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Title: Lorenzo Sherwood Sabin, Jr. papers
Date (inclusive): 1909-1978
Collection Number: 80120
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
5 manuscript boxes, 2 envelopes
(2.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs and other writings, correspondence, orders, and memoranda relating to American naval operations in the Atlantic during
World War II, the evacuation of North Vietnamese refugees to South Vietnam in 1954, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Creator:
Sabin, Lorenzo Sherwood, 1899-
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], Lorenzo Sherwood Sabin, Jr. papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library &
Archives.
| 1899 May 23 | Born, Dallas, Texas |
| 1921 | B.S., U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis |
| 1930 | Naval engineer, U.S. Navy Postgraduate School, ordnance engineering |
| 1941 | Staff gunnery officer, U.S.S. Maryland, Pearl Harbor |
| 1942 | Commander, LCI (L) Flotilla Two |
| 1943 | Commander, Landing Craft Groups, Tunisian, Sicilian, and Solarno campaigns |
| 1944 | Commander, Assault Convoy, Force 0, assault on Normandy |
| 1948 | Promoted, Rear Admiral |
| 1954 | Commander, Sea Lift, Operation Passage to Freedom |
| 1955 | Awarded, Legion D'Honneur |
| Awarded, Distinguished Service Medal | |
| 1956 | Promoted, Vice Admiral |
| 1957-1961 | Chief of Staff, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, NATO |
| 1961 | Retired |
Scope and Content of Collection
Memoirs and other writings, correspondence, orders, and memoranda relating to American naval operations in the Atlantic during
World War II, the evacuation of North Vietnamese refugees to South Vietnam in 1954, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
Officers
Refugees
United States -- Defenses
Indochinese War, 1946-1954
United States. Navy
North Atlantic Treaty Organization