J.F. Shafroth papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1800
Subjects: Correspondence; United States; Army War College (U.S.); Campaigns; World War, 1939-1945; United States. Navy
Description: Official correspondence, memoranda, directives, and reports sent to William Frederick Halsey and Chester W. Nimitz, relating primarily to Shafroth's experiences as a commander in the South Pacific during World War II and head of a task group which conducted the first heavy bombardment of Japan.  Includes material relating to Shafroth's course work at the Army War College (U.S.).  Correspondents include William Frederick Halsey, John B. Heffernan, and Chester W. Nimitz.
Notes: Open to research.

Chiefly mimeograph or carbon copies. [S.l.].

Deposit, Naval Historical Foundation, 1968.

Converted to gift, 1998.

Naval officer.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.

Register published by the Library of Congress, 1973.

Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.