Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Curriculum records, including syllabi, curriculum, lectures and student papers, 1956–1983; Reading files, 1956–1998; Correspondence and memoranda treating NCC reunions, 1972–1993; Student files, 1957–1998; Miscellany, including photographs, 1957–1999; Cookbooks, 1960–2000; Alumni newsletters and newsgrams, 1958–1998; Videos, 1992–2000 and yearbooks, 1987–1995.

These records consist of syllabi and curriculum materials, student presentations, handouts, lectures by professors, directives for the study course, photographs of Naval Command College classes, and disc recordings of presentations by students.

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The source materials for the Group were War Diaries, Deck Logs, Dispatches, Aircraft Action Reports, Action Reports of Ships, Task Force, Group and Unit Commanders' Reports, captured enemy documents, and interrogations of prisoners of war. The bulk of this Record Group is made up of photocopies and transcripts of this material with some original documents.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Curriculum records, including syllabi, curriculum, lectures and student papers, 1956–1983; Reading files, 1956–1998; Correspondence and memoranda treating NCC reunions, 1972–1993; Student files, 1957–1998; Miscellany, including photographs, 1957–1999; Cookbooks, 1960–2000; Alumni newsletters and newsgrams, 1958–1998; Videos, 1992–2000 and yearbooks, 1987–1995.

These records consist of syllabi and curriculum materials, student presentations, handouts, lectures by professors, directives for the study course, photographs of Naval Command College classes, and disc recordings of presentations by students.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Curriculum records, including syllabi, curriculum, lectures and student papers, 1956–1983; Reading files, 1956–1998; Correspondence and memoranda treating NCC reunions, 1972–1993; Student files, 1957–1998; Miscellany, including photographs, 1957–1999; Cookbooks, 1960–2000; Alumni newsletters and newsgrams, 1958–1998; Videos, 1992–2000 and yearbooks, 1987–1995.

These records consist of syllabi and curriculum materials, student presentations, handouts, lectures by professors, directives for the study course, photographs of Naval Command College classes, and disc recordings of presentations by students.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Curriculum records, including syllabi, curriculum, lectures and student papers, 1956–1983; Reading files, 1956–1998; Correspondence and memoranda treating NCC reunions, 1972–1993; Student files, 1957–1998; Miscellany, including photographs, 1957–1999; Cookbooks, 1960–2000; Alumni newsletters and newsgrams, 1958–1998; Videos, 1992–2000 and yearbooks, 1987–1995.

These records consist of syllabi and curriculum materials, student presentations, handouts, lectures by professors, directives for the study course, photographs of Naval Command College classes, and disc recordings of presentations by students.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of seventeen boxes of papers that document his interest in naval airships and the Naval Airship Association, of which he was a member. The collection spans the years 1933–2005.Series I, Correspondence, includes letters both sent and received, 1945–1996. The bulk of the correspondence treats the Naval Airship Association, but also contains letters of appointment and those regarding his naval training and courses taken. Some of the correspondence includes the biographies of members of the Naval Airship Association.Series II, Naval Orders, contains his assignments from 1943 to 1968, as well as retirement papers. Series III, Books, has yearbooks; books on blimps, airship bases, airships, and U-boats; and a history of his hometown of Ironwood, Michigan. They were published between the years 1940 and 2001.Series IV, Pamphlets, has pamphlets on airship rescue operations, rigid and non-rigid airships, directories of naval aviators, naval air station anniversary booklets, and the Naval Airship Association directories, 1945–2003.Series V, Newsletters, consists of newsletters from the Navy League, the Lighter-Than-Air Society, the Aerostation newsletter, and others, 1940–2004.Series VI, Newspaper Clippings, houses newspaper clippings, 1968–1997.Series VII, Photographs, has shots of Kane, model airships, the St. Louis Navy League events, and award ceremonies, 1968–2002....

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Microfilm. Kirk, Alan G., ADM, USN, 1888-1963. Education, USNA, 1909; Cruises in USS Kansas, USS Saratoga, USS Utah, USS Connecticut, USS Arizona, USS North Dakota, USS Maryland; Naval Proving Ground, Ordnance Testing; Stu­ dent and Staff, Naval War College; XO, USS West Virginia; CO, USS Milwaukee; Naval Attache, London, England, 1939-1941; Wartime Britain, Battle of Britain, Dunkirk evacuation; Battle of River Plate and impressions of Ambassador J. P. Kennedy and British Admiralty; Chief of Staff to ADM Stark; Extensive coverage of invasion of Sicily and Normandy; CO, American Naval Forces, AEF. Retired, 1946. On microfiche.

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French discusses his service with the US Army during WWII, 1941-1944. He joined the army in 1941 and was assigned to Fort Shafter in Hawaii where he witnessed the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later, he manned guns at the Hawaii Iron Works in Honolulu and was on an LST at the Battle of Saipan. Describes the raid on Pearl Harbor and the army's attempt to shoot down the Japanese planes, the destruction on Battleship Row, and the aftermath.

French was born in 1921 in Boston. He grew up in Enfield, MA, graduated from Belchertown High School and joined the Army in 1941. He was discharged in 1944 and worked at the Davisville Sea Bee base in Rhode Island for 30 years, retiring in 1976.

Part of the WWII Veterans Oral History Project.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Business files, including correspondence and memoranda with prospective authors, reviewers, publishers, subscribers and President, NWC, as well as memoranda regarding the budget, publication of the Review, Naval War College Historical Monograph Series and other books.