Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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8x10 black and white photo of General Eisenhower

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Letter to Morris Cotkin regarding the most memorable experience of his naval career, which was having President Eisenhower aboard his flagship on a cruise from Athens, Greece, to Tunis, Tunisia, to Toulon, France, December 1959.

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8x10 black and white photo of Gov Faubus and Gov Sherman Adams

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8x10 black and white photo of Gov Faubus and President Eisenhower after the historic meeting on the Little Rock integration

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8x10 black and white photo of Gov Faubus and President Eisenhower after historic meeting on Little Rock integration

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8x10 black and white photo of Gov Orval Faubus being escorted by Gov Sherman Adams

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8x10 black and white photo of Gov Sherman Adams (also WH Chief of Staff) escorts Gov Orval Faubus

Content Description The Naval War College Naval Historical Collection houses a small but interesting segment of Hewitt materials. The collection focuses mainly on the illustrious wartime career of Admiral Hewitt, although there are materials from both earlier and later time periods. The materials are contained in fourteen boxes and a folio file drawer. The collection measures thirteen linear feet and is divided into four series: correspondence, writings, miscellany, and photographs.Series I, official correspondence, consists of letters, memoranda, and telegrams, both congratulatory and informational, dealing with the various amphibious operations that ADM Hewitt commanded. They include Operations Torch, Husky, Avalanche, and Dragoon-Anvil. Correspondents were from the highest military and civilian echelons and include General Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Admiral Ernest .J. King. Other correspondence deals with President Roosevelt's voyage in USS INDIANAPOLIS to the Pan American Conference in Buenos Aires in 1936 and in the post-war period with reminiscences of World War II. Correspondents from this Lime period include Winston Churchill, Admiral Sir John Cunningham, RN, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt.The second series, writings, contains the unpublished memoirs of Admiral Hewitt. The memoirs contain a ten page chronology of his life and career as well as a full autobiographical treatment.Series III, miscellany,...

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8x10 black and white photo of Historic Civil Rights bill, 1957, signed by President Eisenhower at Newport Naval Base

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A thesis submitted to the faculty of The School of Public and International Affairs of the George Washington University in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in International Affairs