Spruance, Raymond Ames, 1886-1969

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3.5x4.5 black and white photo of Spruance with visitors on NWC campus

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5x7 black and white photo of Spruance when he was CAPT and part of the NWC staff in 1937

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Biographical sketches, career material, publication and writings of NWC presidents.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Biographical sketches, career material, publication and writings of NWC presidents.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Biographical sketches, career material, publication and writings of NWC presidents.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Biographical sketches, career material, publication and writings of NWC presidents.

Scope and Contents The personal papers of Raymond A. Spruance, was donated to the Naval War College by Mrs. Spruance in 1970, only a year after the admiral's death. The collection contains eleven boxes of manuscript materials, along with memorabilia, including uniform items, medals, and Japanese Samurai swords. The papers focus, in the main, on the admiral's distinguished naval career, aspects of his ambassadorial appointnent, and his retirement years.Series I, Correspondence, consists of letters relating to his position as Commander of the Central Pacific Force, 1943-1944; the Battle of Midway, 1943; official orders and copies of messages sent relating to duty assignments, 1906-1950; and letters received and drafts of letters sent regarding naval matters. Other correspondence focuses on the Naval History Division Spruance biography by V ADM Emmet P. Forrestel. Spruance was not a particularly loquacious person and was reluctant to commit his thoughts to paper, hence the correspondence series is limited in both scope and quantity.Writings and speeches comprise Series II and Series III. Speeches consist of holograph drafts and typescripts given when Spruance was Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet, President of the Naval War College, and in a retired status. His Naval War College thesis on Command, Naval War College lecture on Naval Tactics, notes made by Spruance for a book by E.B. Potter and the typescript of a 1965 Paris Match interview complete the writings...

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Biographical sketches, career material, publication and writings of NWC presidents.