Records of the Dept. of Naval Science, 1940-1943 ; 1962-1997.

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Records of the Dept. of Naval Science, 1940-1943 ; 1962-1997.

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Records include correspondence and reports, as well as articles and clippings related to the Dept. of Naval Science and to the Navy Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. Included is material relating to military training during World War II and later, to the establishment of the Department as a permanent part of the curriculum, and to the restructuring of the Department after the creation of the Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense as a result of student protests during the Vietnam War.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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