Box 1

This collection consists primarily of scrapbooks documenting the naval career of LCDR Coleman J. Gadbaw, Jr. from 1958-1974. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, military orders, certificates, photographs, correspondence, and other small souvenirs collected by Gadbaw throughout his career. His attendance at the Officers Training School in Newport in 1958 and the Naval War College in 1971 are recorded in these volumes. Also included is Gadbaw’s yearbook from his basic training in 1951 at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center and one cruise book from his tour of duty on the U.S.S. Charles F. Adams.

U.S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, Company 834

Group portrait of Preparatory Staff Class, U.S. Navy War College, Jan-Jun 1943.

Correspondence, letters received, undated, 1947-1948; Memorandum, 1946; Notes, unpublished paper, ca. 1946 and printed announcement.

Correspondence, letters received, undated, 1947-1948; Memorandum, 1946; Notes, unpublished paper, ca. 1946 and printed announcement.

Correspondence, letters received, undated, 1947-1948; Memorandum, 1946; Notes, unpublished paper, ca. 1946 and printed announcement.

Correspondence, letters received, undated, 1947-1948; Memorandum, 1946; Notes, unpublished paper, ca. 1946 and printed announcement.

Group portrait of Pacific Fleet officers at Naval War College at San Diego. Caption on back notes D.W. Knox in Command.

Wire photograph of Capt. Dudley W. Knox presenting a book to President Roosevelt

Subject Files on USS Hornet (CV-8) in which Veltman served as a Pharmacist’s Mate, including a ship’s history, list of ship’s company and Air Group 8, Commander’s report on October 26, 1942, during the battle of Santa Cruz; Citations; Photograph of General James Doolittle, USS Midway, and USNTS, 1940, and newspaper clippings of April 22 & 23, 1943; Tape recording done by Veltman; History of USS Hornet and “ The Ship that Held the Line: USS Hornet “and “The First Year of the Pacific War.”