Naval War College (U.S.)
Found in 761 Collections and/or Records:
Francis D. Foley oral history transcription
Foley, Francis D., RADM, USN, 1910-1999. Education, USNA, 1932; USS Detroit, 1932-1935; Designated Naval Aviator, 1936; Scouting Squadron 41, USS Ranger; Observation Squadron 4, USS Maryland, Patrol Squadron 31; Chief Flight Instructor, Training Squadron 15, NAS, Jacksonville, Fla., 1942; Air Operations Officer, USS Hornet, 1942; Assistant Operations Officer, Staff Commander Air, Solomons; Staff of Com mander Fleet Air, South Pacific, 1943; Head, Officer Flying Section, Office of the CNO, 1943- 1945.
Francis Fabian oral history transcription
Fabian discusses his youth in Revere, MA, during the Great Depression, his joining the Navy in 1940, training in communications at Noroton Heights, CT, assignment in the USS Yorktown in Radio Central, the Battle of the Coral Sea, 1942, the Battle of Midway, attempts to recue the ship and its subsequent sinking, 1942, assignment to the USS Block Island in the Atlantic, then sunk off the Azores, assigned to the second Block Island and Battle of Okinawa, repatriating prisoners from the Bataan Death March, discharged from the Navy October 1945 as a chief petty officer, postwar occupation with the Massachusetts Electric and the Bradford Dye Works.
Frank Amalfetano oral history transcription, 2011
Amalfetano discusses his youth in Providence, RI, joining the Navy in 1943. Training at Sampson, NY, Little Creek, VA and Fort Pierce, FL as a coxswain and deployment to Southampton, England for training for D-Day, and D-Day operations on Gold Beach. He was discharged in 1946 and returned to Providence where he operated a family ice cream business.
Frank Caldwell oral history transcription
History of Marine Corps Operations in WWII. Oral history of Frank Caldwell, Iwo Jima survivor. Caldwell USN 135 alumnus, served n USS New Mexico, IUSS Concord, USS s-23, USS 266, USS Loggerhead and USS Greenfish. Took submarine officer's course in New London, CT. Attended NWC, 1953-1954. Served on Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joint Intelligence Group. Atteneded Fleet Schools, San Deigo. Served as COmmanding officer, Submarine Squadron Three, 1957.
Frank Chomka oral history transcription
Chomka joined the Navy in 1942 and trained at a secret Navy facility in Farragut, Idaho. He first was classified as a radio man.
Frank McHugh oral history transcription, 1983
McHugh, Frank, 1908-. Started work at the War College in 1934 in the War Gaming Drafting Room, also made maps and formation diagrams; Transferred to Logistics Department; Moved to Visual Aids Depart ment; Affiliated with C&S; WWII, drafted into the Army, 1945; Returned to the War College Drafting Room, 1945-1951; Visual Aids, 1951-1956; C&S, NEWS (Naval Electronic Warfare Sys-tem), Electronic Moving Board Section, 1957; Lectured on War Gaming, Probability; Wrote Fun damentals of War Gaming, 1966; Retired, NWC 1974.
Frank Snyder oral history transcription, 2000
Snyder, Frank, Captain, USN (Ret.) 1926-. Youth in Pennsylvania;Joined Navy in V-12 program, 1943; Transferred to NROTC; Attended U.S. Naval Academy, 1944-1947; USS Princeton, 1947-1949; USSJohn W. Weeks,1949-1950; In structor, NAPS, Newport, RI., 1950-1951; USS Adirondack, 1952; Legal Officer and Communi cations Watch Officer; M.A., Stanford University, 1942-1953; CO, USS Gull and CO Mine Division 33, 1953--1955; Communications Plans Officer, CINCNELM, London, England, 1955- 1957; XO, USS Van Voorhis, 1957-1958; USS Northampton, 1958-1960; Placement officer, Bupers, 1960-1961; XO, USS Henley, 1961-1962; Office of the CNO, Manpower Plans Division, 1963--1965; USS Springfield; Sixth Fleet, 1965--1968; Manpower Plan Officer & Inspector Gen eral Naval Communications Command, 1968-1971; Assistant Chief of Staff, Communications, CIC Naval Forces Europe, 1971-1973; Assistant to Assistant Secretary of State, Telecommunica tions, 1973; Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1974; Staff, CO, Telecommunications, 1974; Office of the CNO, 1975; Retirement, 1976; Employed by Mitre Corporation, 1976-1981; Naval Operations Faculty, Naval War College, 1981-1990; Comments on Naval War College students, curriculum, war gaming, and electives; Civic activities.
Frank Souza oral history transcription, 2004
Souza, Frank, 1917-. Youth in Newport, R.I.; Drafted in U.S. Navy, 1940; Boot camp at U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, R.I.; Assigned to USS Colorado; Pearl Harbor attack; Patrol duty in North Pacific, 1942; Battle of Tarawa; Invasion of the Marshall Islands; Battles of Leyte Gulf and Okinawa; Kamikaze attack on USS Colorado; Postwar assignment in USS Greenwich Bay; Hurricane Hunter Squad ron,Jacksonville, Fla.; Retired in 1961 in Newport, R.I.; Civil Service, Naval Base; Comments on naval career and favorite assignment.
Fred A. Stevenson oral history transcription, 2005
Stevenson, Fred A., LCDR, USN (Ret.) 1921-2006. Youth in Brooklyn, N.Y.;Joined the Navy in 1938; U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, R.I.; USSArkansas, 1939; USSBuck, 1939-1941; Attended Naval Academy Prep School, Norfolk, Va.: U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1946; USS Burns, Pacific Theater; V:J Day; USS Charles P. Cecil, 1946-1947; Flight Training; Operation Crossroads; Flight training; USS Hyman; Fire Protection Engineer; USS Irwin, Korean War; Executive Officer, USS Blair, 1952-1954; NROTLC Staff; USS Idaho, 1954-1956; Squadron Operations Officer, DESRON 19, 1956-1958; Staff, CO, Military Sea Transportation System, Washington, D.C.; Executive Officer, USS Grand Canyon, 1962; CO, USS Parle, 1962-1963; Retired in 1963; Civilianjobs with NUSC, 1963-1967, Control Data, 1967- 1978 and Tracor, 1978-1988; Retired in 1989.
Frederick Edwards oral history transcription
Edwards, Frederick, CAPT, USN, 1901-1992. Education, USNA, 1923; Shipboard assignments, including USS Henshaw, USS Mahan, USS North Carolina, USS West Virginia and USS New Mexico; Engineering aspects of ships; Com ments on flag rank officers, the role of women in the Navy, ports visited, and being passed over for flag rank.