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Title: Frank K. B. Wheeler papers
Date (inclusive): 1935-1997
Collection Number: 80006
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes
(1.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Interview transcript, correspondence, reports, studies, statements, press releases, orders, service records, and video tape,
relating to American naval operations during World War II, especially the undeclared naval war in the Atlantic and the question
of advance knowledge of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; and to postwar American defense policy, especially inter-service
relations and plans for economic mobilization for war.
Creator:
Wheeler, Frank K. B., 1912-
Creator:
Kimmel, Thomas K.
Creator:
Industrial College of the Armed Forces (U.S.)
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1980.
[Identification of item], Frank K. B. Wheeler papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Captain, United States Navy; officer, U.S.S. Jouett, 1938-1942; captain, U.S.S. Kearny, 1944-1946.
Scope and Content of Collection
Interview transcript, correspondence, reports, studies, statements, press releases, orders, service records, and video tape,
relating to American naval operations during World War II, especially the undeclared naval war in the Atlantic and the question
of advance knowledge of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; and to postwar American defense policy, especially inter-service
relations and plans for economic mobilization for war.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Video tapes
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
Officers
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
Neutrality -- United States
United States -- Defenses
War -- Economic aspects -- United States
United States. Navy
Jouett (Destroyer)
Kearny (Destroyer)