D'Ostuni, Leonard, 1925-. Reminiscences of service in WWII in the Pacific Theater in Landing Ship Medium 219. Includes biographical information, High School education in Worcester, Mass.; Employment with Quality Paper Prod­ucts; Enlisted in the U.S. Navy in November 1943; Training at U.S. Naval Training Station, New­port, RI.; Electrical Course, Newport, RI.; Amphibious training, Little Creek, Va.; Inspection of LSMs at Wilmington, Del.; Assignment to LSM 219 and Shakedown Cruise in Chesapeake Bay; Transit to South Pacific; Seasickness; Purveyed supplies to various islands; Battle of Lingayen Gulf, 1945; Borneo invasion; Palawan Landing; Returned to United States in November 1945; Postwar employment as engineer in power plants; Involvement in organizing national and local chapters and reunions of LSMs.

Part of History of WWII Oral History program.

Student research paper by CDR Stephen M. Jarrett, USN in satisfaction of the requirements for the Advanced Research Program elective. In this paper, Jarrett explained how the utilization of submarine knowledge of personal adaptation, atmospheric rejuvenation, casualty control, and nuclear technology and experience can greatly aid the space program in its advance into the frontiers of space.

Also found within this folder are Jarrett's initial application to the Advanced Research Program, research prospectus, a memorandum detailing his research trip to Washington, D.C., and a report documentation page.