Naval War College (U.S.)

This collection consists of single manuscripts items from past NWC presidents, faculty, and staff, as well as other other naval officers and military service members from Rhode Island and the surrounding area. These items include correspondence, journals, reports, certificates, commissions, scrapbooks, and other ephemera that relate to the history of the U.S. Naval War College, the history of navies in the Narragansett Bay region, and the history of naval warfare and strategy.

Whitford, Marcus, CAPT, USN. Enlisted in the Navy 1916; USS Constellation; USS Boxer; Signal Man, First Class, USS Penn­ sylvania, Flagship of the U.S. Fleet; USS Oriole; Student, Long Island Business College, NYC; LT, Marine Division, N.Y. Police Force, USS Maddox; Quartermaster, First Class, 1920; Left Navy, 1920; Second Mate, South Pacific Steamship Co., 1920-1923; Manager, automobile dealership, NYC, 1923; Navigation Instructor, NYC Police Department; LT, Marine Corps, NYC, Reserve duty, Sixteen years; Graduate, International Law Course, 1924; Returned to the Navy, 1940; LT, Local Defense Group, Boston; Naval Mine Warfare School, Yorktown, Va., 1941; Officer in Charge, USS Bullfinch, 1941; Building of USS Acme, Greenport, Long Island; CO, USS ACME, Mine Division 37; CO, USS Excel; USS Belle Grove; Instructor, Naval Justice School, Newport, R.I.; President, Court Martial Board, Newport, R.I.; CO, USS Lenoir; Legal Officer, Atlantic Re­serve Fleet, and Eastern Sea Frontier, one year; Legal Staff, CO, Seventh Fleet; Passage of Federal Voting Assistance Program, Assistant Coordinator; Retired, 1962.

Navy wives and WWII in Newport

Winters, Margaret Ebbitt, 1923-2006. Reminiscences of a WWII enlisted WAVE. Includes her youth in Newport, R.I.; Enlisted in WAVES for patriotic reasons in 1943; Trained at USNTS (WR), Hunter College, Bronx, N.Y.; At­ tended Storekeeper's School, Milledgeville, Ga.; Assigned to Disbursing Office, Norfolk Naval Base, where she figured payroll and made payments; Resentment of WAVES bysailors; Social life, V:J Day; Impact of WAVES service on her life; Attended Bryant College on GI Bill; Returned to Newport.

Pease, Margaret Hall, 1920-2007. Reminiscences of a WWII enlisted WAVE. Includes youth in Indianapolis and Milwaukee, Wis. Graduated from Lawrence College in 1942 as a music major; Taught music in Ohio and Wis­ consin; Enlisted in WAVES in 1944; Attended USNTS Bronx, N.Y.; Trained for Specialist S; As­ signed to WAVES Quarters K as Master of Arms; Social life in Washington, D.C.; Met husband there; Transferred to Arlington Farms, Member of Navy Chorus; Concert with Fred Waring; Married 1946; Navy wife; WAVES a positive experience; Attended WIMSA dedication.

Rego, Margaret Murphy, 1918-. Reminiscences of a WWII enlisted WAVE. Includes youth in Fall River, Mass.; Enlistment there in 1944; Patriotism the main motive; Training at USNTS (WR), Hunter College. White Glove inspections; Assigned to Naval Operations Washington, D.C., where censored letters from the front; Enjoyed work with its responsibility; Lived at Arlington Farms; Social life; Discharged in 1946; Funeral of FDR; V:J Day; Impact of WAVESseIVice on her life; Marriage in September 1946; Postwar employment.

Reynolds, Marguerite Sullivan, 1922-1997. Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE officer. Includes her youth in Providence, R.I.; Graduation from Classical High School and Trinity College; Personnel Department at Walsh Kaiser Shipyard; Joined WAVES in August 1944; Attended USNI\.1W (WR), Smith College; Comments on classes, marching, recreation; Assigned to BU Ships in spare parts section; Social life; Trips home; War­ time rationing; Death of FDR; V:J Day celebrations in D.C.; Interaction with civilians; Trips to Cuba; Discharged in August 1946; Marriage in 1950; Administered R.I. Radio School; Comments on WAVES organization; Impact of WAVES senice on her life; Proud to be a WAVE.

Captain Maria Carroll, USN (Ret.) joined the Navy Nurse Corps in 1963 and remained on active duty until 1991. She served in USS Mercy during the Gulf War in 1991. She was Director of Nursing Services in Newport, RI, Long Beach, CA, Oakland, CA and aboard USS Mercy.

Youth in Pennsylvania; Graduate, Mount Holyoke College, 1937;Employment, Saturday Eve­ ning Post and the Campfire Girls;joined the WAVES, 1942; Attended U.S. Naval Midshipmen' s School, (WR) , 1942; Public Relations Officer, U.S. Naval Midshipmen's School; Worked on a film with Fox Movie Tone; Assigned to educational services, U.S. Naval Hospital, St. Albans, N.Y.; V:J Day, New York City; Discharged, 1945; Postwar life in New York, Annapolis, and activities.

Beddoe, Marie Purcell, 1919. Youth; Education at Pembroke College; Employment as a Social Worker, Providence, RI.; Joined SPARS as an officer, 1943; Trained at U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn.; As­sistant Aide to Navigation Officer, First Naval District, Boston, Mass., 1943-1946; Work responsi­bilities, co-workers, social life; Discharged in 1946; Attended RI. School of Design; Married in 1947; Comments on SPARS, esprit de corps, and patriotism during WWII.