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The battle of the torpedo boats

Author:
Cooper, Bryan  Search this
Physical description:
296 pages illustrations, maps, portraits 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1970
Topic:
Torpedo-boats  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations  Search this
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Opérations navales  Search this
Torpilleurs  Search this
Military operations, Naval  Search this
motor torpedo boats  Search this
Call number:
D770 .C776
D770.C776
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_4929

Carrier warfare in the Pacific : an oral history collection / edited by E.T. Wooldridge

Author:
Wooldridge, E. T  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 309 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Pacific Ocean
Date:
1993
C1993
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American  Search this
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns  Search this
Oral history  Search this
Call number:
D769.45.C37 1993X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_447519

A game of birds and wolves the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II Simon Parkin

Title:
Ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II
Author:
Parkin, Simon  Search this
Physical description:
309 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations 25 cm
Type:
Books
Creative nonfiction
Essais fictionnels
Place:
Atlantic Ocean
Great Britain
Atlantique, Océan
Grande-Bretagne
Date:
2020
2019
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence  Search this
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Campagnes et batailles  Search this
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Participation des femmes  Search this
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Opérations sous-marines  Search this
HISTORY / Military / World War II  Search this
HISTORY / Women  Search this
HISTORY / Military / Naval  Search this
Military participation--Female  Search this
Military campaigns  Search this
Military intelligence  Search this
Military operations, Naval--Submarine  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1159053

Merchant Marine/Navy World War Two Oral History and Memorabilia Collection

Creator:
Porter, John C.  Search this
Collector:
Navarre, Jack B., 1925- (merchant seaman)  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Armed Forces  Search this
Names:
San Mateo Coast Guard Station  Search this
United States. Merchant Marine  Search this
Extent:
0.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
Container:
Box 1
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Newspapers
Oral history
Scrapbooks
Identity cards
Menus
Correspondence
Military passes
Photographs
Diaries
Passports
Place:
San Mateo (Calif.)
Date:
1943-2001
Summary:
The collection documents individuals who served in the Merchant Marine's and Navy between 1943 and 1946.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of primarily of reminscenes with individuals who served n the Merchant Marine and Navy.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1: Individual Reminiscences, 1945-1997

Series 2: Supplemental Documentation, 1943-2001-08
Provenance:
Collection donated by Delia Porter, date unknown, and Jack B. Navarre, August 24, 1990.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Merchant Marine  Search this
Ships -- Manning  Search this
Merchant Marine -- Manning of vessels -- United States  Search this
Merchant Marine -- United States  Search this
Seamen -- 1940-1950  Search this
Merchant seamen  Search this
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations  Search this
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean  Search this
Marine engineers  Search this
Genre/Form:
Newspapers -- Ships -- 1940-1950
Oral history -- 1940-1950
Scrapbooks -- 1900-1950
Identity cards -- 1940-1950
Menus -- Ships -- 1940-1950
Correspondence -- 1940-1950
Military passes -- Ships -- 1940-1950
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1940-1950
Diaries -- 20th century
Passports
Citation:
Merchant Marine/Navy World War Two Oral History and Memorabilia Collection, 405, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0405
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Merchant Marine/Navy World War Two Oral History and Memorabilia Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f0389f75-2765-4e21-ba92-4f30c8560f38
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0405

The Battle of Cape Esperance encounter at Guadalcanal Charles O. Cook

Author:
Cook, Charles O (Charles Olney) 1911-2001  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 156 pages illustrations, maps 22 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
Salomon
East Asia
Esperance, Cape (Solomon Islands)
Cape Esperance
Date:
1968
Topic:
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns  Search this
Bataille de Guadalcanal, Salomon, 1942-1943  Search this
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Campagnes et batailles  Search this
Military campaigns  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
D767.98 .C6X
D767.98.C6X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_21860

Witness to war : the photographs of Edward Steichen and his associates : Horace Bristol, Paul Dorsey, Barrett Gallagher, Victor Jorgensen, Charles Fenno Jacobs, Charles Kerlee, Dwight Long, Wayne F. Miller / By Shawn Aubitz

Title:
Photographs of Edward Steichen and his associates
Author:
Aubitz, Shawn  Search this
United States National Archives and Records Administration Mid Atlantic Region  Search this
Subject:
Steichen, Edward 1879-1973  Search this
United States Navy Aviation  Search this
Physical description:
12 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
United States
Pacific Area
Date:
1994
[1994]
Topic:
War photography  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American  Search this
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns  Search this
Call number:
TR820.6 .A88 1994
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_464195

Task Force 58 the US Navy's fast carrier strike force that won the war in the Pacific Rod Macdonald

Title:
Task Force 58 the United States Navy's fast carrier strike force that won the war in the Pacific
Author:
Macdonald, Rod 1959-  Search this
Subject:
United States Navy Task Force 58 History  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 504 pages illustrations, maps 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Pacific Area
United States
Pacifique, Océan
États-Unis
Date:
2021
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns  Search this
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Opérations navales américaines  Search this
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Campagnes et batailles  Search this
Porte-aéronefs--Histoire  Search this
HISTORY / Military / World War II  Search this
Military campaigns  Search this
Military operations, Naval--American  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1155433

