Naval War College (U.S.)
Found in 759 Collections and/or Records:
Ralph N. Nilsen oral history transcription
Nilsen, Ralph N., Lt, USNR/MMR, 1923. Youth; Merchant Marine Cadet Corps, 1942; Graduated from the Merchant Marine Academy, 1944; Assigned to SSJohn Brown; Served in ships sailing to Europe and North Africa, 1944- 1945; Sailed to India, 1946-1947.
Raymond D. Tarbuck oral history transcription
Tarbuck, Raymond D., RADM, USN, 1898-1986. Education, USNA, 1917-1920; USS Missouri, 1918; USS North Dakota, 1919; Deck Officer, USS Dixie, 1920; USS Robinson; Chief Engineer, USS McCormick, (two years); Gunnery Officer, USS Concord, (by this time had seven years of sea duty); Student, First General Line Post Gradu ate School, Annapolis, Md.; Student, Naval War College; USS Stewart; Instructor, Naval ROTC, University of California, 1932; First Turret Officer, USS West Virginia, 1934-1937; NROTC, Bu reau of Navigation, Washington, D.C., 1937-1939; CO, USS MacDonough, 1939-1940; Instruc tor, Army Air Corps Cadet School, Maxwell Field, Pensacola, Fla., 1940-1942; Director, Division of Tactics for Pre-Flight School, Selman Field, Ala., 1942; GEN MacArthur's Staff, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Chief of Staff, Seventh Amphibious Force, 1944-1945; USS Phoenix; CO, USS Catocin, Amphibious Force, Atlantic; Inspector General, Ninth Naval District; Retired after 33years in the Navy.
Raymond Greene oral history transcription, 2011
Greene discusses his youth in New Britain, CT, and his enlistment in the US Navy in 1943, including his basic training at Great Lakes, IL, and advanced training as a radio operator and gunner at Memphis, TN, Yellow Water, FL, Daytona, FL, Wildwood, NJ, and Virginia Beach, VA. He was assigned to a dive bomber aboard the USS Bennington and went to the Pacific Theatre where he was involved in bombing raids on Tokyo, Japan and Okinawa. He comments on the typhoon of 1944 and the attack on the Yamato. Greene discusses the impact the Navy had on his life and how his time in service changed his life.
Part of the WWII Navy Veterans oral history project.
Remarks at NWC graduation exercises, 1948 May 15
Remarks given by Admiral R. A. Spruance, President Naval War College, at the NWC graduation exercises on 1948 May 15.
Report on Foundations of Moral Obligation to the President, NWC, 1980 Jan 29
Resume of First and Second Seapower Symposia, [1973]
Daily synopsis, summarized by individual committee, of seminar discussions conducted during the First and Second Seapower Symposia.
Richard and Chester Lay oral history transcription
Oral history of Richard and Chester Lay, grandsons of Chester Nimitz regarding the Nimitz family.
Richard B. Sheffield oral history transcription, 2002
Sheffield, Richard B., 1923-. Family background in Newport; NROTC, Yale University; Destroyer School, Norfolk, Va.; USS Callaghan; Invasion of Saipan, Tinian, Palaus, the Philippines, and Okinawa; Comments on life aboard ship, morale, recreation, duties, general quarters, reaction to battle, ship's captains, typhoon; Attack on the USS Princeton; Sinking of the Callaghan; Rescue and return to the United States; USS Glennon (840); Harvard Law School; Newport community activities.
Richard D. Alexander oral history transcription, 2000
Typescript of interview with Captain Alexander regarding his naval career, 1941-1970, including youth, education, ship and shore assignments.
Richard Fazzio oral history transcription
Fazzio discusses his naval service as a coxswain at D-Day and the invasion of Sothern France. He comments on training at Sampson Naval Base, NY, Littler Creek, VA, and Fort Pierce, FL, and at various ports in England in Higgins Boats. Describes the landings in France. Fazzio was born in Woonsocket, RI in 1925 and enlisted in the Navy in 1943 at the age of 17. He trained in LCVP and saw action at D-Day where he was wounded and was awarded the Purple Heart. After the war, he returned to Woonsocket where he joined the DAV and the VFW.