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040			_aDLC _cDLC _edacs _dDLC
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100	1		_aMacDonald, Donald J. _q(Donald John), _d1908-
245	0	0	_aDonald J. MacDonald papers, _f1930-1997.
300			_a1,200 _fitems.
300			_a6 _fcontainers.
300			_a2.2 _flinear feet.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aChiefly 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.
545	0		_aU.S. naval officer. Died 1997.
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.ms008057
580			_aForms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.
600	1	0	_aEisenhower, Dwight D. _q(Dwight David), _d1890-1969.
600	1	0	_aMacDonald, Charles H., _d1915-
610	2	0	_aTruman, Harry S., _d1884-1972.
610	2	0	_aBath Iron Works.
610	2	0	_aCalifornia (Battleship : BB-44)
610	2	0	_aHeermann (Destroyer)
610	2	0	_aHelena (Heavy cruiser)
610	2	0	_aMissouri (Battleship : BB 63)
610	2	0	_aO'Bannon (Destroyer : DD-450)
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy Air Forces.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bNavy _xOfficers.
610	2	0	_aWilliamsburg (Ship)
650		0	_aDiplomatic and consular affairs, American _zGreat Britain.
650		0	_aMilitary attachés _zGreat Britain.
650		0	_aPresidential yachts.
650		0	_aShipbuilding industry _zMaine.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _zEngland _zLondon.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xAmphibious operations.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xCampaigns _zGermany.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xCampaigns _zRhine River Valley.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xCampaigns _zSouth Pacific Ocean.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xComic books, strips, etc.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xNaval operations.
656		7	_aNaval officers. _2itoamc
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008057
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008057.3
999			_c44451 _d44451