Barber, Charles F., 1917-2012
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Charles F. Barber papers
Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and photographs of the war in the Pacific Theater, 1941-1945, with a focus on ADM Raymond D. Spruance.
Thomas B. Buell collection on Raymond A. Spruance
This collection consists of research materials collected by Thomas B. Buell, author and retired naval officer, for his biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, The Quiet Warrior, published by Little, Brown and Company in 1974.
Charles F. Barber oral history transcription, 1996
Barber, Charles F., 1917-. Reminiscences of his service in the Navy, 1941-1945, as flag secretary to ADM Raymond A Spruance in USS Indianapolis and USS New Mexico; Comments on Admirals Chester Nimitz, William F. Halsey, and Richmond K. Turner; Spruance's character, personality, habits, relations with staff, Japanese as enemy and the Naval War College; Postwar visits with Admiral Spruance.