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Rommel, Herbert F., 1915-

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Herbert Rommel oral history transcription, 2002

 Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 280
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 2002

Herbert Rommel papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-213
Abstract

Correspondence, chiefly, 1963-1966. Bulk of the collection is official correspondence, letters sent and received when he was CO, Washington Navy Yard, 1963-1966; Book entitled USS Wilkes, The Lucky Ship published in 1997. Newspaper clipping on CDR Lawson Ramage entitled "America's Fighting Heroes", in American Armed Forces Features, October 1963.

Dates: 1944 - 1959

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