1944 'Beating Out' Boredom-- Despite the incessant activity, monotony sometimes tightens the nerves on shake-down cruises, with little chance for battle action in the offing. The 'hot and sweet' repertoire of this enlisted-men's band aboard the USS Iowa chased the blues during its war 'workout'." 26 October 1944
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The Charles Ives Collection consists of 719 photographs from the Pacific Theater of WWII. Many of the photographs were taken between 1944 and 1945. Mr. Ives inherited the photographs from a friend from Marblehead, Massachusetts who served as an aviator in the Army Air Corps and discharged as a Major in 1945.
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