Return to Operational Archives . This is a fragmentary collection containing papers of Captain Charles Farnum relating to his service in Vietnam. Included are DRT track reports and charts.
Information regarding naval gunfire against North Vietnam and command organization is also present.
0.25 cubic feet Papers of Chemist Walter W. Farnum, 1907-1965 Biographical Note Walter W. Farnum's association with the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island began in 1904. After graduating from Harvard with a degree in chemistry, he was employed by the S.D. Warren paper company. From June until November 1904, Farnum worked at their Portland, Maine plant. In November of that year, he transferred to the Torpedo Station in Newport. The position of Chemist had been established at the Torpedo Station by an Act of Congress in the 1870s.