Naval War College (U.S.)

Sheffield, William, 1919-. Joined the Navy, 1941; Assigned to Communications Department, Washington, D.C.; Local Defense School; Subchaser Training Center, Miami, Fla.; Assigned to SC-1468, Miami; Duty in subchaser in the Caribbean; Quonset Point NAS, Anti-Submarine Development unit; Subchaser Training School; Fire Fighting School; Damage Control School; Executive Officer, US.S William M. Hobby; Discharged from the Navy, 1945; Naval Reserves, 1945-1954; Employment, Brown and Sharpe and plastics industry; Comments on the significance of the Navy for his life.

Small, William, N., Admiral, USN (Ret.) 1927. Youth; U.S. Naval Academy; Flight training; Deployments to Korea, WESTPAC, Vietnam; CO, USS Independence; ASW problems; Soviet Threat; CO, Sixth Fleet; Vice CNO; Naval Material; CINCSOUTH; Country visits; NATO; Lebanon bombing of Marine Barracks; Retirement and postretirement activities.

Annitage, Willifred, 1921-2005. Reminiscences of a WWII enlisted rate in the SPARS, USCG. Includes youth in Pawtucket, work in telephone company,joined Coast Guard in 1943; Boot camp at Hunter College and Palm Beach, Fla., in the Biltmore Hotel; Assigned to Palm Beach where headed the switch board; En­ joyed duty there, met movie actor Victor Mature, Sid Caesar andJack Dempsey; Transferred to At­ lantic City where in charge of switchboard; V:J Day celebrations; Impact of SPARS service on life; Post-CG career atJP Coates and Apex; Positive experience in the service.

Love, Winfred, CAPT, USN, 1914-1999. Reminiscences of Captain Love's service in the WAVES in WWII and subsequent naval career. Includes early years in West Virginia, graduation from Mary Baldwin College, graduate work at John Hopkins University; Assistant to the president, Mary Baldwin College; Joined the WAVES in August 1942; Training at Midshipmen's School, Smith College; Assigned to BuPers, 1942-1944; Comment on Mildred McAfee Horton, Director of the WAVES; Reaction to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941; Assistant Personnel Officer, NAS, Hawaii, 1944-1946; V:J Day celebrations; Dis­ charge, 1946; Veterans Administration, Richmond, Va., 1946-1948; Administrative Assistant to Inspector C:senera1, Navy, 1948-1951; Pub1ic Relations Officer, NAC, Phi1ade1phia, Pa., 1951- 1953; WAVES OCS, Newport, R.I., WAVES, Detailer, BuPers, 1956-1960; Atlantic Fleet HDQs, Norfolk, Va., 1960-1963; Navy Training Pubs Center, 1968-1973; Promoted to Captain; Post-re­tirement career in personnel, 1973-1978; Travel and volunteer work; Retirement in Newport, R.I. and Fla.

World War II on Bataan. Reminiscences of the Bataan campaign by Sergeant Pacifico Macapagal of the Thirty-first Di­ vision, Sniper Company commanded by General Bluemel. Macapagal's unit surrendered to the Japanese in 1942and he participated in the famous Bataan Death March; Account of the offshore patrol, the forerunner of the Philippine Navy by Captain Alberto Navarette, including their train­ ing, ships, weapons and wartime activity; Interviews with Major General Guillermo B. Francisco on the Defense of Bataan, with Commodore Ricardo Papa of the offshore patrol, and with Gen­ eral Manuel Yan on the invasion of Luzon by the Japanese, the Bataan Campaign and the Death March; Memories of General Douglas MacArthur by SMSGTS Solomon Bayonetta, his personal driver, 1937-1942, including an account of how he saved MacArthur's life and his funeral in 1964.

Vary, Yvette Richard, 1921-. Reminiscences of a WWII enlisted WAVE. Includes youth in Central Falls, R.I.; High School graduation in 1941; Employed at Providence Braid; Reaction to Pearl Harbor attack; Kept up with wartime news; Patriotism motive forjoining the WAVES in April 1944; Enlisted with her sister; Trained at USNTS (WR), Bronx, N.Y.; Daily schedule at Hunter College; Classes; Marching uni­ forms; Food; NYC visits; Was in movie "Here Come the WAVES"; Assigned to Camp Endicott, Davisville, RI. in Personnel as a Yeoman Striker; Her sister worked with IBM computers; Social life and dances; WAVES were well treated; Death of FDR; V:J Day celebrations; Discharged in Feb­ ruary 1946; Returned to Central Falls; Took flying lessons; Attended Bryant College on the GI Bill; WAVES was a positive experience; Made lifelong friends; Attended WAVES conventions; Member WAVES National and Ocean State WAVES.

Zumwalt, Elmo R., Jr., ADM, USN, 1920-2000. Reminiscences of Admiral Zumwalt by Captain Howard].Kerr, USN (Ret.), Captain W. Lewis Glenn, Jr. and Admiral Worth H. Bagley, USN (Ret.), who seived with him when he was Com­ mander, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam, 1968-1970, and Chief of Naval Operations, 1970-1974. Topics discussed include the Vietnam War, Zumwalt's visits to the front, naval activity during the war and his reforms as CNO. The reasons for his actions and the methodologies used are dis­ cussed as well.