Naval War College (U.S.)

Fabian discusses his youth in Revere, MA, during the Great Depression, his joining the Navy in 1940, training in communications at Noroton Heights, CT, assignment in the USS Yorktown in Radio Central, the Battle of the Coral Sea, 1942, the Battle of Midway, attempts to recue the ship and its subsequent sinking, 1942, assignment to the USS Block Island in the Atlantic, then sunk off the Azores, assigned to the second Block Island and Battle of Okinawa, repatriating prisoners from the Bataan Death March, discharged from the Navy October 1945 as a chief petty officer, postwar occupation with the Massachusetts Electric and the Bradford Dye Works.

Amalfetano discusses his youth in Providence, RI, joining the Navy in 1943. Training at Sampson, NY, Little Creek, VA and Fort Pierce, FL as a coxswain and deployment to Southampton, England for training for D-Day, and D-Day operations on Gold Beach. He was discharged in 1946 and returned to Providence where he operated a family ice cream business.

History of Marine Corps Operations in WWII. Oral history of Frank Caldwell, Iwo Jima survivor. Caldwell USN 135 alumnus, served n USS New Mexico, IUSS Concord, USS s-23, USS 266, USS Loggerhead and USS Greenfish. Took submarine officer's course in New London, CT. Attended NWC, 1953-1954. Served on Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joint Intelligence Group. Atteneded Fleet Schools, San Deigo. Served as COmmanding officer, Submarine Squadron Three, 1957.

Chomka joined the Navy in 1942 and trained at a secret Navy facility in Farragut, Idaho. He first was classified as a radio man.

McHugh, Frank, 1908-. Started work at the War College in 1934 in the War Gaming Drafting Room, also made maps and formation diagrams; Transferred to Logistics Department; Moved to Visual Aids Depart­ ment; Affiliated with C&S; WWII, drafted into the Army, 1945; Returned to the War College Drafting Room, 1945-1951; Visual Aids, 1951-1956; C&S, NEWS (Naval Electronic Warfare Sys-tem), Electronic Moving Board Section, 1957; Lectured on War Gaming, Probability; Wrote Fun­ damentals of War Gaming, 1966; Retired, NWC 1974.

Snyder, Frank, Captain, USN (Ret.) 1926-. Youth in Pennsylvania;Joined Navy in V-12 program, 1943; Transferred to NROTC; Attended U.S. Naval Academy, 1944-1947; USS Princeton, 1947-1949; USSJohn W. Weeks,1949-1950; In­ structor, NAPS, Newport, RI., 1950-1951; USS Adirondack, 1952; Legal Officer and Communi­ cations Watch Officer; M.A., Stanford University, 1942-1953; CO, USS Gull and CO Mine Division 33, 1953--1955; Communications Plans Officer, CINCNELM, London, England, 1955- 1957; XO, USS Van Voorhis, 1957-1958; USS Northampton, 1958-1960; Placement officer, Bupers, 1960-1961; XO, USS Henley, 1961-1962; Office of the CNO, Manpower Plans Division, 1963--1965; USS Springfield; Sixth Fleet, 1965--1968; Manpower Plan Officer & Inspector Gen­ eral Naval Communications Command, 1968-1971; Assistant Chief of Staff, Communications, CIC Naval Forces Europe, 1971-1973; Assistant to Assistant Secretary of State, Telecommunica­ tions, 1973; Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1974; Staff, CO, Telecommunications, 1974; Office of the CNO, 1975; Retirement, 1976; Employed by Mitre Corporation, 1976-1981; Naval Operations Faculty, Naval War College, 1981-1990; Comments on Naval War College students, curriculum, war gaming, and electives; Civic activities.

Souza, Frank, 1917-. Youth in Newport, R.I.; Drafted in U.S. Navy, 1940; Boot camp at U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, R.I.; Assigned to USS Colorado; Pearl Harbor attack; Patrol duty in North Pacific, 1942; Battle of Tarawa; Invasion of the Marshall Islands; Battles of Leyte Gulf and Okinawa; Kamikaze attack on USS Colorado; Postwar assignment in USS Greenwich Bay; Hurricane Hunter Squad­ ron,Jacksonville, Fla.; Retired in 1961 in Newport, R.I.; Civil Service, Naval Base; Comments on naval career and favorite assignment.

Stevenson, Fred A., LCDR, USN (Ret.) 1921-2006. Youth in Brooklyn, N.Y.;Joined the Navy in 1938; U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, R.I.; USSArkansas, 1939; USSBuck, 1939-1941; Attended Naval Academy Prep School, Norfolk, Va.: U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1946; USS Burns, Pacific Theater; V:J Day; USS Charles P. Cecil, 1946-1947; Flight Training; Operation Crossroads; Flight training; USS Hyman; Fire Protection Engineer; USS Irwin, Korean War; Executive Officer, USS Blair, 1952-1954; NROTLC Staff; USS Idaho, 1954-1956; Squadron Operations Officer, DESRON 19, 1956-1958; Staff, CO, Military Sea Transportation System, Washington, D.C.; Executive Officer, USS Grand Canyon, 1962; CO, USS Parle, 1962-1963; Retired in 1963; Civilianjobs with NUSC, 1963-1967, Control Data, 1967- 1978 and Tracor, 1978-1988; Retired in 1989.

Edwards, Frederick, CAPT, USN, 1901-1992. Education, USNA, 1923; Shipboard assignments, including USS Henshaw, USS Mahan, USS North Carolina, USS West Virginia and USS New Mexico; Engineering aspects of ships; Com­ ments on flag rank officers, the role of women in the Navy, ports visited, and being passed over for flag rank.

Hartman, Frederick H., Dr., CAPT, USNR, 1922-. Education: AB., University of California at Berkeley, 1943; MA., Princeton University, 1947; Student, Graduate, Institute of International Affairs, Geneva, Switzerland, 1947-1948; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1949; Instructor, Princeton University, 1946-1947; Instructor of Interna­ tional Relations, University of Florida, 1948-1953; Fulbright Research Professor, University of Bonn, W. Germany, 1953-1954; Professor, 1956-1963; Director, Institute oflnternational Rela­ tions. 1963;Visiting Fellow. Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and Visiting Professor. Uni­ versity of California at Berkeley, 1979-1980; His publications include: Basic Documents of International Relations, 1951; Readings in International Relations, 1952; The Relations of Na­ tions, 1957; The Swiss Press and Foreign Affairs in World War II, 1960; World in Crisis, 1962; Ger­ many Between F.ast and West, 1965; The New Age of American Foreign Policy, 1970; The Conservation of Enemies, 1982; and numerous articles in American, German, Indian and other periodicals. The oral history focuses on his years as a professor and advisor to NWC presidents and treats College academic matters and curricular development from 1966 to 1986, Naval War College, Newport, RI.

Part of the History of Naval War College oral history project.