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US Navy World War I Veteran Surveys Are Filed Alphabetically United States Navy US Navy World War I veteran surveys are filed alphabetically. Navy ratings are abbreviated as reflected below. B Boilerman MMA Machinist’s Mate, Aviation BM Boatswain’s Mate PhM Pharmacist’s Mate CPO Chief Petty Officer QM Quartermaster CS Commissary Steward S Seaman E Electrician SC Ship’s Cook ENG Engineman SF Shipfitter F Fireman SM Signalman GM Gunner’s Mate Y Yeoman MM Machinist’s Mate Aamold, Walter Chief Unidentified Questionnaire Yeoman Abbott, Clayton F USS Idaho Questionnaire 2nd Class Ahart, Orris J. SC USS Tivivies Questionnaire 1st Class Albright, Harry B. GM USS Remlick Questionnaire 2nd Class Alford, Thomas E. S 8th Naval District Discharge paper; release from active duty; 2nd Class enrollment record; and account of military service Allen, Manley SM USS Minnesota Questionnaire 2nd Class Allison, Milton S. PhM League Island Questionnaire 3rd Class Anderson, Albert W. SF Unidentified Questionnaire 2nd Class Anderson, Clarence E. QM Unidentified Questionnaire 2nd Class Aplin, Bruce M. QM USS Oklahoma Questionnaire 3rd Class Arentson, Harold W. Muscian USS Finland Questionnaire 1st Class Anstey, John C., Jr. QM USS Louisville The Navy Deck and Boat Book; Helpful Hints to the 2nd Class Navy Recruit; song booklets; roster of the USS LTS 930 crew, Thanksgiving menu; mementos; and Questionnaire Arndt, August H.L. F USS Alabama and Diaries, 1916-1917, and January 1918 - February, USS Kansas 1919; station billets; roster of Steaming Station, 1916; and postcards Askey, George F. S Unidentified Questionnaire 1st Class Atkins, Hazen S. ENG USS Osprey Questionnaire 2nd Class Atkinson, Floyd F Great Lakes Navy Discharge papers; enrollment record; and death 3rd Class Training Station certificate, 1937 Aubin, John F. S Unidentified Questionnaire 1st Class Aurand, Henry C. Musician Unidentified Questionnaire Ausman, John T. QM USS Minneapolis Questionnaire 3rd Class Ayers, Charles F. S USS Agamemnon Questionnaire 1st Class Bailey, George W. PhM Various hospitals Letter, October 8, 1918, and history of military service See: 2nd Division, 5th Marines Bailey, Harry G. Chief USS Kroonland Questionnaire Yeoman Bailey, Willard L. BM USS Arizona Questionnaire 2nd Class Baker, George C. S Great Lakes Naval Questionnaire 1st Class Training Station, 4th Regular Guard Company Baker, Henry F USS Texas Questionnaire 1st Class Barkes, James M. S Great Lakes Naval Questionnaire 2nd Class Training Station, 2nd Regiment, Company E Banks, Harold C. Ensign Unidentified Questionnaire Barber, Arthur L. Apprentice Harvard Radio Questionnaire Seaman School Barnett, Clay C. Chief Charleston Questionnaire Barron, Guy E. LTJG Unidentified Reminiscence, being accused of spying; and Questionnaire Barron, Seth Cadet Unidentified Questionnaire Bartlett, Charles M. S Newport Naval Military History 2nd Class Station Baugh, Frederick E. BM Unidentified Questionnaire 1st Class Baughman, Joel C. S Unidentified Questionnaire 1st Class Bauman, Willis F. QM Naval Air Station, Questionnaire 2nd Class Pauillac, France Bayne, George C. ENG Sub-Chasers 302 Poem by crew on Sub-Chaser 302; letter regarding 2nd Class and 424 military service; and Questionnaire Bazlen, Fred A. F San Pedro Naval Questionnaire 3rd Class Base Rifle Range Beasley, Wayne Letter Beatty, John R. Musician USS Von Steuben Diary and scrapbook 2nd Class Beatty, Letah Chief Bremerton Navy Questionnaire Yeoman Yard Beavers, Ethan A. PhM USS Comfort Letters, January 16. 1917 – August 7, 1919; 2nd Class postcards; and Questionnaire Becker, William J. S Naval Air Station, Questionnaire 2nd Class Queenstown, Ireland Beecher, George O. S USS Arkansas Questionnaire 1st Class Beimer, John C. C Great Lakes Naval Questionnaire Training Station Belcher, Margaret M. Nurse Great Lakes Questionnaire Training Station and Chelsea Naval Hospital Bendicksen, Arne M. S Sub-Chaser 305 Questionnaire 1st Class Benson, LeRoy W. Ensign Great Lakes Naval Questionnaire Training Station Berg, Abe N. RE SS Lake Monroe Release from active duty; commendation letter; and 3rd Class Questionnaire Berg, Roy C. QM Questionnaire Berry, Glenn W. QM Unidentified Questionnaire 2nd Class Bissell, Warren PhM USS Leviathan Questionnaire 2nd Class Blakeley, J. Floyd MM USS Prometheus Questionnaire 2nd Class Blakely, J. R. Y. CPT USS Des Moines Reports and correspondence with American diplomatic agency of Mediterranean countries and the Secretary of Navy, 1916 - 1917; experience of the steamer The City Of Wilmington; employment of the USS Des Moines, July 1915 - June, 1916; and a report on the arrest of a deserter and possible espionage or loss of America’s neutrality Bloland, Arthur G. SM USS Maui Recollections and Questionnaire Bonner, Chester F. F USS Iowa Questionnaire 3rd Class