Papers, 1954-1967.

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Papers, 1954-1967.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56795182

This collection contains materials relating to Vice Admiral Lorenzo Sabin's service in Vietnam from 1954 through 1963. From July 1954 to April 1955, he commanded the sea forces of Operation Passage to Freedom in which over 310,000 Vietnamese people and more than 57,000 tons of U.S. origin military equipment were transported in U.S. ships from North Vietnam to South Vietnam. Historical materials in the collection include correspondence, messages, papers and reports on Operation Passage to Freedom, and newspaper clippings of his naval service in the Dominican Republic in 1957. Miscellany in the collection includes a court decree from the Texas Republic period (1843) and materials relating to World War II.

0.5 cubic ft.

Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7756920

Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center

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Sabin, Lorenzo S.

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Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy. From the description of Papers, 1954-1967. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command). WorldCat record id: 56795182 ...

Amberson, Julius M.

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Ngô, Đình Diệm, 1901-1963

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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...