Papers, 1903-1952.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1903-1952.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/753681183

Correspondence, miscellany and photographs, 1902-1952. The vast majority of the collection consists of correspondence, letters sent and received to naval and army officers, during his assignments in World War II, 1941-1945. Photographs are from World War II and are of the Caribbean and the islands and atolls of the Central Pacific as well as military figures, including General Giraud, ADMs Nimitz and Spruance. Miscellany contains reports, rosters, certificates, diplomas, citations, and news clippings.

7.6 linear ft.; 10.5 x 5 x 12 in.

Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8128566

Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s866k3 (person)

Chester William Nimitz, Sr. (/ˈnɪmɪts/; February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral of the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II. Nimitz was the leading US Navy authority on submarines. Qualified in submarines during his early years, he later oversaw the conversion of these vessels' propu...

Hoover, John H., 1887-1970.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66m7kvs (person)

John H. Hoover was born in Seville, Ohio in 1887. He was a 1907 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and served in World War I aboard the USS Cushing. A submariner, aviator, and surface warfare officer, he graduated from the Naval War College in 1932 and from the Army War College in 1937. In 1941, he was promoted to flag rank and became commandant of the Tenth Naval District, then was assigned as CO, Caribbean Sea Frontier, 1941-1943. During World War II, he served as CO, Aircraft, Central Pacific...

Spruance, Raymond Ames, 1886-1969

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zq4w58 (person)

Admiral, United States Navy; deputy commander-in-chief, Pacific Fleet, 1942-1943; commmander, Central Pacific Forces, 1944-1945. From the description of Raymond Ames Spruance miscellaneous papers, 1937-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869192 Admiral, U.S. Navy. From the description of Papers, 1926-1968. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command). WorldCat record id: 57417894 Biographical/Historical...

Pownall, C. A. (Charles Alan), 1887-1975

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m6232c (person)

Vice admiral, United States Navy; commander, Air Force, Pacific Fleet, 1944; governor of Guam, 1946-1949. From the description of Charles Alan Pownall papers, 1912-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123438855 Charles Alan Pownall was born October 4, 1887, at Atglen, Pennsylvania. He received his commission from Annapolis in 1912, and served as Chief of Naval Air Training Command in Pensacola from 1944 to 1946, and later retired as vice admiral in November 1949. Pownall die...