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Received second alternate appointment and studied 6-8 hours a day to pass the entrance exam to USNA. Believed USNA was one of the best investment of time and effort ever made.

1940-41 USS OMAHA (CL), Norfolk. Lisbon. Captain "ruled by fear." Morale low. Replaced by "splendid" officer who allowed JOs to use their abilities. Discovered MS ODENWALD, a Nazi blockade runner. Took her to San Juan, changed name to MS BLENHEIM, under Panamanian flag. Impressions of Peacetime Navy Discipline excellent and morale generally good. Well-manned and maintained. navy ready. JOs not trained well to maneuver ships. 7 Dec.-31 Dec. 19411 Dec. transferred to SAN JUAN (CLAA 54), Boston. Shakedown and training.

1942: Dec '41-early '42: reported aboard newly commissioned SAN JUAN (CLAA 54) and was soon on the way to SOWESPAC. First Division J.O. in charge of the forward five inch battery and made Lt. (jg).

Flight training orders were ready for Wagenhals upon arrival in San Diego but the Captain advised Wagenhals that he was needed aboard. Radio Officer, Communications Division, SAN JUAN. August: SAN JUAN and a task force of carriers, cruisers and destroyers carried out a pre-dawn attack on Japanese-held islands near Guadalcanal. Wagenhals was one of two officers who volunteered to set up a communications and spotting station on Tulagi Island. During the night of the day of the air raid on Tulagi, our cruisers were surprised by a vicious gunfire attack by the Japanese. Soon after, VINCENNES, QUINCY and ASTORIA all sank. October: released to flight training in New Orleans. Promoted to Lt. Early 1943: Navy wings earned.

"Experiences and Lessons Learned during 1943"1. Wagenhals was at NAS Pensacola in January 1943 completing flight training. After earning his wings, he reported to NAS Melbourne for operational training in fighters. He then became an Assistant Instructor for new pilots. He remained at Melbourne for the rest of 1943 and reported to NAS Sanford, Texas for similar duty in early 1944.

Flight Instructor at NAS Sanford, Fla. March, VF-47, Atlantic City, XO. Injured spine in training. Hospitalized until Oct. USS WOLVERINE, Air Officer Under Instruction. 1945 June, USS INTREPID (CV 11) Asst. Air Off. (Note: Thank you for the archive. Made W. realize how wonderful his Navy life was.)

Autobiographical statement of commands held by CDR Stanley E. Wagenhals, USN (Ret), USNA '40. Commands include: USS Timmerman (EDD-EAG) and USS Vogelgesang (DD 862).

Postwar Experiences" 1. Wagenhals left the Navy in 1963 and taught math in the Fairfax county schools. He taught for 17 years, served as chairman of the Math Department, and attended the NSF Institute for Secondary School Teachers. He gives advice on planning for retirement.

Documents and Memorabilia Copy of US Naval Institute Proceedings, Vol. 82, April 1956. Article on p. 378: "The Odenwald Incident" by LCDR E. F. Oliver, USCG. Describes salvage of ODENWALD by crew of USS OMAHA CVL 4 in Nov. 1941. Wagenhals on boarding party and was Navigator when ODEN was taken to San Juan. Can add personal highlights. Photo p. 378 was furnished by Wagenhals. Has others. Cruisebook USS INTREPID CV 11, 1945-46. SW Pacific. Cruisebook USS LEYTE CV, 1953-53. Med. Cruisebook USS VOGELSANG DD 862, 1955-56. Med.

Destroyer story. a. TIMMERMAN (EDD-EAG), a well manned experimental engineering destroyer designed to test and evaluate many different kinds of engineering and deck equipment.

Requested and received orders to a fleet destroyer after a year. b. VOGELGESANG (DD 862), took comand in the Norfolk Navy Yard and discovered serious corrosion in the engineering bilges. The ship received a new EO and hummed with good morale thereafter. The ship was selected as one of several to represent the U.S. in a show of colors at Beirut, Lebanon during a time of international tension.

1940-41, Documents (Note: NICHOLSON, CROFT, KIRKPATRICK documents here). 1940-7 Dec. 1941 USS CALIFORNIA. Fourteen Class of '40 graduates on ship. 2nd Div. Jr. Off. Good relationship with commanders. Bremerton. Hawaii. Sept., Camera Party with Tackaberry. Plotted fall of shot from photographs. Got private flying license with Tackaberry. Jan. 1941, Asst. Navigator and N Div. Off. OOD for all drills, so much practice. Extensive drills. Darkened ship. Radar. False alarms of subs, etc. Obsolete equipment. 7 Dec. 1941-March 1942 See documents of Croft, Kirkpatrick, Nicholson, and Cary Hall. CALIFORNIA sank very slowly, over several days. Friendly planes shot down. Sea of burning oil from ARIZONA, WEST VIRGINIA, OKLAHOMA, etc. came toward ship. Perhaps reason for Abandon Ship order (Walker never heard it). Firefighting for several days. Angry at Hone's article (see below). Voids open because inspection was soon to come. Doors open for access to ammo. Etc. 105 dead on CALIFORNIA.

Jan., shore AA battery for installing another battery. Feb., detached to USS MASSACHUSETTS. Requested, then turned down, flight training.

Documents: Roster of officers, Assignment of officers, and Officers section assignment, USS CALIFORNIA, 1 Dec. 1941. Photocopy. List of Ships Present, PH, 6 December 1941. Photocopy. Memo from Ens. Croft to Gunnery Officer re 7 Dec. 1941. Photocopy. Memo from R.D. Kirkpatrick to LT CDR Dawson re compliance with CINCPAC's 102131 regulation: damage report from 7 Dec. 1941. Photocopy. Memo from Ens. A.T. Nicholson, Jr. to Gunnery Officer re 7 Dec. 1941. Photocopy. Statement written by Ens. W. Walker re 7 Dec. 1941. Photocopy. Letter from A.T. Nicholson, Jr. to C.H. Hall, 25 June 1979, re events of 7 Dec. 1941. ("At this time, most of the officers still alive corresponded with Cary Hall on this subject.") Photocopy. Naval Institute "Proceedings" article by Thomas C. Hone, 1977?, "The Destruction of the Battle Line at PH." Photocopy. Letter to RAdm Earl E. Stone, who was CDR XO, CALIFORNIA in 1941, to Thomas C. Hone. 26 April, 1978. Photocopy. Walker had more of a file on this, but cannot locate it yet. Suggests we contact Stone soon, as he is in his 90s. Knew many from Class of 1940. "How It Can Be Told, The Saga of a Battleship. Short history of USS MASSACHUSETTS from commissioning in 1942 to arrival in Tokyo, 1945." By Corp. Walter Hausman.

