Sherlock and William C. Hibbs collection 1909-2002 1909-1968 Hibbs, Sherlock and William C. collection

Forrestal, James, 1892-1949

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James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. Forrestal came from a very strict middle class Irish Catholic family. He was a successful financier on Wall Street before becoming Undersecretary of the Navy in 1940, shortly before the United States entered the Second World War. He became Secretary of the Navy in May 1944 upon the death of his superior, Frank Knox. Preside...

Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944

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Wendell Lewis Willkie (born Lewis Wendell Willkie; February 18, 1892 – October 8, 1944) was an American lawyer, corporate executive and the 1940 Republican nominee for President. Willkie appealed to many convention delegates as the Republican field's only interventionist: although the U.S. remained neutral prior to Pearl Harbor, he favored greater U.S. involvement in World War II to support Britain and other Allies. His Democratic opponent, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, won the 1940...

Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987

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Alfred "Alf" Mossman Landon (September 9, 1887 – October 12, 1987) was an American politician from the Republican Party. He served as the twenty-sixth Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937. He was the Republican Party's nominee in the 1936 presidential election, but was defeated in a landslide by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt who won the electoral college vote 523 to 8. Born in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, Landon spent most of his childhood in Marietta, Ohio before moving to Kansa...

Hibbs, Robert.

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Gates, Thomas Sovereign, Jr., 1906-1983

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Wagner, F. H.

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Durgin, Calvin T. (Calvin Thornton), 1893-1965

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Calvin Thornton Durgin was born January 7, 1893, in Palmyra, New Jersey. He served as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations from May 1949 to March 1950, and retired as a vice admiral in September 1951. Durgin died on March 25, 1965. From the description of Durgin, Calvin T. (Calvin Thornton), 1893-1965 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10612926 Superintendent of Maritime College, Vice Admiral, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations. From the descrip...

Hibbs, William Congress, b. 1847

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Waters, Thaddeus L.

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United States. Army. Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865)

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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

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The Republican Party is a national political party in the United States, and was founded in 1854. In the 1864 election, the party took the name National Union Party to allow the participation of Democrats. From the description of Republican Party tickets, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 496362231 From the guide to the Republican Party tickets, 1864, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Hibbs, Sherlock, 1904-2002

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Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home

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In 1855 General Assembly created Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Quincy to provide home for honorably discharged and disabled veterans of Mexican and Civil Wars (l. 1885, p. 16). In later years Illinois veterans of all wars became eligible for admission. Starting in 1903 wives of veterans at home were also admitted, provided they met certain age and marriage requirements. If unable to meet these, wives could apply for admission to Soldiers' Widows' Home at Wilmington. In som...

United States. Naval Reserve

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On Aug. 19, 1916, with the prospect of World War I looming, the Navy Reserve Force was formally organized. The first official U.S. Navy Reservists hunted enemy U-boats from the cockpits of biplanes. When World War II erupted on September 1, 1939, the Navy Reserve was ready. By the summer of 1941, virtually all of its members were serving on active duty, their numbers destined to swell when Japanese planes roared over Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Over the course of the ensuing four years, th...

Makin Island (Flagship)

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Tulagi (Aircraft carrier : CVE-72)

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United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 14th (1861-1865)

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United States. Navy. Naval Air Forces

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Durgin, Margaret

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Sikkenga, William J.

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William Congress Hibbs was born in Ohio on September 15, 1847, and lived near Rock Island, Illinois, throughout much of his childhood. He enlisted in Company I of the 14th Illinois Volunteer Regiment in 1863 and served throughout the remainder of the war. He moved to Iowa in 1875, and later lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He and his wife, Sarah B. Durr, had 8 children: William Evan, Edward, George, Orville, Robert, Elsie, Harry, and Ruth. He died in Cameron, Missouri. ...

Matthews, Francis P.

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Businessman and government official; b. Francis Patrick Matthews, 1887; d. 1952. From the description of Papers, 1932-1952. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70944339 ...

United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Ranger (Aircraft carrier : CV-4)

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