Naval War College (U.S.)

Pearson, Helmer S., RADM, USCG, 1916-. Marion Military Institute, Marion, Ala.; USCG Academy, 1941; Watch Officer, Mojave, USS Hunter Liggett, 1941; Gunnery Officer, Campbell, 1941-1943; Student, Anti-Submarine Warfare School, HMS Osprey, Dunoon, Scotland, 1942; Radar student, MIT, 1943; Radar and Anti-Sub­ marine Warfare InsbLictor, CG Training Station, St.Augustine, Fla., 1943-1944; XO, Brownsville, 1944-1945; CO, Mobile Loran Detachments "H" and "G", 1945-1946; Electronics Engineer, Fourteenth CG District, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1946; M. S., 1949; Radiation Laboratory Research Su­ peIVisor, USN; Electronics Systems Engineer, Electronics Engineering Division, CGHQ 1949- 1950; CO, Electronics Engineering Station, Wildwood, NJ., 1950-1953; CO, Yamacraw, 1953- 1955; Assistant Chief, Electronics Engineering Division, CGHQ 1955-1960; CO, CG Mediterra­ nean Section Office, Naples, Italy, 1960-1963; CO, Duane, 1963-1965; Chief, Engineering Divi­ sion, Fifth District Office, Portsmouth, Va., 1965-1967; Chief, Operations Division, Fifth CG District Office, Portsmouth, Va., 1967-1968; Deputy Chief, Office of Engineering, CGHQ 1968- 1969; Chief, Office of Engineering, 1973-1974; Retired, 1974.

Eccles, Henry E., RADM, USN, 1898-1986. Discussion of Admiral Eccles' association with the Naval War College, including his thoughts on the proposed NWC museum, officer education, the Vietnam War, his career, including early years at USNA, Submarine School, and submarine duty; CO, USSJohn D. Edwards, 1940-1942; Staff, Advanced Base Section, 1942-1943; Student, Naval War College, 1943; Coordinator of U.S. Base activities for invasion injapan, 1944-1945;Joint Board of Operation Review, 1946; CO, USS Washington, 1946; Chairman, Logistics Department, NWC, 194&-1951; NWC, WWII Battle Evalu­ ation Group; Research and Analysis Department; George Washington University Logistics Re­ search Project; Weaknesses and strengths of the NWC and college academic programs.

Miller, Henry L., RADM, USN, 1912-1992. Education, USNA, 1930-1934; Naval Aviator, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., 1938; Three-year sea duty on USS Texas, and USS Saratoga; Flight Instructor and Personnel Officer, Naval Air Station, Ellyson Field, Fla., 1940-1942; Trainer of Tokyo Raiders, USS Hornet, 1942; CO, Air Group 23, USS Princeton, 1942-1944; CO, Air Group 6, USS Hancock, 1944-1945; Air Operations Instructor, Navy Department, 1945-1947; XO, Air Branch, Office of Naval Research, 1947-1948; Public Information Officer, Staff of Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, 1948-1950; XO, Composite 7 Squadron 1950-1951; XO, USS Leyte, 1951-1952; Strategic Plans Division, Of­fice of the CNO, 1953--1955; CO, U.S. Naval Station, Sangley Point, Puzon, PI, 1955; CO, Fleet Air, Philippines, and CO, Naval Air Bases, Philippines, 1955-1957; Director, Progress Analysis Group, Office of the CNO, 1957-1959; CO, USS Hancock, 1959-1960; Chief of Staff and Aide to the Commander Naval Air Force, Pacific, 1960-1961; CO, Carrier 15 Division 1961-1962.

Rommel, Herbert, Captian, USN (Ret.) 1915-. Youth in Lansdowne, Pa.; Attended Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; Fidelity Phil­ adelphia Trust, 1932-1938;Joined U.S. Naval Reserve, 1938; USS Oklahoma, 1940; Witnessed at­ tack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941; USS Gridley, 1942-1945, in the Pacific Theater; CO, USS Wilkes, 1945-1946; General Line School, Newport, RI., 1946-1947; Comments on postwar Navy; USS Burke, 1947-1948; Attended Naval War College, 1948-1949; CO, USS Haynesworth, 1950-1952; Office of the CNO, 1952-1955; XO, USSWorcester, 1955-1956; Staff, Naval War Col­ lege, 1956-1960; USS Amphion, 1960-1961; Director of Logistics Plans, CINCANTFLT, 1961; CO, Washington Navy Yard, 1963-1966; Chief of Staff, Newport Naval Base, 1967-1969; Retired in 1969; Proprietor of Arnold's Art Store.

