Papers, 1936-1951.

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Papers, 1936-1951.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49754941

Official Correspondence contains unit and ship citations; Personal Correspondence contains letters between Rear Admiral Ainsworth and Admirals Halsey and Nimitz, letters from the captain of HMNZS Leander, and a letter from Samuel Eliot Morison; Awards and Citations: his certificate of completion from the Naval War College, citations for his Navy Cross, Legion of Merit, and Gold Star awards, and two poems dating from World War II; Narratives: a description of the Solomon Islands campaign.

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Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center

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Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center

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Halsey, William Frederick, 1882-1959

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Ainsworth, Walden L.

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Leander (Cruiser)

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