1942 USS CALIFORNIA. Watches on sunken ship, PH. Battery CDR, Naval Anti-aircraft Shore Battery No. 1. Helped install and equip No.5. Took AA from sunken ships and put it ashore. Feb.-March, USS MASSACHUSETTS, Boston. April, LT jg. Trouble with physical because of dentist. May, MASS commissioned. N Div. Off., Asst. Navigator, Watch Off. Aug., 2nd Div. Off. Oct., LT. Nov., Casablanca. Fired on from French JEAN BART. Sub attacks. No serious damage. Sank JEAN BART in dock. Learned to keep both AP shells and HC ammo for shore bombardment on hand. A gun overheated and Ch. Turret Capt. scalded. Liners of 16" guns protruded from bore; cut off protrusion and aim was bettered. Good crew although in USN less than a yr. Drill training paid off. Norfolk. Boston. Coconut Grove Nightclub Fire when they were on leave in Boston. 491 killed. Casco Bay operations to test effect of -17 F on sailors and equipment. Frostbite only problem.

Walker was serving in the battleship MASSACHUSETTS in charge of Turret Two when 1943 began. The ship was returning from North Africa after participating in the TORCH Operation. After loading ammo in Norfolk, she steamed for Boston for yard work and training. Walker comments on the MASSACHUSETTS' unusual gunnery department organization.

On 6 February 1943, the battleship headed for the Pacific via the Panama Canal, and Walker recounts events during a violent storm off Cape Hatteras. The MASSACHUSETTS reached Noumea and operated there in March and April with the carrier SARATOGA, and the British carrier VICTORIOUS, which arrived on 17 May to assist with carrier operations in the South Pacific.

From 5 to 15 April 1943, the battleship covered landings on Russel Island, and served later that year as a covering ship for operating at Munda and Vella Lavella. 19 November found her in the Central Pacific as part of the Bombardment Group covering the landings on Makin and Tarawa Islands in the Gilberts. (Note: Walker does not comment much about his own experiences during these operations.)

1944 2nd Div. Off., USS MASSACHUSETTS. LT. Jan., Asst. Gunnery Off., Main Battery Asst. Air strike, Taroa and Maloelap, Marshalls. Bombarded Kwajalein. Feb., Majuro. Air strikes, Truk. Night air attack repelled. Air strikes against Saipan and Guam. Supported air strikes Palau, Yap, Woleai. April, covered landing Hollandia. Air strikes Truk, Satawan. Bombarded Ponape. Puget Sound. July, Eniwetok via PH. Sept., covered landings on Palau. Air strikes central Philippines and Luzon. Covered landings on Palau. Air strikes Okinawa and Formosa. Covered landings on Philippines. LCDR. Night attacks repelled near Formosa. Supported landings on Philippines and air-engaged Japanese fleet. Air strikes Viscayas. Nov., Air strikes Luzon, Leyte, Samar, Ormoc Bay, Viscayan Sea. Supported landings on Mindoro. Dec., typhoon. 1945 Raids on Formosa, Luzon. Covered landings in Lingayen Gulf. Air strikes on Saigon, Kamranh Bay, Hong Kong, Swatow, Amoy, shipping. Feb., raids on Tokyo, Yokohama, and Chichi Jima, Iwo Jima in support of landings. March, air strikes Okinawa. Attacked by Japanese aircraft at Ulithi. Air strikes Nagasaki. Kigoshima, Kure, Kyushu, Kobe. Bombardment, air strikes Okinawa. Supported landings Okinawa. Repelled air attacks. Task force sank YAMAMOTO, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers. April, Attacked by over 100 planes. Air strikes Okinawa. Raids on Kyushu. June, typhoon. July, air strikes against Japan. Sept., Bremerton.

Cruisebook: A Pictorial History of the USS MASSACHUSETTS. April 1942-August 1945. Tiny USS MASSACHUSETTS booklet-style list of assignments and engagements: Boston via Canal Zone to Tokyo. Note from Walker. Has Rosters of Officers from every 1942 month after commissioning and Aug. 1943. Will provide if requested. Photocopy of entire booklet The Battleship MASSACHUSETTS, Fall River, Massachusetts. Walker will provide original if requested.

Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy,

University of Maryland, College Park.

July 1940- ? 1942: Weber served in the carrier LEXINGTON; his first assignment as Assistant Navigator and, later, ass OOD. The LEXINGTON left Pearl on 5 December 1941 to deliver new F4F fighters to Midway; Weber was OOD when, at sea, the ship received the message from CinCPacFlt that the Japanese had attacked Hawaii. "I gave the message to the LEXINGTON Commanding Officer, Captain Frederick "Ted" Sherman. He sent for the Air Officer, Commander Duckworth. When Duckworth arrived, Captain Sherman showed the CinCPac message to him and said, "Ducky, perhaps we should send up a fighter patrol."

The LEXINGTON arrived in Pearl Harbor on 12 December. According to Weber, "there were (smokeless) gunpowder grains, from the ARIZONA explosion, all over Ford Island, and also small pieces of red rising suns from wings of Japanese attack bombers which had been shot down."

"Post Pearl Harbor Report" 8 May 1942: Battle of the Coral Sea; Weber was still serving in the LEXINGTON when she was attacked and sunk. "When last seen by me, she was incandescent."

