Robert Wallace Berry papers, 1932-1976.

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Robert Wallace Berry papers, 1932-1976.

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Memoirs, reports, printed matter, and photographs, relating to American naval operations in World Wars I and II, and to the administration of the United States Department of Defense under Secretary of Defense James Forrestal.

4 ms. boxes.

Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library

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Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library

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Forrestal, James, 1892-1949

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James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. Forrestal came from a very strict middle class Irish Catholic family. He was a successful financier on Wall Street before becoming Undersecretary of the Navy in 1940, shortly before the United States entered the Second World War. He became Secretary of the Navy in May 1944 upon the death of his superior, Frank Knox. Preside...

Berry, Robert Wallace, 1898-

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Rear admiral, United States Navy; assistant to the secretary of defense, 1947-1949. From the description of Robert Wallace Berry papers, 1932-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870681 ...

National Military Establishment (U.S.)

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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...