Box 1

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.”

Correspondence and writings, 1929-1948. Correspondence, mainly letters received treating naval matters, undated-1948; notes on the freedom of the seas and a paper by Admiral Barjot entitled How to Bomb an Industrial Country, ca. 1948.

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

Photographs relating to naval history, in particular Dudley W. Knox, naval historian.

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.

Letters sent and received; Loyalty oath, prize reports, naval orders for Acting Master, USN, who served in various ships during 1861–1863 and in the East Gulf Blockading Squadron, then retired on disability; Letters sent and received regarding request for increase in disability pension, 1888–1898.