Naval War College (U.S.)

Patton, Kennon B. Henderson, 1918-. Youth in Carrollton, Ga.; College and work experience; joined the Officer Corps of the WAVES; Attended U.S. Naval Midshipmen's School (WR),at Mount Holyoke College and Smith College; Assigned to Communications Office, COM 6, Charleston, S.C., and appointed Assistant Mess Treasurer, Officers Mess; Communications Office, COM 14, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Recre­ ation, Social life, V:J Day; Discharged, Memphis, Tenn.; Work in Atlanta, Ga.; Marriage and move to South Carolina; Significance of WAVES service.

Lee, Kent L., VADM, USN, 1923. Typescript of interview with VADM Lee, including growing up years in South Carolina, enlist­ ment in the Navy in 1940, training as an Aviation Mechanic, Aviation Cadet training and flight training, 1942-1944; Bomber Squadron 15 in USS Essex, 1944; Commentary on WWII aircraft; Education at Columbia University; General Line School, Newport, RI., 1949-1950; Staff Officer and Attack Pilot, Korean War, 1950-1952; Naval PG School, 1953-1954; Air Development 3 Squadron 1954-1956; Instructor, Navy Weapons School, Norfolk, 1956-1958; CO, Attack 46 Squadron 1958-1959; Office of Naval Research, l959-1960;Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff, 1960-1962; USS Enterprise, CO, Carrier Air Group 6, 1962; AEC, 1963-1964; CO, USSALAMO, 1964-1965; Naval Aide to Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1965-1967.

Lee, Kent L., VADM, USN, 1923. Typescript of oral history with VADM Lee, including his command of USS Enterprise, 1961- 1969; BuPers, 1969; Director, Office of Program Appraisal, 1970-1972; Deputy Director, Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff, 1972-1973; CO, Navy Air Systems Command, 1973-1976; Retire­ ment, 1976. Discussion of various Flag Rank Officers, navy aircraft and naval aviation in general.

Career related correspondence, letters received, undated–1941; Speeches, 1890–1937; Writings including a journal of the USS Modnadnock, 1898, and a holograph and typewritten drafts of Laning’s autobiography, “An Admiral’s Yarn” and articles, 1898–1941; Photographs of Naval career situations, 1891–1937; Miscellany, including programs, menus, invitations, citations, imprints, tickets, cards and newsletters, 1895–1937; Newspaper clippings, 1897–1939, treating naval career.

Correspondence, letters received regarding Naval Institute oral history and Naval War College Chair of Intelligence, 1970–1975; Miscellany, including yearbook, Japanese texts, maps and charts, programs, certificates, USN commissions, and photographs, 1924–1984; Research source materials used in writing And I Was There, including published volumes of Japanese War Series, Senshi Sosho, 1967–1975,Pacific Mobile Radio Intelligence Unit Reports, 1942–1945; Books, Japanese monographs, military intelligence pamphlets, magazines, oral histories and maps; Unpublished materials, including various SRH histories, 1942–1947; SRNS, Japanese Naval Radio Intelligence Summaries, 1942–1945; SRN, Translations of Japanese Naval Messages, 1941–1942; SRNM, Japanese Naval Communications, 1942; CINCPAC messages, 1942; Tapes of interviews conducted by authors,1970–1983; Ships logs and action reports, 1941–1942; Translations of Japanese War History, 1942–1944; Notes and notebooks on WWII events and Japanese Intelligence; Photographs and personal letters; Promotion certificate to Rear Admiral; Drafts, Letters, memoranda and book reviews of And I Was There; Pacific Mobile Radio Intelligence Unit Reports, 1942–1945; Miscellaneous lists of diagrams, maps and biographies.

D'Ostuni, Leonard, 1925-. Reminiscences of service in WWII in the Pacific Theater in Landing Ship Medium 219. Includes biographical information, High School education in Worcester, Mass.; Employment with Quality Paper Prod­ucts; Enlisted in the U.S. Navy in November 1943; Training at U.S. Naval Training Station, New­port, RI.; Electrical Course, Newport, RI.; Amphibious training, Little Creek, Va.; Inspection of LSMs at Wilmington, Del.; Assignment to LSM 219 and Shakedown Cruise in Chesapeake Bay; Transit to South Pacific; Seasickness; Purveyed supplies to various islands; Battle of Lingayen Gulf, 1945; Borneo invasion; Palawan Landing; Returned to United States in November 1945; Postwar employment as engineer in power plants; Involvement in organizing national and local chapters and reunions of LSMs.

Part of History of WWII Oral History program.

This collection represents the Naval War College's collection of oral histories. While some were carried out and recorded by NWC, many others are printed matieral from other institions, including the US Naval Institute, Columbia University, the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project, and the Naval Historical Foundation.

The NWC-created histories that are unique to this repository were collected from alumni, previous faculty/staff, and local veterans. They also represent a concerted effort to collect the stories of women in the armed forces. Oral histories from the female corps of WAVES, SPARS, nurses, as well as military spouses can be found in this collection.

Please note this is a partial listing of NWC's oral histories. Staff are actively inputting the collection into this repository. Contact us for a full listing.

This folder consists of letters and printed e-mails received by Stanfield Turner with copies of the letters he sent in response. This correspondence includes Turner's recollections of transforming the Naval War College curriculum to one more comprehensive and based on grades and exams, as well as email responses to event invitations and former colleagues.

Maloney joined the Navy, trained as a pilot and served for years. In retirement, she authored the book "Military Flymoms" that contains the stories of women who combined both mothering and a career as pilots in the various services.