Pepper, Hester Laning, 1907. Reminiscences of her life and experiences as a Navy Junior and daughter of ADM Harris Laning, President of NWC, 1930-1933; Includes comments on her father, his youth, USNA, cruises, marriage, Great White Fleet voyage, 1912 Olympics and rifle team, WWII; Pandemic of 1918; Naval War College staff; CO, USS Pennslyvania; High School, European tour; Attended art school; Three months in Hawaii; European tour in 1929; Social life during NWC presidency, 1930--1933; Father's promotion to Admiral; Followed the fleet to Panama; Christening of USS Honolulu, and USS Salmon; Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pa.; Admiral Laning's death 1941; Post­ Navy life and residences in Hartford, Conn., and Philadelphia, Pa.; Family; Navy connections.

Naval War Gaming, History of. lnterviews with Naval War College civilian personnel, Walter Dring, Philip Gaudet, and John K Martin, regarding the development and evolution of war gaming at the College. Discussions in­ clude war gaming against Japan, and impressions of Admirals Nimitz, Sims, Kalbfus, Laning, McCalley, kinds of war games, gaming the Battle ofJutland, and war gaming in Luce, Pringle and Sims Hall.

Wylie, Joseph C., RADM, USN, 1911-1993. USNA, 1928-1932; USS Utah, 1929; Junior Officer, USS Arkansas; Ensign, USS Augusta, 1932-1936; CO, USS Reid, 1936--1938; CO, USSAltair, 1938-1939; Company Officer, Executive Department, USNA, 1939--1940; Assistant to the XO, USNA, 1940-1941; CO, USS Bristol, 1941- 1942; XO, USS Fletcher, 1942; CO, USS Trever, 1942-1943; CO, Combat Information Center, 1943--1944; CO, USS Ault, 1944-1945; Special Projects Officer, Office of Naval Research, BuShips,Jamestown, RI., 1945-1948; Student, Naval War College, 1948-1949; Operations Offi­ cer, USS San Diego, 1949-1950; Staff, Naval War College, 1950-1952; CO, USS Arneb, 1952- 1954; Section Head of Section 605, Plans Division, CNO's Office, Washington, D.C.; CO, USS Macon, 1958-1959; Plans Officer, SAClANT Staff, 1959--1960; Command Cruiser Division 3, Sev­ enth Fleet, 1960; USS Oklahoma City; USS Providence; Deputy Naval Inspector, Navy Depart­ ment, 1961-1962;]oint Strategic Survey Council, 1962-1964; Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations to the Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, Va., 1964-1965; Naval Attache, London, 1965-1967; Deputy, Naval War College, 1967-1968; CO, Naval Base, Newport, RI., 1968 (3 months); CO, First Naval District, Boston, Mass., 1969--1972; Retired, 1972. Postretirement ca­ reer as Director of the Constitution Museum, Boston, Mass., and Chairman of the Sail Training Association.

Part of the NWC Oral History Program regarding the history of the Naval War College.

This collection consists of letters, photographs, invitations, a wedding gift registry, and other papers relating to the Sims family, particularly Admiral William S. Sims and his wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims. The papers detail the Sims family’s personal life and relationship as well as Admiral Sims’s career in the Navy.

The Manley O. Hudson Papers document the professional activities and interests of a prominent international lawyer during the last ten years of his career. The papers include background materials on several important legal cases with which he was involved as a consultant. They also contain materials relating to his tenure as a professor of international law at the Naval War College.

The collection falls naturally into three well-defined series: Legal Case Files, Subject Files and Miscellany. The Legal Case Files consist of correspondence, briefs, motions, reports, compilations of laws and published articles regarding the California Tidelands Case (1941-1952), which was argued before the Supreme Court, the formulation of a United States Oil Policy during World War II, and the Anglo-Egyptian dispute (1947) concerning the purported violation of Egypt's sovereignty by Great Britain, which ultimately went before the United Nations Security Council. The Subject Files portion of the collection contains correspondence, memoranda, notes and official organizational reports regarding the publication of the seventh volume of International Legislation and the study of international law at the Naval War College. The third series, Miscellany, consists of career-related ephemera, including newspaper clippings, programs and photocopies of articles.