Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. (OVERSEAS ACTIVITY. 1941.)
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Short, Walter Campbell, 1880-1949
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Bonesteel, Charles H. (Charles Hartwell), 1885-1964
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Hart, Thomas Charles
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Naval officer, senator. From the description of Reminiscences of Thomas Charles Hart : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122597819 Hart was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1897, was superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, 1931-1934, and CO of the Asiatic Fleet, 1938-1942. He retired from the U.S. Navy in 1942 and was recalled to serve on the General Board until 1945. He was appointed senator from Connectic...
Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew, 1883-1953
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Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV (b. August 23, 1883, Walla Walla, WA–d. September 2, 1953, San Antonio, TX) was a career American army officer and the Commander of Allied forces in the Philippines at the time of their surrender to the Empire of Japan during World War II. The son of Army officer during Spanish-American War Robert Powell Page Wainwright and grandson of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II, Lieutenant in Civil War, he attended West Point. Wainwright was promoted to major during World War I....
Kimmel, Husband Edward, 1882-1968
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Husband Edward Kimmel (February 26, 1882 – May 14, 1968) was born in Henderson, Kentucky. He was nicknamed variously "Kim", "Hubbie" and "Mustafa", the last being a reference to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, due to the similar homophone between "Kimmel" and "Kemal". Kimmel graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1904. Before reaching flag rank, he served in several battleships, commanded two destroyer divisions, a destroyer squadron and USS New York (BB-34). He also held a number of important posi...
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