Zumwalt, Elmo R., 1920-2000

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Black and white 8x10 proofs of ADM Elmo Zumwalt during a visit to NWC on March 7, 1973.

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Black and white 8x10 proofs of ADM Elmo Zumwalt during a visit to NWC on March 7, 1973.

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Black and white 8x10 proofs of ADM Elmo Zumwalt during a visit to NWC on March 7, 1973.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Captain McNulty presented his papers to the Naval War College through the Naval War College Foundation on August 15, 1979. The papers cover the period 1950-1977 and document his career in the Navy. The ten box manuscript collection is divided into five series.Series I, Correspondence, consists of personal correspondence received or sent by CAPT - McNulty, letters sent by VADM Richard G. Colbert and ADM Elmo R. Zumwalt and official and personal correspondence in a career file which outlines McNulty's career in the Navy.Series II, Speeches, contains the speeches CAPT McNulty wrote or edited for ADM - Arleigh Burke, VADM Richard G. Colbert, ADM Ralph Cousins, RADM W. Thompson, and ADM Elmo R. Zumwalt, 1969-1974. This is the largest series in the collection and the bulk of it consists of speeches for A~M Zumwalt who was Chief of Naval Operations at the time (1970-1974).The Navy was going through significant changes during this period: the revamping of an obsolete and shrinking Naval force, the growing global navy of the Soviet Union, the impact of the Nixon Doctrine on foreign and Naval policy, the dissatisfaction of Navy personnel with the service, and a general re-organization of the Naval War College. The speeches give an invaluable contemporary view of these events and of ten outline plans of action which have since taken place. A speech made on March 19, 1971, to the OPNAV Commanders is an overview of what ADM. Zumwalt hoped to...

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Letter to Joseph Fawls stating that General George C. Marshall was the outstanding military man of the twentieth century.

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Typed Letter signed to Mrs. C. K. Herburger commenting on the bravery, heroism and patriotism of the men who served under him during the Vietnam War. He has signed the currency she sent and will sign two Vietnam maps.

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Typed letter signed to Earl Collins, Austin, Tex., in which he states that the use of Agent Orange is still permitted by international law. He mentions that his autobiography is entitled On Watch and that his favorite quotation is from Abraham Lincoln 's Gettysburg address.

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Typed letter signed to Terry Leaderstick, Indian Rocks, Fla., regarding homosexuals in the military and sensitivity training before a move toward integration is made.

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Letter to June Siracusa stating that Winston Churchill was the greatest military man of the twentieth century.

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Letter to Mary Ingersoll-Curtis in Greely, Colo., 1 April 1992, regarding U.S. military capability to invade North Vietnam during the Vietnam War and the possible entrance of China into the conflict as a result. He disputes the latter and felt civilian management of the conflict led to more casualties than the Persian Gulf War where the military exerted control.