Oct 1942; Weber married his high school sweetheart, Anita Straus. ? 1942- CO of the submarine chaser SC 690. "Our first duty was convoying merchant ships in the Caribbean and to and from South America. Later we joined a force proceeding to the Mediterranean." July 1943 Sicily Landing; Gela Beach. "The SC 690 served as a control vessel in the Gela Beach, Sicilian landing of July 1943. The Commander Naval Forces North African Waters asked me to find the right beach for landing Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt junior, and 1800 Rangers.

We employed our microwave (10 cm wavelength) radar to accurately locate the center of General Roosevelt's assigned area. After he and the Rangers landed, we gave them fire support until 7:00 am."

1943- Weber returned to the US for Naval PG School in Electronics, then became an EDO. 1945-48: Weber headed Code 920, Electronics Countermeasures Design, BuShips in Washington.

Summer 1948: Resigned from the Navy to accept professorship of Electrical Engineering at the University of Maryland; taught microwave engineering at UM and earned Ph.D. in 1951 from Catholic University in DC.

1952: Weber developed the concept of the "maser" and published papers on the subject that year and the following year. 1955: Guggenheim Fellowship at Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton with J. Robert Oppenheimer and John A. Wheeler. 1956- ? Weber followed Wheeler to the University of Leiden Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics where they worked studied gravitational waves predicted by Einstein's General Theory.

1971: Anita Staus Weber, Professor Weber's first wife, died suddenly, and the following year he married Professor Virginia Trimble, an astronomer from the University of California, Irvine. 1974: Weber and Professor Trimble developed gravitational antennas, but the project was controversial and led to financial problems; his neutrino collector was an attempt to solve these difficulties.

1988: Weber was inducted into the Maryland Hall of Fame; Nobel Laureate C. H. Townes credited Weber with devising the principle of the maser at the same time that he, Townes, did.

Article by Weber, "Gravitational Radiation Antennas: History, Observations, and Lunar Surface Opportunities," American Institute of Physics, 1990.3. Article by Weber, "Dirac in 1962, weak and gravitational radiation interactions," pp. 244-48 [publication data not avail.].4. Long paper by Weber, "Gravitational Antennas and the Search for Gravitational Radiation," Sir Arthur Eddington Centenary Symposium, Nagpur, India, 21-27 Jan 1984.5. Bound photocopy of chapter in book by Weber, "General Relativity and Gravitational Waves," ed. R. E. Marshak, INTERSCIENCE TRACTS ON PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY (New York: Interscience Publishers, 1961), Ch. 10.

Refers to Hank Graham being killed on a strafing run on a little Japanese island north of Okinawa on 11 April 1945.2. Refers to the death of Eddie DeGarmo on an air support mission at Okinawa about the same time. "He led his BENNINGTON squadron in on the YAMATO on April 7, 1945, just before I led my ESSEX squadron in on the same torpedo attack. White refers to Russell Spurr's 1981 monograph, A GLORIOUS WAY TO DIE, which is about the sinking of the YAMATO.

White's ltr includes a resume of his jobs after retiring from the Navy. In 1967, he joined the CIA as an auditor and contracting officer, worked with Air America and other CIA airlines from an office in Taipei, and was then a contracting officer for AID. He retired from AID in 1987.

Letter lists White's eight commands. Also in file White's biography. White, "Command and Control -- From Spears to Missiles," Naval War College Paper, 1 March 1963. (Note: This is a useful summary of problems with command and control ranging from ancient history to Napoleon to recent times. It was used by Robert Beer in studying for his 1990 Trident Scholar Project on Command and Control during the Cuban Missile Crisis.)

1941 USMC. Base School. Training in weapons. OCS Platoon. JO, USS REINA MERCEDES. Recorder or Defense Counsel in 350 Summary Courts Martial. Yard Sec Watch. Ships Serv. Off. Officer's Mess Treasurer. Asst. Ftball coach for plebes. 7 Dec.-31 Dec. 1941 USNA Yard DO. Meetings in Sup. Off. Local security. 1942-43 COs had to requalify with 45. Midshipmen armed near Bancroft - catastrophe. Ground defense of yard by midshipmen. Air defense plans. Protection of radio station - dogs. July, flight training. Married. 30+ USNA '40 grads showed up; base knew nothing of their orders. April 1943, earned wings. Instructor. 1944 MAG-62, a new group with PBJs. Fall, CO VMB-622. Nov.-Dec., North Solomons area. Ops Off. VMB-433. 1945 Emirau Island. Bombed Rabaul and Kavieng. Maintenance for squadrons in Philippines. After war, destroyed some aircraft, gave some to Filipinos, shipped remainder back. Nov.-Dec., home.

1946 - 1948: Assigned as Head of the Field Service Station, BuAer. These were extremely interesting times as the jets were first entering the system, and the fleet. 1948 - 1951: Assigned to the 1st MAW at MCAS El Toro and as CO at SMS MAG-33, VMP 254, AND VMF 9 (n) 542. 1951 - 1952: Returned from Korea, had a short stay in the Camp Pendleton hospital, and was assigned as the CMCCNO liaison officer to Project "Vista" at Caltech. 1952 - 1954: Assigned to HQMC in the G3 plans branch, in the tank in the basement of the Pentagon. 1954 - 1956: Student at Senior Course and Instructor in the air dept. of Marine Corps Educational Ctr. at Quantico. 1956 - 1958: Assigned to FMF Pac as G1 and then as ACSG1. Established unit rotation of battalions to the Far East and devised the first battlefield casualty reporting system using computers. 1958 - 1959: Posted to the 1st MAW at Iwakuni, Japan as G2 then as CO Marine Air Group 12. 1959 - 1962: Head of the Air Dept of MCEC, Quantico. 1962 - 1964: Chief of MAAG of the Dominican Republic. 1964 - 1965: CO of Marine Wing Headquarters Group II. 1965: entered civilian life and became VP of the Washington Tobacco CO., Inc, until 1982.

Cloth-bound USG-produced book titled, "Record," contains msgs, memorabilia, Notes from cruise in South American waters in Dec 1946-Mar 1947. TF 66, included the battleship WISCONSIN and the destroyer JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, carrying Fleet Admiral Leahy and Admiral William Fechteler, who became CNO in 1951. TF 66 apparently visited Venezuela, Argentina, and Chile; perhaps more countries, but not Noted in book.

