Papers of Aaron Stanton Merrill, 1925-1963.

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Papers of Aaron Stanton Merrill, 1925-1963.

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General correspondence, orders to duty, speech file, citations, newspaper clippings, and printed matter, relating, in part, to Merrill's command of Task Force 39 and his role in the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, Solomon Islands, during World War II. Correspondents include Elizabeth H. Cotten, Ernest M. Eller, John B. Heffernan, Dudley W. Knox, Samuel E. Morison, James W. Patton, and Elmer B. Potter.

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Knox, Dudley Wright, 1877-1960

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Patton, James Welch, 1900-1973

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James Welch Patton (1900-1973) was the director of the Southern Historical Collection, 1948-1967, and history professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1948-1973. The papers contain correspondence and manuscripts of published and unpublished writings, 1948-1973. From the description of James Welch Patton papers, 1948-1973 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25264859 James Welch Patton (1900-1973) grew up in Tennessee. He was graduated from Vand...

Morison, Samuel Eliot

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Heffernan, John B.

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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...

Potter, E. B. (Elmer Belmont), 1908-

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E.B. Potter was an officer in the U.S. Navy during World War II and Professor of History at the U.S. Naval Academy. From the description of Papers, 1959-1968. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command). WorldCat record id: 54525945 ...