Papers, 1933-1959.

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Papers, 1933-1959.

This collection contains the manuscript and research files from Captain Dingwell's efforts to record the events of 7 December 1941. Included is the testimony of Admiral Husband E. Kimmel taken by the official board of inquiry. A considerable amount of information about Admiral Harold Stark is also provided. The papers consist of typed and hand-written copies, research notes, index cards, correspondence/memos, news clippings, travel vouchers, and miscellaneous publications. Much of the material is made up of undated manuscripts.

9 cubic ft.

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Dingwell, John E.

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Captain, U.S. Navy. From the description of Papers, 1933-1959. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command). WorldCat record id: 50398705 ...

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...

Kimmel, Husband Edward, 1882-1968

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Husband Edward Kimmel (February 26, 1882 – May 14, 1968) was born in Henderson, Kentucky. He was nicknamed variously "Kim", "Hubbie" and "Mustafa", the last being a reference to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, due to the similar homophone between "Kimmel" and "Kemal". Kimmel graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1904. Before reaching flag rank, he served in several battleships, commanded two destroyer divisions, a destroyer squadron and USS New York (BB-34). He also held a number of important posi...

Stark, Harold R. (Harold Raynsford), 1880-1972

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Admiral, U.S. Navy. From the description of Papers, 1916-1970. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command). WorldCat record id: 57390526 Harold Raynsford Stark (1880-1972) was a naval officer, and Chief of Naval Operations from August 1, 1939 to March 2, 1942. From the description of Stark, Harold R. (Harold Raynsford), 1880-1972 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10570483 Epithet: US admiral Britis...