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Discourse on the Strategic Value of a Point, by Alfred T. Mahan
Donald C. Thompson oral history transcription
Thompson, Donald C., RADM, USCG, 1930-. USCG Academy 1952; Navigator and Communications Officer, BIBB, 1952-1953; Engi neering Officer, Androscoggin, 1953-1954; Flight Training, Pensacola, Fla., and Corpus Christi, Tex., 1954-1955; Search and Rescue Aviator. CG Air Station, San Diego, Cali£, 1955-1957; Aero Maintenance Officer training, Chanute Air Force Base, Ill., 1957-1958; Engineering Officer, CG Air Detachment. Annette, Alaska, 1958-1960;Air Station, Miami, 1960-1962; Air Station, Los An geles, 1962-65; Master's Degree, 1965-1966; Engineering Test Pilot, and Chief of Management Services Division, Aircraft Repair and Supply Center, Elizabeth City, NJ., 1960-1970; Chief, Aero nautical Engineering Division, and Study Director, HQ. 1970-1974; Captain of the Port, Group CO and Air Station CO, San Diego, 1974-1976; Chief, Operations, Eleventh CG District, Long Beach, Calif., 1976-1978; Chief of Staff, Eleventh CG District, Long Beach, Calif., 1978-1979; Chief, Office of Engineering, HQ, 1979-1981; Chief, Office of Operations, 1981-1982; CO, Sev enth CG District, Miami, Fla., 1982.
Donald J. MacDonald oral history transcription
MacDonald, Donald J., RADM, USN, 1908-1997. Education, USNA, 1927-1931; USSHulbert,. 1931-1932; USSTruxtun, 1932-1933; USSCalifornia, 1933-1937; USS Salinas, 1937-1938; Office of the CNO, Washington, D.C., and White House Aide, 1938-1940; Naval Observer, American Embassy, London, England, and Aide to VADM R. L. Ghormley, Special Naval Observer, London, England, 1940--1942; XO, USS O'Bannon, 1942-1944; Staff of Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, Headquarters, Navy Depart ment, Washington, D.C., 1944; Operations and Plans Officer, Staff Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, France, 1944-1945; Deputy Chief of Staff to CO Naval Forces, Germany, 1945-1946; Chief, Support Section, Operational Intelligence Branch Office of the CNO, 1946-1948; CO, USS Williamsburg (Presidential yacht) 1948-1951; CO, USS Marquette, 1951-1952; Head, De partment Foreign Languages, USNA, 1952-1955; CO, Destroyer 34 Squadron 1955-1956; Assis tant Director, Undersea Warfare Division, Office of the CNO, 1956-1957; Assistant Director, General Planning Group, Office of the CNO, 1957-1959; Retired, 1959.
Donald M. Showers oral history transcription
Showers, Donald M., RADM, USN. Oral History typescript of reminiscences regarding his naval and retirement career in the in telligence field. Topics discussed include entry into the Navy in 1941; Combat intelligence work in Hawaii in WWII ; entrance into regular navy and Pentagon assignment, 1947; tour at CINPACFLT, 1962-1966; promotion to Admiral, 1965; Vietnam War; Chief of Staff, plans and programs, DIA 1966-1971; Opinion on DIA assignment to YI, 1947 and intelligence gathering on Soviets, Soviet PACFLT, Indochina War; Intelligence officer of CINCNELM, 1950-1953; Faculty, NIS, 1953-1955, Intelligence officer, First Fleet, 1955-1957; Operations intelligence officer, Fort Meade, Md., 1957; Robertson Committee investigation; NWC Course, 1960; Head, Ybranch, CINCPACFLT Staff, 1961-1966; Postretirement career with CIA.
Donna Beebe DeWildt oral history transcription, 1996
deWildt discusses joining the WAVES in 1943, training at Iowa State Teachers College, and Aviation Mechanics School, Memphis, TN, her assignment as an Aviation Mechanics Mate in Memphis, TN, NAS, Livermore, CA, on flight crew line and tower work, NAS, Otumna, Iowa, on the ground crew; VJ Day, and discharge in November of 1945.
deildt was born in Hibbing, MN in 1920 and graduated from Duluth State College. She taught in a high school before joining the WAVES. Once discharged she settled in Rhode Island, received an MLS from the Univeristy of Rhode Island and taught in Narragansett, RI. Part of the WAVES in WWII Oral History project.
Donna Borkenhagen Mazzoni oral history transcription, 2001
Mazzoni, Donna Borkenhagen, 1919-. Youth and education in Cookston, Minn.; Reaction to Pearl Harbor Attack, 1941; Joined WAVES for patriotic reasons; Training at U.S. Naval Training School (WR), Hunter College; Ra dio Operators School, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; Naval Communications Department, Washington, D.C.; Housed at WAVES Quarters I; Recreation and social life; V:J Day celebration; Death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Discharged in October 1945; Marriage in 1946; Signifi cance of WAVES setvice.
Doris Carr Ball oral history transcription, 2000
Ball discusses her reasons for joining the WAVES in 1943, training at the US Naval Training School (WR), Hunter College, assignment as a file clerk in Washington, DC in the Bureau of Personnel, then worked in the mailroom. Comments on residence in Arlington Farms, social life, recreation and marriage in June 1945. Ball continued her affiliation with the Navy as a navy wife for sixteen years.
Ball was born in Woonsocket, RI in 1922. She spent her youth there and worked for US Rubber making barrage balloons after she graduated from high school in 1940. After her years as a navy wife, she returned to Warwick, RI and was employed by J.F. Moran Company.
Part of the WAVES in WWII Oral History Project.
Doris Dawson Bergquist oral history transcription, 1998
Bergquist, Doris Dawson, 1924-. Reminiscences of a WWII enlisted WAVE. Includes youth in Cranston, RI., High School graduation in 1943; Goal was to join the Navy; Enlisted in October 1944; Trained at USNTS (WR), Hunter College; Integration of her regiment; Response of women to integration; Attended Yeoman School at Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa, classes; Opinion of training; As signed to NAS, Pensacola, Fla., in officer personnel; Social life; Friendships; Met celebrities Ted Williams, Averell Harriman and John N. Brown; Work was interesting; Well treated by officers and civilians; Separated from the Navy in 1947; Sadness at leaving; Medals received; Impact of naval service on life; Attended WAVE reunions; Member of Ocean State WAVES and WAVES National; Proud to be a WAVE and felt she made a contribution to the war effort.
Doris O'Toole oral history transcription, 1995
O'Toole, Doris, 1923-2000. Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE, includes youth in Haledon, NJ. High School and employ ment with Wright Aeronautical Corporation. Enlisted in the WAVES in 1943 in NYC; Basic train ing at U.S. Naval Training School (WR) Bronx, N.Y.; Training at Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital as a Pharmacist's Mate, Second Class; Assignment at Naval Dispensary, Charleston Naval Base, S.C.; Duties and problems; Recreation, ships parties; Smallpox scare; V:J Day celebrations; Cooperative spirit among WAVES; Impact of WAVES on life; GI Bill for College and graduate education; Re search scientist at Charles Pfizer Corporation; Member, Ocean State WAVES.
Doris Sheldon Blaney oral history transcription, 2012
Doris Blaney joined the Women's Reserve for the United States Marine Corp during WWII, 1944-1945