United States Naval Institute

Burke, Julian T., RADM, USN (Ret.) 1918-. Youth in Alexandria, Va.; U.S. Naval Academy, 1936-1940; Submarine training, 1943; CO, USS Flying Fish, 1943-1945; Assignments in USS Guard Fish, Howard W. Gilmore, Dog Fish, Sa­ ble Fish, Williamsburg, and USS Harold Ellison; Student, Naval War College, 1957-1958; Execu­ tive Officer, Bancroft Hall, 1960--1963; CO, USS Fremont; Head, Navy Plans Branch;, 1965; Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, 1968-69; CO, U.S. Naval Forces, Japan, 1970--1973; CO, Sixth Naval District, 1974-1976; Retired, 1976.

Tolley, Kemp, RADM, USN, 1908-2000. Education, USNA, 1929; Service in USSFlorida, USS Texas, USS Canopus, USS Houston and USS Mindanao, 1929-1934; Russian language instruction and intelligence duty, 1934-1936; USS Wyoming, 1936-1937; Aide, CO, South China Patrol, USS Mindanao, 1937-1939; Intelligence duty, Shanghai, 1939--1940; Staff, USNA, 1940-1941; XO, USS WAKE, 1941. Comments on Asi­ atic Fleet, China, Russia, and White Russians in China.

Tolley, Kemp, RADM, USN, 1908-2000. Reminiscences include detailed account of controversy over Pearl Harbor and U.S. entry in WWII; XO, USSWake; Skippered schooner USS Lanikai from Manila to Perth, W. Australia; Assis­ tant Naval Attache, USSR, 1942-1944, with extensive commentary on travels in USSR and war­ time politics there; CO, USS Vermilion; CO, LST Squadron 2; Director, Intelligence Division, Armed Forces Staff College, 1949-1952; CO, Amphibious Squadron 5, Amphibious Group, West­ ern Pacific, 1954-1956; CO, Fleet Activities, Yokosuka, Japan, 1956-1958, with extensive com­ mentary onjapan; Retired, 1959. Author of Yangtze Patrol, Cruise of the Lanikai and Caviar and Commissars.

Melhorn, Charles M. CDR, USN, 1918. Education, University of California, 1940; Enlisted, USN, 1940; USS Gregory, USS Colhoun, 1941-1942;WWII, South Pacific, Battle of Guadalcanal, and the Battle of Tassafaronga, 1942; Mo­ tor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3, PT 44, 1942; Naval Air Station, Flight Training, 1943; Torpedo 50 Squadron 1944; USS Cowpens and final battles, Third Fleet, with Japanese, 1945; USS Leyte, 1946; NAS, Quonset Point, RI.;Flag Secretary, CO, Carrier Division 4; NAS, Corpus Christi, Tex., 1952-1954; Staff, Carrier Warning Squadron 12, Sixth Fleet, 1954--1956; Staff CO, Carrier 15 Divi­ sion 1959; Staff, USAF CINC NORAD, 1960-1961; Retired, 1961; M.A San Diego State University; Ph.D., University of California, 1973; Author of Two-Block Fox: The Rise of the Aircraft Carrier.

This collection represents the Naval War College's collection of oral histories. While some were carried out and recorded by NWC, many others are printed matieral from other institions, including the US Naval Institute, Columbia University, the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project, and the Naval Historical Foundation.

The NWC-created histories that are unique to this repository were collected from alumni, previous faculty/staff, and local veterans. They also represent a concerted effort to collect the stories of women in the armed forces. Oral histories from the female corps of WAVES, SPARS, nurses, as well as military spouses can be found in this collection.

Please note this is a partial listing of NWC's oral histories. Staff are actively inputting the collection into this repository. Contact us for a full listing.

Schoeffel, Malcohn F., RADM, USN, 1898-1980. Oral History transcript of career of RADM Schoeffel including family background; U.S. Naval Academy; Destroyer duty during WWI; Flight training, Pensacola, Fla.; Postgraduate training in aeronautical engineering; Bureau of Aeronautics assignment; Service in USS Saratoga, USS Langley, and USS Ranger; BUORD; CO, USS Cabot in the Pacific in World War II; Assistant Chief of Operations, CIC, USAF, 1944; Deputy Chief of Staff, CINC PACFLT, 1945; Chief, BUORD, 1950.

Smith, Larry 1892-1987. Reminiscences of her youth and life as a Navy wife, including growing up in Annapolis on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy, social life with midshipmen, marriage, World War I, life in Shanghai and Chefoo, China, and travel to Manila, 1925-1928;Assignment to the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R.I., and comments on the Naval War College in the 1930s; Impressions of Ad­ mirals W. T. Sampson, W. Rodgers,]. P. Pringle, T. Hart, R. A. Spruance, E. G. Kalbfus and CAPT R. C. Smith; Assignment to Hawaii; Retirement in Newport, R.I., 1940. Part of History of the Navy in Narragansett Bay Project.

Navy Wives. Reminiscences of Mrs. Marc Mitscher, wife of ADM Mitscher of WWII fame, and her years as a Navy wife. She tells of their courtship, marriage, early years together, long separations, his person­ ality, character and interests, along with impressions of naval officers she met, including ADM Nimitz. Mrs. Roy C. Smith recounts her early years in Annapolis, Md.; Her father, Philip Alger, founder of the USN! Proceedings; Early association with the Naval Academy, courtship and mar­ riage to Roy C. Smith, daily life and experiences in China in the 1920s; Duty at Naval Torpedo Sta­ tion, Newport, R.I., comments on Newport social life; Tours in Panama and Hawaii; Retirement in Newport and association with the Naval War College; Impression of ADM Kalbfus; Her hus­ band's final years and family matters.

Stevenson, Neil M., RADM, USN, 1930-. Reminiscences of RADM Stevenson, Chief of Chaplain Corps. 1983-1985; Including early years, College and Seminary education, Naval service at various shore installations and on USS Saratoga, Vietnam War service; Issues affecting the Chaplain Corps; Retirement as pastor of Williamsburg, Va., Presbyterian Church, 1985-1995.