Eric William Horndahl papers, 1917-1950 (bulk 1917-1922).

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Eric William Horndahl papers, 1917-1950 (bulk 1917-1922).

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Contains the following types of materials: correspondence / letters, personnel documents, clippings, orders. Contains information pertaining to the following war and time period: World War I (WWI). Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: U.S. Naval Reserve Force, U.S. Naval Air Squadron, 1st Northern Bombing Group. General description of the collection: The Eric William Horndahl papers include papers on Horndahl's service in the Naval Reserve (May 29, 1917 to January 2, 1918); in the Navy (January 2, 1918 to April 25, 1919); and again in the Naval Reserve (April 25, 1919 to May 28, 1921). Also, included are enlistment and discharge papers; identification cards; letters of recommendation; a few wartime orders to Horndahl in France; a letter from wartime friends, M. and Mme. Niveand (August 1, 1950); and two clippings on the 1951 appointment as Secretary of Defense of Robert Lovett, who had pioneered the creation and use of the Naval Air Force during WWI.

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Horndahl, Eric W. (Eric William)

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Eric William Horndahl was part of the United States (U.S.) naval personnel who served in the U.S. Naval reserves and the U.S. Navy. He was a third (3rd) class electrician, U.S Naval Reserve Force; and chief electrician at the Naval Training Camp, Pelham Bay Park, New York. He served at the Dayton Engineering Laboratories, Dayton, Ohio; and did receiving ship work at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Horndahl also was assigned to the Naval Receiving Station, Pauillac, France; Northern Bombing Group, U....

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...

Lovett, Robert A. (Robert Abercrombie), 1895-1986

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Robert Abercrombie Lovett was born in Huntsville, Texas, on September 14, 1895. After receiving a B.A. from Yale in 1918 and attending Harvard Law School and the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, Lovett became a partner in Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co. Aside from his periods of government service, Lovett was associated with Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co. for the remainder of his life. From 1941-1945, Lovett served as assistant secretary of war for air. During the Truma...