One of a kind and personal U.S. Navy Archive of Lt. Cyrus Huie, USNR who served as the Flag Officer to Admiral Raymond Spruance, Fifth Fleet Commander in 1944 and 1945 during many of the critical campaigns of later World War Two in the Pacific. Admiral Spruance, often considered to the be one of the best US Admirals of WWII, Commanded US Naval Forces during many of the most crucial Battles of the Asiatic Pacific Campaigns including The Battle of the Philippine Sea, Task Force 16 at The Battle of Midway with Carriers Enterprise , Hornet, subsequently becoming Commander of Fifth Fleet in April 1944 Spruance preferred to use the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, named for his hometown, as his flagship. Spruance moved his flag to the old battleship USS New Mexico after USS Indianapolis was struck by a Kamikaze off Okinawa “March 31, 1945: Well we got it today. A Jap plane crashed aft our main deck and banged us up a bit. Can still move along but fresh water is no more and looks like we will have to move. Am getting things lined up for it. Pretty scary feeling when the plane hit, retired to Kerawa Retto, 1 man buried this aft. Adm 2 guests for dinner.”- Diary of Lt. Huie (Kerama Retto). When New Mexico was struck by two kamikazes on the night of 12 May 1945 an immediate search by Spruance staff found the Admiral manning a fire hose midship. Determining that New Mexico was not too badly damaged Spruance kept her as his flagship for the rest of the campaign. Admiral Spruance was calculating and cautious in contrast to Admiral Halsey who commanded the Third Fleet. Spruance was nicknamed “Electric Brain” for his acute ability to remain calm even in moments of supreme crisis a reputation only further bolstered by his successful tactics. “April 12, 1945: We caught a mean one today shot down three planes, one plane hit the (illegible) about 1000 yards from us, one hit the Fellars and two were coming right for us it seemed. This is pretty jittery business, and everybody is fairly nervous except the Admiral who keeps very calm throughout. At GQ again tonight with flares dropped and torpedo attacks, several exploded fairly close to the ship.” – Diary of Lt. Huie. After World War II Spruance went on to serve as President of the Naval War College and Ambassador to The Philippines. On his way to take his position as President of the Naval War College Spruance and his wife stopped in Little Rock, Arkansas to dine with and visit his old Flag Officer Lt. Cyrus Huie as described in a newpaper article within the archive. This extraordinary personal archive chronicles the later portion of the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign and heralds the well known accomplishments of Spruance aboard the USS Indianapolis and USS New Mexico during some of the fiercest fighting of World War Two. It tells a unique story from the perspective of a Navy Lieutenant who loved to sketch cartoons and play the accordion or ukulele but was apprehensive about his experience with daily air raids and the grim loss of life. Join us as we take a close and personal look through the lens of Flag Officer Lt. Huie and his archive of exceptional objects and history related to this discovery. This Museum Quality Archive tells the story of some of the most significant moments of US Naval History with priceless highlights including an aluminum piston head from a Japanese Kamikaze Aircraft, an original theater printed copy of the ‘Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima’ by Joe Rosenthal with a Passed by Censor stamp to the reverse, Lt. Huie’s personal desk top calendar diary with extensive entries Feb 1944 – July 1944, Photographs, Autographs, Intelligence Items, documents, maps, newspapers, souvenirs and more. The diary alone contains a near daily appearances of the who’s who of leadership in the Pacific including Admiral Nimitz, Halsey, Sharp, Kirkpatrick, Gillies, Hill, Hover, Reifsnider, General Erskine, Riley, Rocky, Worton, Col. Hogaboom, Secretary of the Navy Forrestall, Ernie Pyle, and Numerous Others. A full dossier including diary transcription with reference footnotes and inventory is available to qualified buyers upon request. Contact us today to discuss this Estate