MARC Record from Library of Congress

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010 $amm 97084120
040 $aDLC$cDLC$edacs$dDLC
072 7 $aR$2lcmd
100 1 $aMacDonald, Donald J.$q(Donald John),$d1908-
245 00 $aDonald J. MacDonald papers,$f1930-1997.
300 $a1,200$fitems.
300 $a6$fcontainers.
300 $a2.2$flinear feet.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aChiefly correspondence, biographical material, and military papers relating to MacDonald's naval career, especially during World War II. The collection documents his tour of duty as a naval observer at the U.S. embassy in London (1940-1942), the fitting out of the U.S.S. O'Bannon at Bath Iron Works (Maine) in 1942 and his subsequent command of that ship in the South Pacific, his attachment to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff in the Allied attempt to cross the Rhine River into Germany in 1945, and his command of Harry S. Truman's presidential yacht, the U.S.S. Williamsburg, from 1948 to 1951. Includes histories and other records relating to the California, Heermann, Helena, and Missouri, U.S. ships also commanded by MacDonald; transcripts of oral history interviews; and wartime comic books depicting the exploits of MacDonafd and the O'Bannon. His brother, U.S. Army Air Forces pilot Charles H. MacDonald, is represented in the biographical material.
541 $cDeposit,$aNaval Historical Foundation,$d1997.
541 $cConverted to gift,$d1998.
545 0 $aU.S. naval officer. Died 1997.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008057
580 $aForms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.
600 10 $aEisenhower, Dwight D.$q(Dwight David),$d1890-1969.
600 10 $aMacDonald, Charles H.,$d1915-
610 20 $aTruman, Harry S.,$d1884-1972.
610 20 $aBath Iron Works.
610 20 $aCalifornia (Battleship : BB-44)
610 20 $aHeermann (Destroyer)
610 20 $aHelena (Heavy cruiser)
610 20 $aMissouri (Battleship : BB 63)
610 20 $aO'Bannon (Destroyer : DD-450)
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy Air Forces.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bNavy$xOfficers.
610 20 $aWilliamsburg (Ship)
650 0 $aDiplomatic and consular affairs, American$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aMilitary attachés$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aPresidential yachts.
650 0 $aShipbuilding industry$zMaine.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zEngland$zLondon.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAmphibious operations.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zGermany.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zRhine River Valley.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zSouth Pacific Ocean.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xComic books, strips, etc.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations.
656 7 $aNaval officers.$2itoamc
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008057
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008057.3