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Buell speaks with Adm and Mrs. Pihl about their recollections of Adm King.

On Part 1 the recording starts with Adm Pihl being interviewed by Buell. Buell begins his interview with Mrs. Pihl at 56:39.

On Part 2 the recording starts with Adm Pihl being interviewed by Buell. Buell begins his interview with Mrs. Pihl at 57:04.

Part 3 features Charlotte Pihl only. Mrs. Pihl discusses her recollections of Adm Ernest J. King. Among other topics, the pair discuss King's personality traits that made him able to lead during WWII as well as his feelings for the US Navy and other international personalities such as Churchill and Carl Vinson. Mrs. Pihl ends the conversation by describing how King acted at parties.

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Buell speaks with Adm and Mrs. Pihl about their recollections of Adm King.

On Part 1 the recording starts with Adm Pihl being interviewed by Buell. Buell begins his interview with Mrs. Pihl at 56:39.

On Part 2 the recording starts with Adm Pihl being interviewed by Buell. Buell begins his interview with Mrs. Pihl at 57:04.

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Recording of Vice Admiral Robert Henry Rice recounting his experiences and knowledge of Frank Knox during his time as Secretary of the Navy. Rice recalls memories and times spent on the U.S.S. Sequoia and Potomac, and his role in Knox's funeral.

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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Tom Buell asks questions of the Smiths, extended family of King. The audio of the family is very quiet and difficult to hear.

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Recording of a session at the American Historical Association and the American Committee on the History of the Second World War held in Atlanta, GA, 1975. The session, "Strategy For Victory In The Pacific: An Evaluation Thirty Years After" is chaired by Philip A. Crowl of the Naval War College.

In Part 1, the first speaker is Clark G. Reynolds presenting his paper, Admiral Ernest J. King and The Strategy for Victory in the Pacific, published in Naval War College Review, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Winter 1976), pp. 57-64.

The second speaker, Forrest C. Pogue of Smithsonian Institution, starts at 20:31 delivering a paper entitled, General George C. Marshall.

The third speaker begins at 39:35. E. B. Potter from the United States Naval Academy delivers his paper, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and the Central Pacific Offensive, 1943—45. Potter's talk is cut off at 59:55.

Part 2 of the panel features D. Clayton James of Mississippi State University presents General Douglas MacArthur and the War in the Southwest Pacific.

Following that, Raymond G. O’Connor of University of Miami makes a comment.

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...

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...