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Naval War College (U.S.)

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Found in 759 Collections and/or Records:

De Ette Unruh Ellis oral history transcription, 1998

 Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 245
Scope and Contents

Ellis, De Ette Unruh, 1924-. Reminiscences of a WWII enlisted WAVE. Includes family, secretarial school and work at GM in Pontiac, Mich.; Reaction to Pearl Harbor bombing; Joined Navy in 1944; Patriotism and elder brother in the navy were motivating factors; Wrote articles on her experience as a WAVE for the Pontiac newspaper; Trained at USNTS (WR), Hunter College, Bronx, N.Y.; Attended Yeoman School at Stillwater, Okla.; Assigned to NYC; Conducted inventory at Bremerton, Wash., Navy Yard for five months; Returned to NYC and Pine Street separation office; Loved NYC; Visited Wil­liam Paley's apartment; Marriage in 1950; WAVES service, a positive experience.

Ellis was born in 1924 in Pretty Prairie, Kansas, attended secretarial school in Pontiac, MI and worked at General Motors before joining the Navy. She remained in New York, worked for a dress designer, and was married in 1950. At the time of recording, she lived in Newport, RI.

Dates: 1998

Dean of Academics records

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-41
Scope and Contents

Faculty personnel files, 1959–1980. Correspondence files regarding academic and curricular programs, 1960–1980; Reports and studies, including the Brehm, Clements, Taylor and Bayne reports, DOD Committee on Excellence, 1971–1977, Electives Department reports and memoranda, 1978–1985.

Dates: 1959 - 2008

Dean of Students records

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-43
Scope and Contents

Transcript release forms from Salve Regina University, 1985–1992; CNW and CNCS transcript, 1977–1985; Class lists, 1985–1989; Unclaimed diplomas, class photographs, 1977–1999; Alumni lists, 1972–1975.

Dates: 1972 - 2004

Demonstrative Chart Maneuver, Senior Class of 1934, 1933 Jul 1

 File — Box 64, Folder: 1
Identifier: RG-04- File 1830
Scope and Contents

Demonstrative chart maneuver assignment given to the Naval War College, Senior Class of 1934 to be worked on by four groups of students the first week of July 1933.

Dates: 1933 Jul 1

Discourse on the Strategic Value of a Point, by Alfred T. Mahan

 Digital Record
Identifier: RG15_01_21_01
Dates: 1896

Donald C. Thompson oral history transcription

 Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 127
Scope and Contents

Thompson, Donald C., RADM, USCG, 1930-. USCG Academy 1952; Navigator and Communications Officer, BIBB, 1952-1953; Engi­ neering Officer, Androscoggin, 1953-1954; Flight Training, Pensacola, Fla., and Corpus Christi, Tex., 1954-1955; Search and Rescue Aviator. CG Air Station, San Diego, Cali£, 1955-1957; Aero Maintenance Officer training, Chanute Air Force Base, Ill., 1957-1958; Engineering Officer, CG Air Detachment. Annette, Alaska, 1958-1960;Air Station, Miami, 1960-1962; Air Station, Los An­ geles, 1962-65; Master's Degree, 1965-1966; Engineering Test Pilot, and Chief of Management Services Division, Aircraft Repair and Supply Center, Elizabeth City, NJ., 1960-1970; Chief, Aero­ nautical Engineering Division, and Study Director, HQ. 1970-1974; Captain of the Port, Group CO and Air Station CO, San Diego, 1974-1976; Chief, Operations, Eleventh CG District, Long Beach, Calif., 1976-1978; Chief of Staff, Eleventh CG District, Long Beach, Calif., 1978-1979; Chief, Office of Engineering, HQ, 1979-1981; Chief, Office of Operations, 1981-1982; CO, Sev­ enth CG District, Miami, Fla., 1982.

Dates: undated

Donald J. MacDonald oral history transcription

 Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 114
Scope and Contents

MacDonald, Donald J., RADM, USN, 1908-1997. Education, USNA, 1927-1931; USSHulbert,. 1931-1932; USSTruxtun, 1932-1933; USSCali­fornia, 1933-1937; USS Salinas, 1937-1938; Office of the CNO, Washington, D.C., and White House Aide, 1938-1940; Naval Observer, American Embassy, London, England, and Aide to VADM R. L. Ghormley, Special Naval Observer, London, England, 1940--1942; XO, USS O'Bannon, 1942-1944; Staff of Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, Headquarters, Navy Depart­ ment, Washington, D.C., 1944; Operations and Plans Officer, Staff Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, France, 1944-1945; Deputy Chief of Staff to CO Naval Forces, Germany, 1945-1946; Chief, Support Section, Operational Intelligence Branch Office of the CNO, 1946-1948; CO, USS Williamsburg (Presidential yacht) 1948-1951; CO, USS Marquette, 1951-1952; Head, De­ partment Foreign Languages, USNA, 1952-1955; CO, Destroyer 34 Squadron 1955-1956; Assis­ tant Director, Undersea Warfare Division, Office of the CNO, 1956-1957; Assistant Director, General Planning Group, Office of the CNO, 1957-1959; Retired, 1959.

Dates: undated

Donald M. Showers oral history transcription

 Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 152
Scope and Contents

Showers, Donald M., RADM, USN. Oral History typescript of reminiscences regarding his naval and retirement career in the in­ telligence field. Topics discussed include entry into the Navy in 1941; Combat intelligence work in Hawaii in WWII ; entrance into regular navy and Pentagon assignment, 1947; tour at CINPACFLT, 1962-1966; promotion to Admiral, 1965; Vietnam War; Chief of Staff, plans and programs, DIA 1966-1971; Opinion on DIA assignment to YI, 1947 and intelligence gathering on Soviets, Soviet PACFLT, Indochina War; Intelligence officer of CINCNELM, 1950-1953; Faculty, NIS, 1953-1955, Intelligence officer, First Fleet, 1955-1957; Operations intelligence officer, Fort Meade, Md., 1957; Robertson Committee investigation; NWC Course, 1960; Head, Ybranch, CINCPACFLT Staff, 1961-1966; Postretirement career with CIA.

Dates: undated

Donna Beebe DeWildt oral history transcription, 1996

 Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 218
Scope and Contents

deWildt discusses joining the WAVES in 1943, training at Iowa State Teachers College, and Aviation Mechanics School, Memphis, TN, her assignment as an Aviation Mechanics Mate in Memphis, TN, NAS, Livermore, CA, on flight crew line and tower work, NAS, Otumna, Iowa, on the ground crew; VJ Day, and discharge in November of 1945.

deildt was born in Hibbing, MN in 1920 and graduated from Duluth State College. She taught in a high school before joining the WAVES. Once discharged she settled in Rhode Island, received an MLS from the Univeristy of Rhode Island and taught in Narragansett, RI. Part of the WAVES in WWII Oral History project.

Dates: 1996

Donna Borkenhagen Mazzoni oral history transcription, 2001

 Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 273
Scope and Contents

Mazzoni, Donna Borkenhagen, 1919-. Youth and education in Cookston, Minn.; Reaction to Pearl Harbor Attack, 1941; Joined WAVES for patriotic reasons; Training at U.S. Naval Training School (WR), Hunter College; Ra­ dio Operators School, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; Naval Communications Department, Washington, D.C.; Housed at WAVES Quarters I; Recreation and social life; V:J Day celebration; Death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Discharged in October 1945; Marriage in 1946; Signifi­ cance of WAVES setvice.

Dates: 2001