Papers, 1892-1985 (bulk 1930-1945).

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Papers, 1892-1985 (bulk 1930-1945).

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Correspondence, memoranda, ship diaries, lecture and research notes, drafts of speeches and writings, reports, rosters, biographical materials, photos, and other papers, relating chiefly to Furlong's service in the U.S. Navy; together with materials relating to his book, So Proudly We Hail: The History of the United States Flag (1981). Topics include naval ordnance, the American occupation of Veracruz Llave, Mexico (1914), Furlong's World War I service as a gunnery observer with the British Grand Fleet and in intelligence work on German submarine activities, work of the American Samoan Commission in the 1920s and early 1930s, World War II service as commander of the navy yard at Pearl Harbor, and the salvage and repair of ships sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Correspondents include Donald C. Bingham, Herbert Hoover, Charles B. McVay, William A. Moffett, and Margaret Chase Smith.

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