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100	1		_aBallentine, John J. _q(John Jennings), _d1896-1970.
245	0	0	_aJohn J. Ballentine papers, _f1913-1973 _g(bulk 1942-1954).
300			_a5,000 _fitems.
300			_a21 _fcontainers plus _a11 _foversize.
300			_a10 _flinear feet.
351			_aArranged in 5 series. Series 1: Diaries, 1941-1962; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1920-1970; Series 3: Subject File, 1913-1973; Series 4: Miscellany, 1914-1961; and Series 5: Oversize, 1942-1970.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aCorrespondence, memoranda, diaries, logbooks, military records, biographical materials, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Ballentine's naval career after 1920.
520	8		_aDocuments Ballentine's training as an air pilot; his duties at the Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Va., including the testing of the Norden bombsight and the first remote-controlled airplane; his correspondence with Theodore H. Barth, president of Carl L. Norden, Inc., relating to the testing and production of Norden bombsights; his activities during World War II off the coast of North Africa during Operation Torch (1942) and as first commanding officer of the Bunker Hill (aircraft carrier) in campaigns in the Pacific Ocean (1943-1944); his postwar tours of duty in the Mediterranean as commander of Carrier Division One (1947-1949) and as commander of the Sixth Fleet (1949-1951); his tour of duty (1951-1954) as Commander Air Force Atlantic Fleet (COMAIRLANT); his activities as a member of a U.S. armed forces interservice board in Washington, D.C. (1956-1957); and his lifelong interest in hunting. Correspondence received as COMAIRLANT includes reports from commanders in the Mediterranean and information on the Korean War. Includes histories of U.S. naval aviation.
544			_3Photographs _etransferred to _aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545	0		_aU.S. naval officer and air pilot.
546			_aCollection material in English.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997013
580			_aForms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.
600	1	0	_aBarth, Theodore H. _q(Theodore Harold), _d1891-1967 _vCorrespondence.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bNavy _xAviation.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bNavy _xForeign service _zAtlantic Ocean.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bNavy _xForeign service _zMediterranean Region.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bNavy _xOfficers.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bNavy. _bAtlantic Fleet. _bAir Force.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bNavy. _bCarrier Division One.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bNavy. _bFleet, 6th.
610	2	0	_aBunker Hill (Aircraft carrier : CV-17)
610	2	0	_aCarl L. Norden, Inc.
610	2	0	_aNaval Proving Ground (Dahlgren, Va.)
650		0	_aAeronautics, Military.
650		0	_aAirplanes, Military _xFlight testing.
650		0	_aFlight.
650		0	_aFlight training.
650		0	_aHunting.
650		0	_aKorean War, 1950-1953.
650		0	_aNorden bombsight.
650		0	_aOperation Torch, 1942.
650		0	_aRemote control.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xAerial operations, American.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xCampaigns _zAfrica, North.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xCampaigns _zPacific Ocean.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xNaval operations, American.
651		0	_aUnited States _xArmed forces.
656		7	_aAviators. _2itoamc
656		7	_aNaval officers. _2itoamc
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997013
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997013.3
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