"A Growing Family: Extracts from family letters, 1943-1952," selected by Carolyn M. Wells, Natchitoches, 1987." a. Selections include re-typed, printed excepts of letters from Wells to his family from 19 January 1943 to 18 December 1952, copies of newspaper clippings concerning Wells, and some orders and misc msgs.

Wells served as CO of the destroyer CHANDLER in the Korean War from November 1951 to 1952, and his comments on the conflict are invaluable.

Widow of Wells sent copy of letter Wells sent to a Mr. Gates, 19 March 1962. USS WISCONSIN. Turret III gun not working, so missed Philippine Invasion Battle. Short anecdotes from many battleships in Pac. at that time.

Short biography. Author. Retired service 1960. Died in 1971, after a car accident.

Line listing of service positions. Retired 1970. Short summary of civilian career until 1976, when retired.

Impressions of Peacetime Navy: USS COLORADO (BB-45) Boiler Div. Off. CO too old, little "vigor and enthusiasm." Same for most senior heads of depts, esp. Engineering. Too much drinking. Too much spit and polish. 1940-41 Bremerton, May 1941-Dec.+ Repairs taking their time until 7 Dec., then "150% effort" to get ready for sea.

Mrs. William Edward Westhoff to Hanley, c. 1 Sep 19881. Mrs. Westhoff advises that she cannot supply any more material on her late husband than may be found in A SCORE AND THREE MORE.

The following is a chronological listing of Weatherup’s major assignments in the Navy and in civil life. It is intended to provide a framework and background for the material which he submitted for the 1940 archives. Dates are approximate.

1. U. S. Naval Academy 1936-1940.

2. USS Saratoga (CV-3) June 1940-Feb 1942. This included the attempt to reinforce Wake Island. Saratoga was torpedoed on her return to Pearl Harbor.

3. USS Duncan (DD-485) Feb 1942-Oct 1942. This included convoys in the Atlantic, transit to the Pacific, and rescue of 660 enlisted survivors and 58 officers of the USS Wasp (CV-7).

4. COMDESRON 12, Oct 1942-Dec 1942.This included the Battle of Cape Esperance and the Naval Battles of Guadalcanal (mid-November).

5. Flight training Jan 43-April 44. This included operational training in fighters (F4Fs)

6. Fighting Squadron 46 (VF-46) Apr 44-July 45. This included a combat tour. During this tour, I shot down a SHOICHI SUGITA who was one of Japan’s leading aces. (Of course, I did not learn the name of SHOICHI SUGITA and his exploits until years later (1982).

7. Various temporary assignments July 45-June 46. This included a short tour in HANCOCK before she went into mothballs.

8. Naval Postgraduate School June 46-June 48.

9. California Institute of Technology July 48-June 49. My PG work was mostly related to Aeronautical Engineering.

10. Office of Naval Research June 1949-Jun 1950. I was assistant head of the Power Branch. This was an interesting assignment, but I wanted to get back to sea.

11. Staff Commander Naval Forces Far East (July 1959-Dec 1950. Of course, the Korean War had started and I was "available." It was interesting, but ...

12. Air Antisubmarine Squadron 892 (VS-892). Feb 1951-Dec 1951. At my request, I had received orders to an active squadron. Actually, I had orders as prospective cmmanding officer of a fighter squadron. However, COMNAVAIRPAC needed a skipper for a reserve squadron which had been called up. I was "available" and of the "right seniority." I had no experience with air Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), but it was an interesting time in that the Navy was developing "team tactics." The "hunter" was a modified AFW aircraft which had a big radar. The "killer" aircraft was an attack aircraft which was to carry sonobuoys, homing torpdoes, etc. For the record, this assignment forced us to do a little thinking about ASW.

13. Staff COMNAVAIRPAC Feb 52-May 53. I was the ASW Training Officer. It ptovided background for ASW analysis.

14. Bureau of Aeronautics June 53-June 55.. I was head of the Mechanical Equipment Design Branch. For me , it was a lesson on the need for RELIABILITY at all levels.

15. U. S. S. BOXER (CVA-21 and CVS-21) July 56-Dec 57. During this period, the Boxer served first as a CVA and then as a CVS. For those of us who had flown day and night ASW missions from the CVE carriers, it was a big step forward for ASW. In addition, these larger carriers provided room for the ASW helicopters which were just joining the ASW team. Again, there was a demand for new thinking as to how to integrate the ASW team.

16. Executive Officer of Special Projects Technical Representative (SPOTR) at Sprry Gyroset Jan 58-Dec 60. In part, this tour related to equipment necessary to support the Polaris system. I retired from the Navy after this tour of duty.

17. Various assignments with McDonnell Douglas Jan 61-jan 81. For background, this was the start of a period when both Industry and the Service started to use Cost Effectiveness Analysis and/or Operations Analysis for guidance in their designs and operations. I was fortunate in having background, education, and experience in many of these areas. Many of my papers, reports, etc., were submitted to the 1940 archives. With the above as background, the following is largely a summary of reports, papers, and extracts from data produced when I worked for McDonnell Douglas. It should be noted that several of these items relate to Anti-Submarine Warfare and to Air-to-Air combat.

1944 Jan., NAS Atlantic City pilot pool. VF-46, XO. Many historical Notes on organization of squadrons within Navy, recommendations, etc. Personal recollections. Four attachments: History of Fighting Squadron 46; Fighter Pilots in Aerial Combat, issue with article on Weatherup's downing of Japanese ace Sugita (photocopy); article from Naval Institute Proceedings by Weatherup, "Dogfights of the Future. "

Remembrance and impressions of USNA and why and how entered. WHY: Wanted to be a pilot and travel the world. HOW: Received appointment from Rep. Bert Snell of Northern New York and preferred USNA over West Point. Weatherup says that the Academy "instilled an instinct that we were serving in and for an organization which was larger than any one of us. "

"I notice that this assignment is "For those in the Pacific who participated in the Korean War. " Well, I've taken a liberal interpretation. I was not involved in any Korean combat. However, there may be some lessons learned from my assignments during the early days of the Korean War. I had two assignments which were related to the Korean War: Staff of Commander Naval Forces Far East 1950) and later, as Commanding Officer, Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 892.

