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Barber, Charles F., 1917-2012

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Charles F. Barber papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-266
Content Description

Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and photographs of the war in the Pacific Theater, 1941-1945, with a focus on ADM Raymond D. Spruance.

Dates: 1941 - 1945

Thomas B. Buell collection on Raymond A. Spruance

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-037.1
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1866-2002 and undated; Majority of material found within 1971-1974

Charles F. Barber oral history transcription, 1996

 Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 329
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1996

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Collection 2
Archival Object 1
 
Subject
Admirals -- United States -- Biography 1
Ambassadors -- United States -- History 1
Historians -- United States 1
Midway, Battle of, 1942 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 1