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Kemp Tolley oral history transcription, Vol. 2

 Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 50

Scope and Contents

Tolley, Kemp, RADM, USN, 1908-2000. Reminiscences include detailed account of controversy over Pearl Harbor and U.S. entry in WWII; XO, USSWake; Skippered schooner USS Lanikai from Manila to Perth, W. Australia; Assis­ tant Naval Attache, USSR, 1942-1944, with extensive commentary on travels in USSR and war­ time politics there; CO, USS Vermilion; CO, LST Squadron 2; Director, Intelligence Division, Armed Forces Staff College, 1949-1952; CO, Amphibious Squadron 5, Amphibious Group, West­ ern Pacific, 1954-1956; CO, Fleet Activities, Yokosuka, Japan, 1956-1958, with extensive com­ mentary onjapan; Retired, 1959. Author of Yangtze Patrol, Cruise of the Lanikai and Caviar and Commissars.

Dates

  • Creation: undated

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Conditions Governing Access

Access is open to all researchers, unless otherwise specified.

Extent

1 Volumes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Naval War College Archives Repository

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