The following is a list of publications of possible interest.

"An Outline of Developments Related to Ship-Based Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW) Aircraft." By RA Weatherup. Written for Class of 1940 Archives. Includes four papers attached at end on ASW from 1970s and 1980s.

Inventory of Cruise Books: 1. History of Fighting Squadron 462. 2. BOXER (CV 21) Cruise Books, 1955-58, during which time Weatherup was Operations Officer. 3. HANCOCK (CV19) Cruise Book, late 1945 to early 1946. 4. "Winged Samurai" by Henry Sakaida, Champlin Museum Press, Mesa, AZ. A good history of the most famous Japanese Aces.

"Submarines: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow." By R. Weatherup for Class of 1940 Archives. Consists of a letter giving it to Archives and a copy of an essay on submarines.

Korean Conflict Experience Staff of COMNAVFE, July-Dec. 1950. Asst. Air Force Liaison Off. Entire coordination had to be set up. Air Intelligence unequipped, as no career officers involved. CO, Air Antisubmarine Squadron 892. Deployment to Far East May-Dec. 1951. In summary, problems of command, control, communications, and coordination.

Misc papers (dates vary): (1) "Fighter Pilots in Aerial Combat: The Last Flight of Shoichi Sugita," by Henry Sakaida and Steve Blake. (2) Extract from "Samurai: Flying the Zero in WW II With Japan's Fighter Ace," by Martin Caldin and Fred Saito. (3) Extract from Lt. Cdr. Weatherup's VF-46 Cruise Book. (4) "Details of the 15 Apr 1945 Raid" as remembered by Weatherup on 18 Feb 1982. (5) Brief Biographical Data on Weatherup prepared for Henry Sakaida and for his article in "Fighter Pilots in Aerial Combat. " (6) "Operational Employment of Transport-Type Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft," by Weatherup, Douglas Aircraft Co. (7) "Development of a Prepositioning Concept for the C-5A Aircraft (U)," May 1968, Weatherup, Executive Advisor, McDonnell Douglas Corp. (8) "Advanced Tanker, [KC - (X)], Requirement Analysis," Weatherup, McDonnell Douglas Corp. (9) "An Analysis of Aircraft Parameters Related to Patrol Plane Requirements," Weatherup and Naick, McDonnell Douglas Corp. (10) "An Analysis of Contact Investigation Missions Against Submarines Employing Long Range Anti-Shipping Missiles (ASM)," work done by Weatherup appears on page 9 of this McDonnell Douglas paper. (11) "An Analysis of On-Station, Barrier, and Search Missions in Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW)," Weatherup, McDonnell Douglas. (12) "Operational Aspects of a Long Range VSTOL Aircraft in Various Military Missions," Weatherup and Stahl, McDonnell Douglas (13) "On the Need for a National Energy Policy," R. A. Weatherup and R. G. Weatherup. Published by the Univ. of MO. -Rolla in the Proceedings of their 1976 Energy Conference. (14) "National Defense Aspects of Energy Imports," Weatherup. Published by the Univ. of MO. -Rolla in the Proceedings of their 1977 Energy Conference. (15) Weatherup's letter in response to an article published in "Technology Review" by Drs. Stokes and Tyner and Ms. Waterland, June 1981. (16) Meeting Notice, "Conference on Energy Security," April 1981, Weatherup was among a panel of speakers. (17) "Missions for VSTOL Aircraft," Cdr. Weatherup, published in U. S. Naval Institute Proceedings, July 1980. Official communications attached. (18) "Dogfights of the Future," Cdr. Weatherup, published Jan 1984, in Proceedings. (19) "Related Aspects of Nuclear Weapon Security," Weatherup, draft Nov 1984, never published. (20) From "Countryside," April 1984, Weatherup on "An appreciation for gasoline engines. " (21) "The Next Fleet Action," Weatherup, Dec 1985, not yet published but sold to the U. S. Naval Institute as a professional Note for the Proceedings. (22) "Submarines: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow," submitted to Proceedings for an essay contest.

Documents. Letter to R. Love introducing documents. List of other offers: cruisebooks, books of limited addition on aerial combat. "Fighter Pilots in Aerial Combat," periodical. Number 5, Summer 1982. By Henry Sakaida and Steve Blake: "The Last Flight of Shoichi Sugita. " Re Weatherup's shooting down and killing of Japanese ace Sugita in April 1945. Photo of Weatherup on front and another in article. Photocopy. Marginal Notes by Weatherup. Excerpt from book about ace Saburo Sakai by Martin Caldin and Fred Saito, Samurai, Flying the Zero in WWII with Japan's Fighter Ace. Account of attack in which Weatherup shot down Sugita, a friend of Sakai. Signed by Sakai for Weatherup,

May 1983. Photocopy. Marginal Notes by Weatherup. Excerpt from cruisebook of VF-46. Paragraph on flying exploits of Weatherup. Photocopy. Details of the 15 April 1945 Raid. Flight leader. Assigned to hit airfield north of Kanoya, where he shot down Japanese ace Sugita. Rockets and machine guns. Destroyed several planes as they taxied out; got Sugita as he came up to fight. No Am. planes lost. Written 18 Feb. 1982 . Prepared for author Henry Sakaida for article on Weatherup's downing of Shoichi Sugita in April 1945. See earlier file, article in "Fighter Pilots in Aerial Combat. " Up to attack covered.

