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Luehman, Earl A. (USS Helena, turret officer), interviewed June 6, 1991, by Donald R. Lennon, Oral History Interview no. 129, Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University.

MacDonald, Donald J. (USS O’Bannon, executive officer), interviewed May 22, 1974 (1), July 23, 1974 (2), and August 5, 1974 (3) by John T. Mason, Jr., Naval Institute. Operational Archives Branch, NHC.

Mangrum, Richard C. (commander, VMSB-232), interviewed November 11, 1942, by the U.S. Navy, Bureau of Aeronautics. RG 313, Flag Files (Blue 361), Box 11, NARA.

Maysenhalder, Kenneth. (USS Chicago, store keeper second class). Interviewed July 9, 2007, by the author.

McClelland, James A. (USS Helena), interviewed March 20, 2003, by Richard Misenhimer. NMPW.

Melhorn, Charles M. (USS Colhoun; PT-44), interviewed September 1970 by Etta-Belle Kitchen, Naval Institute. Operational Archives Branch, NHC.

Mustin, Lloyd M. (USS Atlanta, assistant gunnery officer), interviewed twenty-one times between August 8, 1972, and August 8, 1973, by John T. Mason, Jr., Naval Institute. 2 vols. Operational Archives Branch, NHC.

Pearson, Tom (USS San Francisco, gunner’s mate third class). Interviewed 2007 by the author.

Powell, John C. (USS Astoria, fire controlman first class), interviewed June 15, 2007, by the author.

Rivero, Horacio, Jr. (USS San Juan, assistant gunnery officer), interviewed November 1975 by John T. Mason, Jr., Naval Institute. Operational Archives Branch, NHC.

Schonland, Herbert E. (USS San Francisco, lieutenant commander and first lieutenant), interviewed October 1, 1983, by Karl Zingheim (Schonland 1) and November 1, 1984, by John T. Mason, Jr. (Schonland 2). Naval Institute. Unprocessed transcript.

Smith, John (commanding officer, VMF-223), November 10, 1942. RG 313, Flag Files (Blue 361), Box 11. NARA.

Smoot, Roland N. (USS Monssen, captain), interviewed November 1970–March 1971 by Etta-Belle Kitchen, Naval Institute. Operational Archives Branch, NHC.

Spencer, Clifford C. (USS San Francisco, Marine detachment). Interviewed September 24, 2008, by the author.

Stroop, Paul D. (COMAIRSOPAC, planning officer), interviewed September 14, 1969, by Etta-Belle Kitchen, Naval Institute. Operational Archives Branch, NHC.

Tarrant, Eugene (USS San Francisco, captain’s cook), interviewed March 5, 2007, and April 11, 2007, by the author.

Ward, Alfred G. (USS North Carolina, fire-control officer), interviewed August 27, 1970, by John T. Mason, Jr., Naval Institute. Operational Archives Branch, NHC.

Weisenberger, Paul J. (USS Helena, machinist’s mate first class), interviewed May 10, 2007, by the author.

Weschler, Thomas R. (USS Wasp, lieutenant), interviewed October 25, 1982, by Paul Stillwell, Naval Institute, Operational Archives Branch, NHC.

Whitt, Joseph V. (USS San Francisco, seaman first class), interviewed November 16, 2005, by Chris Rich. Clermont County Public Library.

———. Interviewed April 4, 2007, by the author.

Wylie, Joseph C. (USS Fletcher, executive officer), interviewed May 21, 1985, by Paul Stillwell, Naval Institute. Operational Archives Branch, NHC.

———, interviewed December 17, 1985, by Evelyn Cherpak. NWC.

Personal Papers

Baldwin, Hanson W. Manuscripts and Archives, Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University.

Ghormley, Robert L. Special Collections Department, Joyner Library, East Carolina University.

Graff, Robert D. Collection of Robert D. Graff.

King, Ernest J. NHC, Boxes 19–20.

Kinkaid Thomas C. NHC, Box 3.

Nimitz, Chester W. NHC, Boxes 1–4.

Unpublished and Privately Published Eyewitness Accounts

Arison, Rae E. (USS San Francisco, navigation officer). “A Battle to Remember.” USS San Francisco newsletter, June 1994.

Baker, R. W. (ed). History of the USS Washington, 1941–1946. New York: Robert W. Kelly Publishing Corp. Cruise book, undated.

Barham, Eugene Alexander (USS Laffey, engineering officer). The 228 Days of the United States Destroyer Laffey (DD-459). Robert Schneller, ed. Unpublished manuscript. 1988. NHC. Courtesy of Robert Schneller.

Bennett, John E. (USS San