Draft of “A Case Study in Surprise in Naval Warfare: The Battle of Savo Island (9 August 1942)”, 1983 Aug

The collection is divided into ten series. Series One, Biographical Information, contains Pineau’s vita and biographical information, while Series II, Civilian and Naval Papers, has personnel and retirement papers, 1965–1972, as well as his naval orders and fitness reports, 1943–1978.

Correspondence, both letters sent and received, is one of the largest components of the collection and it is arranged by last name and topic for the years 1942–1993. Prominent correspondents include Hanson Baldwin, Captain Edward Beach, CDR Masatake Chihaya, James Fahey, Goro Nakano, the U.S. Naval Institute, Jurgen Rohwer, Robert Sherrod, and the Smithsonian Institution. A second segment of correspondence contains letters to and from individuals for whom he performed appraisals.

Series Four holds speech notes and speeches that Pineau gave between 1965 and the early 1990s. In addition, there are speeches given by other individuals. Captain Pineau was a prolific writer on military topics, especially World War II. Included in Series Five, Writings, are his articles and book reviews, as well as articles and book reviews of others on military topics. Prominent among these are the works of Robert Sherrod.

An oral history interview with Robert D. Ogg in 1983 is in Series Six. Subject files form Series Seven. Topics covered include research materials for And I Was There, ballooning, the Panay incident, Pearl Harbor, Silas Talbot, the Quasi-War with France, and White House military and naval aides.

Series Eight houses photographs of combat art from Japan, Samuel Eliot Morison, ships, and people. Slides of ships and exhibits are in this series as well. Miscellaneous material is found in Series Nine. Booklets, clippings, magazines, exhibit catalogs, pamphlets, programs, certificates, and note cards are located here. Series Ten contains the correspondence of Samuel Eliot Morison regarding the publication of U.S. Naval Operations in World War II, his articles, book reviews of his works, biographical and autobiographical articles, obituaries, and reflections on his work as well as the launching and commissioning of the USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG 13).