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  2. Category : United States Navy personnel of World War II

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    Pages in category "United States Navy personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,658 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  3. United States Navy in World War II - Wikipedia

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    The Two-Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War (1963) ISBN 1591145244. Morison, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 3, The Rising Sun in the Pacific.

  4. Military Personnel Records Center - Wikipedia

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    On July 1, 1960, control of the Military Personnel Records Center was transferred to the General Services Administration. The three active-duty military records centers at MPRC—the Air Force Records Center, the Naval Records Management Center, and the Army Records Center—were consolidated into a single civil service-operated records center.

  5. Service number (United States Navy) - Wikipedia

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    The cap of 125,000 had just barely been reached by the outbreak of World War II in 1941. During the Second World War, Navy officer service numbers were extended to 350,000; these numbers were simply issued by entry date into the Navy officer corps without regard to membership in the Regular Navy or United States Navy Reserve. In 1945, with the ...

  6. Category : American military personnel of World War II

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    United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II (6 C, 1,639 P) United States Coast Guard personnel of World War II (1 C, 227 P) United States Merchant Mariners of World War II (144 P)

  7. Naval history of World War II - Wikipedia

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    At the start of World War II, the Royal Navy was the strongest navy in the world, [1] with the largest number of warships built and with naval bases across the globe. [2] It had over 15 battleships and battlecruisers, 7 aircraft carriers, 66 cruisers, 164 destroyers and 66 submarines. [2]

  8. Bureau of Navigation (United States Navy) - Wikipedia

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    The shift in focus from navigation to personnel management, brought a change in name during World War II. In 1942, the Bureau of Navigation was redesignated the Bureau of Naval Personnel (BuPers), under which name it still exists today. The Hydrographic Office and the Naval Observatory were transferred to the Office of the Chief of Naval ...

  9. Military history of the United States during World War II

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    The military history of the United States during World War II covers the nation's role as one of the major Allies in their victory over the Axis Powers. The United States is generally considered to have entered the conflict with the 7 December 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan and exited it with the 2 September 1945 ...

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