Papers, 1936-1970.

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Papers, 1936-1970.

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The memoirs focus on his service in WWII in USS Nevada (BB 36), the assault on Attu, Atlantic convoy operations, D-Day landings and Southern France, Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll, 1946, post war career; including student and staff time at the Naval War College, 1959-1962; CO, Naval Station, San Diego, 1968-1970; and retirement. Included is a volume of copies of the situation summaries of the Battle of Okinawa, April 1945.

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

Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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