Official Papers of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King (via Gale Scholar Accelerate Program)

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Admiral Ernest J. King was one of the most prominent Allied military leaders of World War II. This collection primarily contains records from the 1940s, of which the first series, correspondence and memorandums, makes up the bulk. The collection also contains King's personal copies of the minutes of the Combined Chiefs of Staff meetings, 1941-1945; his speeches; gendas, minutes, and working papers for conferences between King and Admiral Chester Nimitz; studies of the office of the CNO and the Navy; postwar studies of logistics and supply systems; and material on the postwar armed services unification controversy.


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