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Midway, Battle of, 1942

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Earnest E. Parton memoir, 2002

 File — Box 27, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSC-364- File MSI 564
Scope and Contents

Memoir of Chief Warrant Quartermaster (W-3) Earnest E. Parton that describes his service in the Yangtze patrol, China, 1934-1936 in the USS Henderson, USS Palos, USS Luzon, and plank owner in USS Yorktown, 1937-1942, including account of the Battle of Midway, 1942.

Dates: 2002

Leroy T. Taylor reminiscences, 1940-1944

 File — Box 12, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSC-364- File MSI 180
Scope and Contents

Reminiscences of WWII service in destroyers at the first raid on the Marshall Islands, the Battles of Coral Sea, Midway and Santa Cruz, 1942, and Motor Torpedo Boat Operations in the northern Solomons, 1943-1944.

Dates: 1940-1944

North Pacific Ocean hydrographic chart, 1919 Oct

 File — Map case 6, Drawer: 1
Identifier: MSC-364- File MSI 035
Scope and Contents

United States Navy Hydrographic Office chart "North Pacific Ocean, Middle Part" (October, 1919), used in research of the Battle of Midway, June 4-7, 1942 and containing markings by Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance, USN. The chart was used in discussions with Admiral Spruance.

Dates: 1919 Oct

Pre-Midway translation (war games and critique) rough draft, circa 1960s-1980s

 File — Box 36, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSC-069
Scope and Contents

Rough draft of a translation noted as a "NWC Project."

Dates: circa 1960s-1980s