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WAVES Officers oral history transcription

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Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 119
Scope and Contents WAVES Officers. Crandall, Elizabeth B., CDR, USNR Graduate work, Western Reserve University; Volunteer, Grenfell Medical Mission, Labrador; Graduate work, Stanford; Dean of Women, Idaho; Personnel Staff, Stanford; Women's Director, District Headquarters, 1944-1945; Twelfth Naval District; Retired.Kitchen, Etta Belle, CDR, USN Attorney; Lt. (jg), Thirteenth Naval District, Seattle, Wash.; Bremerton, 1946; Civilian 1946- 1948; LCDR USN, Naval Training Board, 1948; Personnel Office, WAVES, San Diego. Calif., 1951; Office of Performance Division, BuPers, Washington, D.C.; CDR, Reserve Training Department, WAVES, San Diego; CO, Recruit Training Command, Bainbridge, Md.Lenihan, Rita, CAPT, USN College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ.; Columbia University; Home lighting engineer, six years; WAVES, Washington, D.C., 1941; Master's degree, George Washington University, Wash­ ington, D.C.; Commissioned, 1943; Plans and Policy Division, BuPers, Washington, D.C.Rich, Frances L., CDR, USNR Engineering Draftsman, Lockheed Aircraft Co., Burbank, Calif.; Drill and Discipline Officer, USNMS (WR), Northampton, Mass., 1943; Lt. (jg), Communications Department, WAVES, Washington, D.C., 1943-1944; LCDR, Special Assistant, CAPT Mildred McAfee, WAVES, Wash­ ington, D.C., 1944-1945.Rigby, Eleanor Grant, CDR, USNR Graduated, Smith College, 1918; Connecticut Defense Council, 1941-1942; Lt. (jg), Assis­ tant, Regimental Commander, LT Crandall, WAVES,...
Dates: undated
Found in: Naval War College Archives / NWC collection of oral histories

What Did You Do In The War, Grandma?

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Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 147
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World War II. "What did you do in the War, Grandma?" An oral history of Rhode Island women during World War IIwritten by students in the Honors English Program at South Kingstown High School and supported by a grant from the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities and co-5pon­ sored by the South Kingstown School Department and the Rhode Island Historical Society, with an Introduction by Linda Wood and an essay on Women and World War IIby Dr. Sharon H. Strom and Linda Wood. Interviews focus on the reactions of local women to the war, their involvement as volunteers and on active duty, pacifism, life on the home front, the end of the war and the impact it had on their lives as well as the social changes it brought.

Dates: undated
Found in: Naval War College Archives / NWC collection of oral histories

Willard G. Triest oral history transcription

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Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 68
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Triest, Willard G., CAPT, USN, 1905-. Family background; Education, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Joined Civil Engineer Corps, 1941; Budget and Project Officer, Quonset Point, R.I.; Helped to design and plan logistics for refueling base, Bobcat, Christmas Islands, with description of construction activities on Ascen­ sion Island, 1941; XO, Fifty-seventh Battalion, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 1942; Trouble Shooter, Twenty-seventh Seabee Battalion, Tulagi, including discussion of their construction pro­ jects on Emirau and Guadalcanal; Return to the United States, Camp Part, Calif., with Battalion 27; Okinawa, construction of roads and supply depots, during battle with the Japanese for the is­ land; Visit toJapan after surrender, 1945; Visit to Korea, 1945.

Dates: undated
Found in: Naval War College Archives / NWC collection of oral histories

William F. Bundy oral history transcription

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Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 492
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Bundy served in the Navy as a career submarine officer. He served as the third African-American Naval officer to command a submarine with the distinction of being the first to advance from the enlisted ranks to earn a commission and become a submarine skipper.

Dates: undated
Found in: Naval War College Archives / NWC collection of oral histories

William H. Fitch oral history transcription

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Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 432
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Fitch discusses his career in the US Marine Corps as an aviator, billet assignments, and his promotion to Lieutenant General. Includes his growing up years in Florida, military education, various squadrons, assignment as Deputy Chief of Staff, Naval Aviation, 1982-1984, comments on military and political leaders he interacted with, and retirement in 1984.

Dates: undated
Found in: Naval War College Archives / NWC collection of oral histories

William Paynter oral history transcription, 2005

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Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 351
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Paynter, William, 1916-. Youth in Philadelphia, PA; graduate of Trinity College, 1937;joined the U.S. Navy in 1941; PT Boat training, Melville, R.I.; Assigned as CO, PT boat 362, Squadron 19 in Somoe-Somoe, Southwest Pacific; Won the Navy Cross for rescuing the crew of a disabled PT boat; Promotion to lieutenant; Executive Officer, Squadron 19; Assigned to PT Squadron 40, Melville.RI.; Discharged in 1945;Joined the Naval Reserves; Retired as a commander; Civilian career as a re­ porter for the Hartford CouranL

Dates: 2005
Found in: Naval War College Archives / NWC collection of oral histories

William S. Sims letter to Caspar F. Goodrich, 1921 Jan 29

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSC-364- File MSI 033
Scope and Contents

Letter from Rear Admiral William S. Sims, President, Naval War College, concerning review of galley proof of a book by Goodrich and schedule of activities, January 29, 1921. Penciled notes on verso.

Dates: 1921 Jan 29
Found in: Naval War College Archives / Manuscript Items

William Sheffield oral history transcription, 2004

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Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 326
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Sheffield, William, 1919-. Joined the Navy, 1941; Assigned to Communications Department, Washington, D.C.; Local Defense School; Subchaser Training Center, Miami, Fla.; Assigned to SC-1468, Miami; Duty in subchaser in the Caribbean; Quonset Point NAS, Anti-Submarine Development unit; Subchaser Training School; Fire Fighting School; Damage Control School; Executive Officer, US.S William M. Hobby; Discharged from the Navy, 1945; Naval Reserves, 1945-1954; Employment, Brown and Sharpe and plastics industry; Comments on the significance of the Navy for his life.

Dates: 2004
Found in: Naval War College Archives / NWC collection of oral histories

William Small oral history transcription

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Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 314
Scope and Contents

Small, William, N., Admiral, USN (Ret.) 1927. Youth; U.S. Naval Academy; Flight training; Deployments to Korea, WESTPAC, Vietnam; CO, USS Independence; ASW problems; Soviet Threat; CO, Sixth Fleet; Vice CNO; Naval Material; CINCSOUTH; Country visits; NATO; Lebanon bombing of Marine Barracks; Retirement and postretirement activities.

Dates: undated
Found in: Naval War College Archives / NWC collection of oral histories

Willifred Annitage oral history transcription, 1999

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Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 247
Scope and Contents

Annitage, Willifred, 1921-2005. Reminiscences of a WWII enlisted rate in the SPARS, USCG. Includes youth in Pawtucket, work in telephone company,joined Coast Guard in 1943; Boot camp at Hunter College and Palm Beach, Fla., in the Biltmore Hotel; Assigned to Palm Beach where headed the switch board; En­ joyed duty there, met movie actor Victor Mature, Sid Caesar andJack Dempsey; Transferred to At­ lantic City where in charge of switchboard; V:J Day celebrations; Impact of SPARS service on life; Post-CG career atJP Coates and Apex; Positive experience in the service.

Dates: 1999
Found in: Naval War College Archives / NWC collection of oral histories

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