Paper for Douglas Aircraft Company by Weatherup: "Operational Employment of Transport-Type Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft. " Presented to 19th Military Operation Research Symposium, April 1967. Photocopy. Douglas Aircraft Company Paper by Weatherup: "Development of a Prepositioning Concept for the C-5A Aircraft (U). " Formerly Confidential. Original copy. May 1968. Douglas Aircraft Company Paper by Weatherup: "Advanced Tanker, [KC-(X)], Requirement Analysis. " Delivered to USN Post Graduate Sch, Monterey, CA. December 1968. Original copy. Douglas Aircraft Company Paper by Weatherup: "An Analysis of Aircraft Parameters Related to Patrol Plane Requirements. " Given at West Point. June 1969. Original copy. McDonnell Aircraft Co. report: An Analysis of Contact Investigation Missions Against Submarines Employing Long Range Anti-Shipping Missiles (ASM). Appendix B by Weatherup. Note on inside back cover that Weatherup chaired ad hoc committee to produce report, part of National Security Industrial Association. December 1974. Original copy. McDonnell Aircraft Co. report: An Analysis of On-Station, Barrier, and Search Missions in Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW). By Weatherup. December 1974. Original copy. McDonnell Aircraft Co. report: Operational Aspects of a Long Range VSTOL Aircraft in Various Military Missions. By Weatherup and Joseph W. Stahl. July 1975. Original copy. Paper by Roy G.Weatherup; intro. by Weatherup: "On the Need for a National Energy Policy. " Published by the University of Missouri-Rolla in Proceedings of their 1976 Energy Conference. Photocopy. Paper Weatherup: "National Defense Aspects of Energy Imports. " Published by University of Missouri-Rolla in the Proceedings of their 1977 Energy Conference. Photocopy. Letter to the editors of Technological Review re an article on alcohol as fuel. Disagrees with support of use of corn for raw material. Letter from editors promising to publish letter, 30 June 1981. Flyer for Conference on Energy Security at The Engineers' Club of St. Louis. Weatherup a speaker from Intersociety Task Force on Energy (ISTFE). 9 April 1981. Original copy. Excerpt from Proceedings of the US Naval Institute. Article by Weatherup: "Missions for VSTOL Aircraft. " Photocopy. July 1980. Photocopy. Article by Weatherup in Naval Institute Proceedings: "Dogfights of the Future. " Re VSTOL. January 1984. Photocopy. Article by Weatherup, never published: "Related Aspects of Nuclear Weapon Security. " 29 November 1984. Article in Countryside by Weatherup: "An Appreciation of Gasoline Engines. " April 1984. Article not yet published, by Weatherup: "The Next Fleet Action. " 10 May 1984. Notes from 16 December 1985 and 5 June 1986. Weatherup to Hanley, 8 May 1990 Encl: Article, "Class of 1940 Archive" for SHIPMATE Weatherup RA report no date. Cdr. Robert A. Weatherup's "An outline of Developments Related to Ship Based Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW) Aircraft. Weatherup, RA 20 February 1987 Skymaster. Letter to R. Love on Weatherup's knowledge of history of P6MSkymaster Paper (to be revised and published) by Weatherup: "The History of Naval and Marine Aviation from a Technological Point of View. " 2 copies. Paper (to be revised and published) by Weatherup: "The History of Naval and Marine Aviation from a Technological Point of View." 2 copies. Done as a paper outlining different technologies Weatherup was involved with in differing ways. Seven attachments are copies of pertinent articles. Done as a paper outlining different technologies Weatherup was involved with in differing ways. Seven attachments are copies of pertinent articles. Autobiographical statement of commands held by Robert A. Weatherup, USNA '40. Commands include: Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 892 (VS 892) and USS Burton Island (AGB 1, an icebraker).

Service and Civilian resume (Namefile)Descriptions of each service and civilian position, with short anecdotes and remembrances. Retired USN 1961. Still working, for Lockheed. 2 copies.

12 July 1986 #4 Documents Letter to R. Love introducing documents. List of other offers: cruisebooks, books of limited addition on aerial combat. "Fighter Pilots in Aerial Combat," periodical. Number 5, Summer 1982. By Henry Sakaida and Steve Blake: "The Last Flight of Shoichi Sugita. " Re Weatherup's shooting down and killing of Japanese ace Sugita in April 1945. Photo of Weatherup on front and another in article. Photocopy. Marginal Notes by Weatherup. Excerpt from book about ace Saburo Sakai by Martin Caldin and Fred Saito, Samurai, Flying the Zero in WWII with Japan's Fighter Ace. Account of attack in which Weatherup shot down Sugita, a friend of Sakai. Signed by Sakai for Weatherup, 30 May 1983. Photocopy. Marginal Notes Weatherup. Excerpt from cruisebook of VF-46. Paragraph on flying exploits of Weatherup. Photocopy. Details of the 15 April 1945 Raid. Flight leader. Assigned to hit airfield north of Kanoya, where he shot down Japanese ace Sugita. Rockets and machine guns. Destroyed several planes as they taxied out; got Sugita as he came up to fight. No Am. planes lost. Written 18 Feb. 1982. Prepared for author Henry Sakaida for article on Weatherup's downing of Shoichi Sugita in April 1945. See earlier file, article in "Fighter Pilots in Aerial Combat. " Up to attack covered. Paper for Douglas Aircraft Company by Weatherup: "Operational Employment of Transport-Type Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft. " Presented to 19th Military Operations Research Symposium, April 1967. Photocopy. Douglas Aircraft Company Paper by Weatherup: "Development of a Prepositioning Concept for the C-5A Aircraft (U). " Formerly Confidential. Original copy. May 1968. Douglas Aircraft Company Paper by Weatherup: "Advanced Tanker, [KC-(X)], Requirement Analysis. " Delivered to USN Post Graduate Sch, Monterey, CA. December 1968. Original copy. Douglas Aircraft Company Paper by Weatherup: "An Analysis of Aircraft Parameters Related to Patrol Plane Requirements. " Given at West Point. June 1969. Original copy. McDonell Aircraft Co. report: An Analysis of Contact Investigation Missions Against Submarines Employing Long Range Anti-Shipping Missiles (ASM). Appendix B by Weatherup. Note on inside back cover that Weatherup chaired ad hoc committee to produce report, part of National Security Industrial Association. December 1974. Original copy. McDonnel Aircraft Co. report: An Analysis of On-Station, Barrier, and Search Missions in Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW). By Weatherup. December 1974. Original copy. McDonnel Aircraft Co. report: Operational Aspects of a Long Range VSTOL Aircraft in Various Military Missions. By Weatherup and Joseph W. Stahl. July 1975. Original copy. Paper by Roy G. Weatherup; intro. by Weatherup: "On the Need for a National Energy Policy. " Published by the University of Missouri-Rolla in Proceedings of their 1976 Energy Conference. Photocopy. Paper Weatherup: "National Defense Aspects of Energy Imports. " Published by University of Missouri-Rolla in the Proceedings of their 1977 Energy Conference. Photocopy. Letter to the editors of Technological Review re an article on alcohol as fuel. Disagrees with support of use of corn for raw material. Letter from editors promising to publish letter, 30 June 1981. Flyer for Conference on Energy Security at The Engineers' Club of St. Louis. Weatherup a speaker from Intersociety Task Force on Energy (ISTFE). 9 April 1981. Original copy. Excerpt from Proceedings of the US Naval Institute. Article by Weatherup: "Missions for VSTOL Aircraft. " Photocopy. July 1980. Photocopy. Article by Weatherup in Naval Institute Proceedings: "Dogfights of the Future. " Re VSTOL. January 1984. Photocopy. Article by Weatherup, never published: "Related Aspects of Nuclear Weapon Security. " 29 November 1984. Article in Countryside by Weatherup: "An Appreciation of Gasoline Engines. " April 1984. Article not yet published, by Weatherup: "The Next Fleet Action. " 10 May 1984. Notes from 16 December 1985 and 5 June 1986.