Rear Admiral Herbert V. Wiley a career in airships and battleships M. Ernest Marshall

Author:
Marshall, M. Ernest 1945-  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
History
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
2019
20th century
Topic:
Airships--History  Search this
Admirals  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American  Search this
Amiraux  Search this
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Opérations navales américaines  Search this
Airships  Search this
Armed Forces--Aviation  Search this
Armed Forces--Officers  Search this
Military operations, Naval--American  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1114538

Air Power in the Maritime Environment the World Wars David Gates and Ben Jones

Author:
Gates, David  Search this
Jones, Ben 1974-  Search this
Physical description:
250 pages 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2016
20th century
Topic:
Air power--History  Search this
Naval aviation--History  Search this
World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations  Search this
World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations  Search this
Air power  Search this
Military operations, Aerial  Search this
Military operations, Naval  Search this
Naval aviation  Search this
Marineluftwaffe  Search this
Weltkriege  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1114642

The Japanese war machine / edited by S.L. Mayer ; [contributors, A.J. Barker ... et al.]

Author:
Mayer, S. L (Sydney L.) 1937-  Search this
Barker, A. J  Search this
Physical description:
255 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 31 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Date:
1976
1868-1945
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, Japanese  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, Japanese  Search this
History, Military  Search this
Armed Forces  Search this
Equipment  Search this
Call number:
D767 .J37 1976
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_739791

Silent victory: the U.S. submarine war against Japan

Author:
Blair, Clay 1925-1998  Search this
Physical description:
1072 p. illus. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Pacific Ocean
Date:
1975
[1975]
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
Call number:
D783 .B58 1975X
D783.B58 1975X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_39195

United States destroyer operations in World War II / by Theodore Roscoe ; research and technical editing by Thomas L. Wattles ; designed and illustrated by Fred Freeman

Author:
Roscoe, Theodore  Search this
Subject:
United States Navy Destroyer Forces  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 581 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 29 cm
Type:
Texts
Date:
1953
©1953
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American  Search this
Greenland--Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
D773 .R79
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_39053

Goodbye to some : a novel / by Gordon Forbes

Author:
Forbes, Gordon  Search this
Physical description:
288 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Fiction
War stories
Place:
South Pacific Ocean
Date:
1990
1961
[1990], ©1961
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American  Search this
Call number:
PS3556.O666G6 1990X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_394341

The conquering tide : war in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 / Ian W. Toll

Author:
Toll, Ian W  Search this
Physical description:
xxxi, 662 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Pacific Area
Date:
2015
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, Japanese  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1056410

PT109; John F. Kennedy in World War II. With an introductory letter by President Kennedy

Author:
Donovan, Robert J  Search this
Subject:
Kennedy, John F (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963  Search this
Physical description:
160 p. illus. 18 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Pacific Ocean
Date:
1961
1962, c1961
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American  Search this
Call number:
E842 .D68 1962
E842.D68 1962
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_39422

War under the Pacific / by Keith Wheeler and the editors of Time-Life Books

Author:
Wheeler, Keith  Search this
Time-Life Books  Search this
Physical description:
208 p. : ill. ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Pacific Ocean
Date:
1980
C1980
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine  Search this
Submarines (Ships)  Search this
Call number:
D767.W47X 1980
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_382946

Waves astern : a memoir of World War II and the Cold War / by E. Spurgeon Campbell

Author:
Campbell, E. Spurgeon  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 301 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm
Type:
Personal narratives, American
Place:
United States
Date:
2004
C2004
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
Cold War  Search this
Merchant marine  Search this
Call number:
D773 .C26 2004
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_920602

Carrier operations in World War II / David Brown

Author:
Brown, David 1938-  Search this
Physical description:
v. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1974
1974-
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations  Search this
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
Call number:
D770 .B75 1974bX
D770.B75 1974bX
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_71613

F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat aces of VF-2 / Thomas McKelvey Cleaver ; illustrated by Jim Laurier

Author:
Cleaver, Thomas McKelvey  Search this
Illustrator:
Laurier, Jim  Search this
Subject:
United States Navy Fighting Squadron VF-2 History  Search this
Physical description:
96 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Pacific Area
Date:
2015
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns  Search this
Wildcat (Fighter plane)  Search this
Hellcat (Fighter planes)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1046167

Guide to United States naval administrative histories of World War II / compiled by William C. Heimdahl and Edward J. Marolda

Author:
United States Department of the Navy Library  Search this
Heimdahl, William C  Search this
Marolda, Edward J  Search this
Subject:
United States Navy Management History Sources Bibliography Catalogs  Search this
United States Navy History Sources Bibliography Catalogs  Search this
United States Department of the Navy Library  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 219 p. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1976
World War, 1939-1945
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American--History--Sources--Bibliography--Catalogs  Search this
Call number:
Z6835.U5 U45 1976X
Z6835.U5U45 1976X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_87773

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