Papers, 1942-1945.

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Papers, 1942-1945.

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Correspondence, letters sent to his parents from pre-flight school at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC, describing his daily routine, course work, recreation and dissatisfaction with the program, 1942-1943; letters sent to his fianceĢe Phyllis Weidman from Camp Endicott, Davisville, RI and Anti-Aircraft Gunnery School, Newport, RI, 1945, regarding his daily routine, training, recreation, wedding plans and finding a residence for them in Rhode Island. Photograph of James L. Rodgers, Jr. and Phyllis Weidman.

46 manuscript items.

Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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Weidman, Phyllis, 1926-

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Rodgers, James L., Jr., 1923-

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James L. Rodgers attended Brooklyn Polytechnic in 1940-1941, and then joined the Navy. He attended pre-flight school at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, was transferred to the NAS, Olathe, KS, and was discharged in January 1943. He then joined the V-12 program and completed his education at Cornell University. He was sent to Camp Endicott, Davisville, RI for training and then was assigned to the Anti-Aircraft Gunnery School at Newport, RI in 1945. From the descripti...

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

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The University of North Carolina was chartered by the state's General Assembly in 1789. Its first student was admitted in 1795. The governing body of the University, from its founding until 1932, was a forty-member Board of Trustees elected by the General Assembly. The Board met twice a year; at other times the business of the University was carried on by the Board's secretary-treasurer and by the presiding professor (called president beginning in 1804). Other faculty members later assumed the r...