John Sidney McCain papers, 1933-1945.

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John Sidney McCain papers, 1933-1945.

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Correspondence, reports, dispatches, orders, and photographs, relating to American naval aviation and to naval operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

5 ms. boxes.

Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8134648

Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library

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McCain, John Sidney, 1884-1945

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John Sidney "Slew" McCain (August 9, 1884 – September 6, 1945) was a U.S. Navy admiral and the patriarch of the McCain military family. He held several command assignments during the Pacific campaign of World War II. McCain was a pioneer of aircraft carrier operations. Serving in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II, in 1942 he commanded all land-based air operations in support of the Guadalcanal campaign, and in 1944–45 he aggressively led the Fast Carrier Task Force. His operations off th...

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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...