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Potter, E. B. (Elmer Belmont), 1908-

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas B. Buell collection on Raymond A. Spruance

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-037.1
Abstract

This collection consists of research materials collected by Thomas B. Buell, author and retired naval officer, for his biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, The Quiet Warrior, published by Little, Brown and Company in 1974.

Dates: 1866-2002 and undated; Majority of material found within 1971-1974

Recording: American Historical Association and the American Committee on the History of the Second World War conference session, 1975 Dec 30

 Item — Box 21x
Identifier: MSC-037.2- Item cuid351
Scope and Contents

Recording of a session at the American Historical Association and the American Committee on the History of the Second World War held in Atlanta, GA, 1975. The session, "Strategy For Victory In The Pacific: An Evaluation Thirty Years After" is chaired by Philip A. Crowl of the Naval War College.

In Part 1, the first speaker is Clark G. Reynolds presenting his paper, Admiral Ernest J. King and The Strategy for Victory in the Pacific, published in Naval War College Review, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Winter 1976), pp. 57-64.

The second speaker, Forrest C. Pogue of Smithsonian Institution, starts at 20:31 delivering a paper entitled, General George C. Marshall.

The third speaker begins at 39:35. E. B. Potter from the United States Naval Academy delivers his paper, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and the Central Pacific Offensive, 1943—45. Potter's talk is cut off at 59:55.

Part 2 of the panel features D. Clayton James of Mississippi State University presents General Douglas MacArthur and the War in the Southwest Pacific.

Following that, Raymond G. O’Connor of University of Miami makes a comment.

Dates: 1975 Dec 30

The Navy's War Against Japan, 1950

 File — Box 209, Folder: 19
Identifier: RG-04
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

College curriculum items, including orientation materials, lectures, addresses, tactical, strategic, demonstrative, scouting and screening and operational problems, maneuver rules, fire effect diagrams, quick decision problems, directives, manuals, articles, historical presentations compiled by members of the Department of Intelligence on naval battles, and translations of the War at Sea, 1914–1918, and miscellaneous NWC publications.

Dates: 1950