Duty during 1943, undated 1. Weatherup learned to fly in early 1943 at NAS New Orleans, then went to Pensacola where he flew SNVs and SNJs. He went to NAS Melbourne, Florida for fighter operational training where he flew F4Fs and got checked out on F6Fs. Later in the year he was assigned to a Marine operational training unit at NAS Jacksonville as an assistant instructor. 2. Weatherup pointed out that they flew seven days per week. He greatly admired the training system. "Many of us got our carrier qualification landings on a couple of converted lake steamers up on Lake Michigan. I believe that the ships were the WOLVERINE and SABLE.

Impressions of Peacetime Navy 1940-Dec. 1941 USS SARATOGA. Communications. Senior Officers capable. Many aviators from the ship lost at Midway. Impressed with complexity of running a carrier. Navy "sharper" then - schedules, paint, cleanliness, etc. Training could have been better. Radar. No explanation of it to JOs. 7 Dec. -31 Dec. 1941 Bremerton. San Diego on 7. Underway to PH by Tues. Fuel problems - old tanks had been full for yrs and fuel had congealed. Rotated tanks after that. Lesson: do in peacetime as you would in war. Impressed by efficiency of clean-up and burials and sheltering of survivors at PH. Impressions of Peacetime Navy 1940-Dec. 1941 USS SARATOGA. Communications. Senior Officers capable. Many aviators from the ship lost at Midway. Impressed with complexity of running a carrier. Navy "sharper" then - schedules, paint, cleanliness, etc. Training could have been better. Radar. No explanation of it to JOs. 7 Dec. -31 Dec. 1941 Bremerton. San Diego on 7. Underway to PH by Tues. Fuel problems - old tanks had been full for yrs and fuel had congealed. Rotated tanks after that. Lesson: do in peacetime as you would in war. Impressed by efficiency of clean-up and burials and sheltering of survivors at PH.

Impressions of peacetime Navy until 1 Jan 1942: "I had decided that I wanted to be an aviator and considered myself fortunate to be assigned to the SARATOGA (CV 3). . . I was caught up in the routine of a carrier and was impressed with the complexity of the total operations. . . The moral is that all officers, need to understand the operational implications of new equipments. " 2. SARATOGA, 7 Dec to 31 Dec 1941: "We had been in the yard at Bremerton. Since the LEXINGTON was at Pearl (I think) there was a considerable backlog of pilots at San Diego who needed carrier qualification landings. Thus, we were conducting CARQUALS off San Diego on Sunday morning, 7 Dec 1941. . . What followed was a day and a half of complete confusion as plans were made. etc. As I recall, we loaded aircraft, etc. and got underway Tuesday morning for a speed run to Pearl. . . "Weatherup RA 21 Sep 1986 # 7. 1942: Dec '41-Feb '42: Communications Watch Officer and Signal Officer, includes attempt to relieve Wake Island. SARATOGA was torpedoed on her way back to Pearl Harbor at 13 knots. Feb-Oct: DUNCAN (DD 485), Communication Officer, "C" Division Officer and Deck Watch Officer. Picked up survivors from the sinking WASP (CV 7) on 15 Sep. Oct-Dec: Staff Commander Destroyer Squadron 12, Communication Officer and Staff Watch Officer and includes actions off Guadalcanal, the Battle of Cape Esperance (11-12 Oct) and the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (12-13 Nov). Dec: released to flight training. a. A long discussion of the above experiences follows. 26 pgs. b. "American Pacific Strategy After Pearl Harbor: The Relief of Wake Island," by Lloyd J. Graybar, which appeared in PROLOGUE, Fall 1980, is attached. c. Note of appreciation from Dr. Lloyd J. Graybar, Eastern Kentucky Univ. , to Weatherup.

Dec '41-Feb '42: Communications Watch Officer and Signal Officer, includes attempt to relieve Wake Island. SARATOGA was torpedoed on her way back to Pearl Harbor at 13 knots. Feb-Oct: DUNCAN (DD 485), Communication Officer, "C" Division Officer and Deck Watch Officer. Picked up survivors from the sinking WASP (CV 7) on 15 Sep. Oct-Dec: Staff Commander Destroyer Squadron 12, Communication Officer and Staff Watch Officer and includes actions off Guadalcanal, the Battle of Cape Esperance (11-12 Oct) and the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (12-13 Nov). Dec: released to flight training. a. A long discussion of the above experiences follows. 26 pgs. b. "American Pacific Strategy After Pearl Harbor: The Relief of Wake Island," by Lloyd J. Graybar, which appeared in PROLOGUE, Fall 1980, is attached. c. Note of appreciation from Dr. Lloyd J. Graybar, Eastern Kentucky Univ. , to Weatherup.

