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Capt Almgren discusses his recollections and memories of working with Adm King as his aide. The cassette tape is not able to be played; only the first 13 minutes of the conversation were digitally captured.

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Cassette tape of Buell recounting his interviews with Ernest J. King Jr. An interview with Boynton Braun and his wife, Mary begins at 30:21 regarding their experiences and recollections of Ernest J. King and family.

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Three audio tapes featuring Adm Dietrich, former aide to Ernest J. King, Chester W. Nimitz and Adm. Forest P. Sherman. Dietrich recounts his memories and recollection of working with Ernest J. King and others during WWII.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of research materials collected and used by Thomas B. Buell for his biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King entitled, Master of sea power and by Walter M. Whitehill for his biography on King, A Naval record.There are three sets of research materials within this collection. The first set is comprised of photocopies of documents relating to King and his career compiled and annotated by Buell from Library of Congress, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, N.Y., and the Operational Archives of the Naval Historical Center in Washington, D.C. These materials are organized by the subject assigned to them by Buell. The second set of research materials, designated as “Research materials (A Naval Record),” include the resources used and maintained by Whitehill while working on A Naval record. Whitehill worked closely with King on this book drawing upon King’s written reminiscences and many conversations the two had after the end of World War II and before the book’s publication in 1953. These materials consists of transcriptions and copies from King’s personal correspondence file (originals may be found at the Library of Congress), memoranda regarding conversations with King, King’s typescript memoirs of his early life and career, subject files, and a notebook of meetings of King with journalists at the home of Cornelius Bull during...

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Cassette tape of Buell recounting his interviews with Ernest J. King Jr.. An interview with and Boynton Braun and his wife, Mary begins at 30:21. They discuss their experiences and recollections of Ernest J. King and family.

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Tom Buell dictates his notes regarding a dinner meeting with Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of King, and Joe, his only son.

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Mrs. Elizabeth "Betsy" Matter discusses her relationship with and recollections of Adm. King. While Buell's audio is loud and clear, Mrs. Matter is very quiet and difficult to hear at times. Headphones are recommended when listening.

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Consists of two cassette tapes of VADM McCan recalling his experiences with Kng. One tape has snapped and is unavailable for listening.

A second tape contains a recited recording of Adm McCann's recollections and impressions of Adm King. McCann talks about his time as King's Chief of Staff for the Tenth Fleet as well as other positions under King's command. Parts of the recording are quiet and therefore difficult to hear, particulary around the 50 minute mark

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Capt. Jack Moreno records his rememberances of King.

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Howard Orem reminiscenses about his experience working for Ernest J. King in an interview with Thomas Buell.