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Post 1946 Command File
1946-
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains a large
body of miscellaneous printed and manuscript materials relating to the Post
World War II period through 1973. Starting in 1959, commands were required to
submit annual histories, which are filed in the collection along with publications
and other serial type materials and miscellaneous documents and manuscripts
originated by or pertaining to the command. Examples of the types of materials
include:
Air Defense Board Memoranda, 1949-1950
Annual Reports of Fleet and Force
commands, 1946-1973
Command Histories, 1959-1973
Command Narrative, 1946-1948
Fleet Administrative Organization
Lists, 1946-1973
Information Bulletins of various
type commands International Developments of Naval Interest, 1946-52
Movement Report Control Center Location
Lists, 1966-73
Mutual Defense Assistance Program
Reports, 1950-54
National Intelligence Surveys, 1963-73
National Military Command Center
Operational Summary Overseas Bases Directory/Planning Guide/Summary, 1946- 1957
Warfare Systems Conference Reports,
1946-50
Although most of the collection is
U.S. Navy originated, some documentation was prepared by other services, by foreign
navies, by research organizations under government contract, or by private individuals.
While this collection contains a quantity of material concerning the Vietnam War,
there is an additional collection of Vietnam materials that was established while
Naval Historical Center historians were writing an official history of the conflict.
This collection is known as the Vietnam Command File and is organized similarly
to the Post 1946 Command File. There is some duplication of documents of documents
between the two.
Preferred Citation
This collection should be cited as Post 1946 Command
File, Operational Archives Branch, Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C.
Extent
711 cubic feet
3 July 2003