The United States Navy in WWII
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Resource listing for the USN in WWII
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NAVY DEPARTMENT COMMUNIQUES AND PERTINENT PRESS RELEASES, DECEMBER 10, 1941 to May 24, 1945
CNO Wartime Reports to SECNAV
United States Naval Chronology of World War II
"Report on the Navy and the War" published Oct. 12, 1943, by the
Office of Public Relations, Navy Dept., for the Senate Committee on Naval
Affairs.
"Investigation of Charges that American Naval Vessels are Convoying Ships
or Have Destroyed German Navl Vessels" Published 29 July, 1941, by
the Senate Committe on Naval Affairs.
"The Decline and Renaissance of the Navy, 1922-1944" (Brief History
of Naval Legistlation from 1922 to 1944 Pointing Out the Policy of the
Government During These Years and Steps taken in Recent Years to Rebuild
Our Navy to its Present Strength.) Published by the Senate Committee on
Naval Affairs, June 7, 1944.
The Washington Naval Arms Limitation Treaty of 1922, signed by Great
Britain, France, Italy, Japan, and the United States.
Naval Policy Statements
by US Presidents through 1924. (Compiled by Theodore Roosevelt and updated
in 1924.)
Visit The Naval Historical Center.
The Navy Public
Affairs Library fact files on WWII.
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