Box 26

Holograph Letter signed, from Newport, R.I., to A. P. Kester, SL Petersburg, Fla., on Naval War College stationery. Johnson was a recruit at the Naval Training Station and mentions the barracks, the Battle Fleet, his plan to transfer to the Naval Ammunition Depot, the Bonus Bill, and Anny detachments from Fort Adams practicing with machine guns.

"Barracks Administration," "Wartime Salute to Navy (1944-1945)"

Memoir of the Navy in 1930 and WWII, D-Day.

Unpublished manuscript entitled "Gallant Devotion to Duty: The Naval Career of Rear Admiral Frank Thomas." Includes early years, U.S. Naval Academy, family, and highlights of naval career with a focus on World War II as CO, USS North Carolina in the Pacific Theatre, and death of his son Frank in USS Growler. Retired from the Navy in 1947. Written by Phillip Thomas, 2001.

Account of the Battle of Manila Bay, 1 May 1898, with commentary on the fleet in Hong Kong before and after the battle, and a vivid description of the battle itself by an unnamed sailor. Account in ink and pencil was taken from a bound journal 15 April-5 May 1898.

U.S. Naval Academy annual handbook of the Regiment of Midshipmen. Stapled inside is Midn R. L. Walters, USN, Rm 3237 Bancroft Hall, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., the presumed owner of the Handbook.

Letter to Crawford.

Sheet music for "Rhode Island, The Gem of New England," with music by Bobbie Burns and Charles F. Gilroy, published by Charles F. Gilroy, Myrtle Point, Oregon.

Note written by Niblack stating that the friendship of England and the United States depends on absolute independence for each other.

Diary of Yeoman Third Class Wiley, USNR, 23 November 1943 to 4 December 1944. Wiley describes service in LST 126 in the Pacific Theater, including battles in the Marshall Islands, the invasion of Saipan, Tinian and Leyte Gulf, weather, general quarters, maneuvers, marines, accidents and near collisions, Japanese attacks, various islands, including Eniwetok, Tarawa, Namur, Hawaiian Islands, Kwajalein, Makin, and Tarawa and voyages from New Orleans, La., to Hawaii to the war zone and back. Photograph of Wiley with sea bag.