Reminiscences of Harold Osborne Deakin : oral history, 1968.

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Reminiscences of Harold Osborne Deakin : oral history, 1968.

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Education, Naval Academy, 1930-34; early Marine Corps training and assignments, development of amphibious doctrine; World War II: observer, Salerno, Cape Gloucester; Peleliu and Okinawa operations; planning officer, United States Navy Group, American Aid Mission to Greece, 1947-49; Greek Civil War; special assignment to Secretary of State, 1954-56; Personnel Department, 1956-57.

Transcript: 103 leaves.Tape: 2 reels.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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