Bosher, Homer G. S USS Georgia Questionnaire Botsford, Edna C. Yeoman Questionnaire 2nd Class Bowers, Lewis C. S Puget Sound Navy Questionnaire 2nd Class Yard Boyd, James D. S Newport Naval Questionnaire 3rd Class Station Boyd, Thomas F.G. Ensign Unidentified, Questionnaire Aviation Bozeman, James T. CWO USS Manchuria Questionnaire Bradham, Charles E. S Charleston Navy Questionnaire 1st Class Yard Brenning, Charles H. R Questionnaire 2nd Class Breth, Alexander M. RE USS President Account of flu epidemic on troop transport ship and 2nd Class Grant Questionnaire Brink, Bernard CS Great Lakes Naval Questionnaire 2nd Class Training Station Brodie, George H. USS Montgomery Questionnaire Brown, Leslie W. Questionnaire Brown, Winfield P. Memoirs Brownmileshe, W. PhM Brest, France Questionnaire 1st Class Buckley, Herbert D. Yeoman Puget Sound Navy Questionnaire 2nd Class Yard Buckman, Carl J. B 27th Naval Base Questionnaire 1st Class Budd, Lillian S. Yeoman Communications Questionnaire 1st Class Office, Office of Naval Operations Burke, Harold L. MM Great Lakes Naval Questionnaire 2nd Class Training Station Burd, Jessie USS Brutus Letters Burum, Henry P. S USS Aeolus Questionnaire 2nd Class Busch, Albert P. Muscian USS Minneapolis Questionnaire 1st Class Buschor, George P. LTJG Camp Plunket, Questionnaire Massachusetts Butler, Arthur C. F Yerba Buena Naval Questionnaire 2nd Class Training Station Byrd, Curry S. F USS Artemis Questionnaire 3rd Class Campbell, Horace G. E Submarine C-4 Questionnaire 1st Class Canfield, Damon R. Ensign USS Rhode Island Questionnaire Carey, Mary L. Yeoman 5th Naval District Questionnaire 2nd Class Carison, Ralph A. CPO Naval Air Station, Questionnaire Key West, Florida Carris, Norman M. S Unidentified Questionnaire 1st Class Castello, Louis A. S Unidentified Questionnaire 2nd Class Chandler, Harry M. USS Maui Questionnaire Chapman, Alfred G. Chief USS Wyoming Questionnaire Yeoman Chapman, Llewellyn S San Diego Naval Questionnaire S. 2nd Class Training Camp Chase, Edard H. Ensign USS Denver Questionnaire Christian, Ignatz S Naval Air Stations Questionnaire 2nd Class Miami, Florida and Norfolk Navy Yard Clark, Edward T. HC Virginia Beach Questionnaire 1st Class Naval Hospital Clark, Enoch M. QM Charleston Navy Questionnaire 3rd Class Yard Clark, Kenneth G. Ensign Unidentified Questionnaire Clark, Rupert P. F USS Nevada Record of military service 1st Class Clevenger, Eleanor M. Yeoman Bureau of Questionnaire Navigation Coleman, Charles C. S USS Virginia Reminiscence of training ship Mayflower, May, 1st Class 1918; poems; and Questionnaire Collins, Cornelius B. SK Boston Navy Yard Commendation and Questionnaire 3rd Class Collins, Glenn Seaman Newport Naval Questionnaire Station Cook, Warren F. Musician Ireland Questionnaire Cromwell, Oliver CSK Supply Depot, Questionnaire Great Lakes Naval Training Station Curran, George W. QM Charleston Navy Questionnaire Yard Curtis, Austin S. MA New London Questionnaire 2nd Class Naval Hospital Cyphers, Edgar W. USS George Extracts from war diary, April 1917 - December Washington 1918; The Hatchet, March 1 and 2, 1918; program; and business letter, 1899 D’Angelo, Joseph CCM 1st Navy Hospital, Questionnaire France Daniell, Joseph R. EL USS Kentucky Questionnaire 2nd Class Danielson, Oscar J. F USS Arkansas Questionnaire 3rd Class Danielson, Theodore MM USS Olympia Questionnaire E. Danz, Ernest A. F Philadelphia Navy Questionnaire 2nd Class Yard Daugherty, Byron P. QM Naval Air Station, Pauillac Pilot, 1918, and clippings on sport events 1st Class Pauillac, France Daugherty, Elisabeth Yeoman Portsmouth Navy Questionnaire T. 3rd Class Yard and Norfolk Navy Yard Davis, Oscar G. MM Naval Air Station, Questionnaire 2nd Class North Island, California Davis, Oscar C. MM Great Lakes Navy Advance in rating slip 2nd Class Training Station Day, Edwin R. 17th Mine Force Diary, August, 1918, aboard the USS Lapland; Base leave or duty ration book; correspondence on mine sweeper Pelican with fellow veteran; and Questionnaire DeCelles, Joseph H. Seaman USS Arizona Questionnaire DeForest, Henry S Unidentified Questionnaire 1st Class Del Vecchio, Humbert QM USS Chaser Patriotic literature and Questionnaire 2nd Class Demareee, Albert L. Ensign USS Olympia Temporary appointment; letter of recommendation; private correspondence about reenlistment, post-war telegrams to flagship Sands; biography; and eulogy Denhard, Harold L. S Unidentified Questionnaire 1st Class Dietzman, William P. S USS Harrisburg Memoirs and Questionnaire 1st Class Donna, Beatrice G. Yeoman Brooklyn Navy Questionnaire 1st Class Yard Dugan, Harry G. MM Naval Air Station, Diary, November 5, 1917 - September 24, 1919 2nd Class Fromentine, France Dulczewski, B.A. MM Unidentified Questionnaire Dunn,Charles M. S USS Virginia Questionnaire 1st
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