Naval War College (U.S.)
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Organization charts: Naval War College, NAVWARCOLINST 5400.1E, 1971 Jul 1
This pamphlet provides the mission statement of the Naval War College and delineates the organizational structure of the NWC in chart form.
Osborne F. Ingram oral history transcription, 2006
Ingram discusses his education at Harvard and as editor of the Harvard Crimson, his employment at The Boston Post, joining the US Navy, training at Quonset Point Naval Air Station as an Air Information Officer, assignment with Squadron VC-36 at Alameda NAS, with the USS Mission Bay, USS Croatan and USS Core; assignment at Squantum NAS, discharge from the Navy, and post war work with Eastern Gas and Fuel Company. Includes comments on naval training, his billet, and the squadron. Ingram was born in Boston, MA in 1915 and spent his youth in Cohasset, MA. He graduated from Harvard University in 1935 and joined the US Navy in 1942 as an air information officer. He was discharged in 1946 and worked for The Boston Post and the Eastern Gas and Fuel Company. He later served as president and CEO of the Cohasset Savings Bank. This oral hsitory id part of the WWII Navy Veterans Oral History project.
Painting of GEN Tasker H. Bliss, circa 1943
Black and white 8x10 photograph of the GEN Tasker H. Bliss painting in the Rotunda of the Army War College, Washington, D.C. circa 1943.
Paul D. Stroop oral history transcription
Peerenboom, William H.: The systems approach at the Naval War College : don't just teach it, adopt it, 1975
Peter E. Karetka oral history transcription, 2010
Karetka discusses his service in the Navy in World War II in USS Hughes and USS Hayter, including the Battle of Midway, the battle of Santa Cruz, and the resuce of the crew of the USS Hornet and the crew of the USS F.C. Davis in the North Atlantic. He comments on the sinking of the USS Yorktown as he remembers it, as well as crew, captains, camaraderie, and his love for the Navy.
Karetka was born in 1922 in Holyoke, MA. He left school in eigth grade and later joined the Civilian Conservation Corps. He joined the Navy in 1940 and trained at the Newport Naval Training Station. He was discharged from the Navy in 1946 and later joined the Naval Reserves. Part of the WWII Veterans Oral History Project.
Philip R. Gaudet, 1965 Feb 2
Black and white 8x10 photograph of NWC Philip R. Gaudet, head of the drafting department, and Eileen O'Connor, librarian, receiving an award. VADM Melson also pictured; taken February 2, 1965.
Photo of Naval War College Staff and Faculty, circa 1970-1971
22x28 black and white group photo of the NWC Staff and Faculty, 1968-1969
Photograph of a stipple illustration of LT Tasker H. Bliss, circa 1870-1885
Black and white 8x10 photograph of LT Tasker H. Bliss, circa 1870-1885. Reverse of photo reads, "Lt. Tasker A. Bliss, USA, a brilliant young officer with a budding reputation in military tactics + strategy, was a member of NWC first faculty bin 1885. He founded the Army War Collegfe in 1902 + served as its first president."
Photograph of Brig Gen Tasker H. Bliss in France, 1918 May 13
Black and white 8x10 photograph of BRIG GEN Tasker H. Bliss, Chief of Staff, US Army, in a garden at his home in Versailles, France, circa May 13, 1918.