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Aerial View of NWC, circa 1990-2000
4x6 color photo of NWC campus
Aerial View of NWC, circa 1990-2000
4x6 color photo of Luce Hall (left) and Founders Hall (right)
Aerial View of NWC, circa 1990-2000
4x6 color photo of Luce Hall (left) and Founders Hall (right)
Aerial View of NWC, circa 1990-2000
4x6 color photo of Newport Harbor, with Rose Island in the foreground, and NWC in the background.
Agatha Sheffield Littlefield oral history transcription, 2004
Littlefield discusses growing up in Newport, RI, summer job at the Naval Torpedo Station during WWII, co-workers, tasks, social life during WWII, feelings of patriotism, the war's end, and career as a teacher and counselor.
Aileen Bedell Fetter oral history transcription, 1997
Fetter, Aileen Bedell, born 1922. Reminiscences of a WWII enlisted WAVE who served as a Pharmacist's Mate. Includes her youth in Westfield, NJ.; Graduated from Forsyth School as a Dental Hygienist; Worked in Bath, Maine; Enlisted in the Navy in 1943; Trained as USNTS (WR) Hunter College, N.Y.; Unit reviewed by Mdm Chiang Kai-Shek; Assigned to WNY Dispensary as hygienist and administrator; Recreation; Promoted to Pharmacist's mate, First Class; Married on VJ Day in Washington, D.C.; Discharged in Oct. 1945; College on GI Bill; Impact of WAVES service on her life; Taught at Wickford Elementary School.
Airplane Characteristics for use with Blue and Orange Fleets, Blue and Red Fleets, and Maneuver Rules, 1940 Jun 1
Publication prepared by the Naval War College to be used with the war game outfit.
Airplane Characteristics for use with Blue and Orange Fleets, Blue and Red Fleets, and Maneuver Rules
Alan H. French oral history transcription, 2007
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.
Albert K. Sherman oral history transcription, 2004
Sherman, Albert K., 1918-2006. Youth in Newport, R.I..; Amherst College graduate, 1940;Joined the Navy in 1941; V-7 pro gram; Attack on Pearl Harbor; Assigned to sub chasers in Key West, Fla.; Escorted merchant ships; Instructor, Sub Chaser School, Miami, Fla.; Served in attack transport ship, Pacific Theater; V:J Day; Discharged December 1945; Owner of the Newport Daily News.