TY  - GEN
AU  - MacDonald,Donald J.
TI  - Donald J. MacDonald papers,
KW  - Eisenhower, Dwight D.
KW  - MacDonald, Charles H.,
KW  - Truman, Harry S
KW  - 1884-1972
KW  - Bath Iron Works
KW  - California (Battleship : BB-44)
KW  - Heermann (Destroyer)
KW  - Helena (Heavy cruiser)
KW  - Missouri (Battleship : BB 63)
KW  - O'Bannon (Destroyer : DD-450)
KW  - United States
KW  - Army Air Forces
KW  - Navy
KW  - Officers
KW  - Williamsburg (Ship)
KW  - Diplomatic and consular affairs, American
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Military attachés
KW  - Presidential yachts
KW  - Shipbuilding industry
KW  - Maine
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - England
KW  - London
KW  - Amphibious operations
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Germany
KW  - Rhine River Valley
KW  - South Pacific Ocean
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
KW  - Naval operations
KW  - Naval officers
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research
N2  - Chiefly correspondence, biographical material, and military papers relating to MacDonald's naval career, especially during World War II.  The collection documents his tour of duty as a naval observer at the U.S. embassy in London (1940-1942), the fitting out of the U.S.S. O'Bannon at Bath Iron Works (Maine) in 1942 and his subsequent command of that ship in the South Pacific, his attachment to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff in the Allied attempt to cross the Rhine River into Germany in 1945, and his command of Harry S. Truman's presidential yacht, the U.S.S. Williamsburg, from 1948 to 1951.  Includes histories and other records relating to the California, Heermann, Helena, and Missouri, U.S. ships also commanded by MacDonald; transcripts of oral history interviews; and wartime comic books depicting the exploits of MacDonafd and the O'Bannon.  His brother, U.S. Army Air Forces pilot Charles H. MacDonald, is represented in the biographical material
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008057
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008057.3
ER  -