Dec '41-Feb '42: Communications Watch Officer and Signal Officer, includes attempt to relieve Wake Island. SARATOGA was torpedoed on her way back to Pearl Harbor at 13 knots. Feb-Oct: DUNCAN (DD 485), Communication Officer, "C" Division Officer and Deck Watch Officer. Picked up survivors from the sinking WASP (CV 7) on 15 Sep. Oct-Dec: Staff Commander Destroyer Squadron 12, Communication Officer and Staff Watch Officer and includes actions off Guadalcanal, the Battle of Cape Esperance (11-12 Oct) and the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (12-13 Nov). Dec: released to flight training. a. A long discussion of the above experiences follows. 26 pgs. b. "American Pacific Strategy After Pearl Harbor: The Relief of Wake Island," by Lloyd J. Graybar, which appeared in PROLOGUE, Fall 1980, is attached. c. Note of appreciation from Dr. Lloyd J. Graybar, Eastern Kentucky Univ. , to Weatherup.

ltr Weatherup to Love, 23 Aug 1990; re encl article and article by Commander Doug Siegfried on Carrier-based ASW. 2. Photocopy of article, Robert Weatherup, "Carrier-Based ASW in the Early Fifties," THE HOOK (Winter 1989), pp. 71-73. (Note: This is an excellent account that might serve as the basis for research on CV-based ASW along with other materials in Weatherup's Mss.

Bound folder with colored tabs, entitled, "Class of 1940 Archive Assignment No. 13, Technology" contains: a. 40-pp paper entitled "Discussion," in effect a running commentary on Weatherup's observations over his career. Topics include the SARATOGA (CV-3), the destroyer DUNCAN (DD 485); the destroyer BLUE; Fighter Squadron VF-46; Navy PG School; SPARROW Missile; Office of Naval Research; Korean War; ASW Squadron VS-892; the ESSEX-class conversions to ASW carriers; the carrier BOXER (CVA-21); the BURTON ISLAND (AGB-1); the Polaris program; and the VSTOL aircraft program. NOTE: Some excellent Notes about various actions in World War II, especially Savo Island.

Attachments in the folder include copies of these articles:

"Submarines, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" (1987)

"Development of a Prepositioning Concept for the C-5A Aircraft," Douglas Paper 5143, May 1968.

"Some Background to CRAFT and C-X, Extract from Astronautics and Aeronautics," Mar 1980.

"Advanced Tanker (KC-X) Requirement Analysis," Douglas Paper 5505, 10-12 December 1968.

"Operational Aspects of Long Range-VSTOL Aircraft in Various Military Missions," McAir Paper No. 75-008, Jul 1975.

"Missions for VSTOL Aircraft," extract from U. S. Naval Institute PROCEEDINGS, July 1980.

"Dogfights of the Future," extract from U. S. Naval Institute PROCEEDINGS, Jan 1984.

"Fighter Developments, Old and New," extract from AERONAUTICS and ASTRONAUTICS,

Line listing of service positions, with one line on post-service career. Retired USN 1971. Retired 1982.

USNA: Drove from Montana with Frank McCarthy, also about to begin. McGrath fainted at the sight of the needle at inoculation time. The glare from white uniforms may have begun degradation of eyesight. Pranks. Dance lessons. Smoking common because cigarettes cheap. Table manners. Hazing. Academics tough at first. Eyesight bad first yr already; almost sent home. Sports. Missed social life of regular college. Heard the "War of the Worlds" program and believed it might be real. TV. Dating difficult because of restrictions and money. Transcript of a letter sent to a midshipman of Class of 1988. Photocopy of "Shipmate" cover, June 1986 issue: song "Navy Blue and Gold."

"Upon graduation, I was employed by the Sperry Gyroscope Company as a service engineer on pneumatic gyros and automatic pilots for aircraft...Toward the end of October, 1941, I was sent to Wichita, Kansas. The assignment was to provide installation engineering consultation and required servicing for automatic pilots in Army trainers being built by Boeing, Beech, Cessna, and Curtiss-Wright (St. Louis)." "The first week in December 1941 I was sent to Wright Field to do service work on a few new automatic pilot installation...

On Sunday, December 7, 1941, we were having "brunch" when the word came over the radio for "all military personnel to report to their work areas, immediately...If the Japs had followed up with bombing of key military bases on the continent, we may not have recovered.

Feb. 1942, Instruments Branch of Bureau of Aeronautics. Decentralization allowed the IB to be extremely efficient. Gyro subsection. Much on management and communication principles learned, on flight instrument problems.

Woodside pointed out that the Instruments Branch was "different from any other Navy Bureau functions. And yet fundamentally sound and successful. The Instruments Branch was a 'little bureau' in itself. Having all of the functions of a bureau. "Woodside credits the Branch's success to decentralization.

One of Woodside's first responsibility was to work with Sperry Gyroscope. He points out that Sperry was the only supplier of gyro flight instruments and automatic pilots, and that it was necessary to set up second sources. Woodside describes in detail how he learned to manage, and communicate, and explains various problems with operators and suppliers. At the end of the war, he was offered a job with GE.

Memo from Worley to Phil. Spring '46: XO of Carbonero SS 337. 2. First official missile mail, 8 JUN 1959, addressed to Cdr. JD Worley, Chief of Naval Operations, signed by The Postmaster General Summerfield. A cartoon celebrating the event is attached. 3. Mail addressed to Capt. JD Worley, Fleet Operations Division, Chief of Naval Operations, on board George Washington, 20 JUL 1960, on occasion of firing first Polaris Missile from a submerged submarine.

Remembrances of USNA: Entered USNA through a Congressional appointment after two years at Stanford Univ. Maternal grandfather was a German-Jewish immigrant who came to America alone as a young boy and wanted Worley to attend the USNA and serve in the Navy. While at the Academy, Worley "never missed an opportunity to date or drink at a secret pub in Eastport." Took Worley five years to earn the Ensign stripe and "have no regrets, and only pride, and satisfaction for the 30 years spent serving in the greatest Navy in the world."