Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor and World War II in the Pacific

                         Chapter 18.  "The Naval Research Laboratory"
           
                         
Bonus Photos--not among the 42 included in the book
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     Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor and World War II in the Pacific


Chapter 1  "The Tree Army"

Chapter 2  "Joining the Navy"

Chapter 3.  "Basic Training"   

Chapter 4   "The Destroyer"  

Chapter  5  "Radio School"     

Chapter 6.  "The Cruiser"

Chapter 7.  "The Submarine Base"  

Chapter 8.  "The Attack on Pearl Harbor"  

Chapter 9.  "Aftershocks"  

Chapter 10.  "The Submarine"     

Chapter 11.  "The Aircraft Carrier"        

Chapter 12.  "The Battle of Coral Sea"                 

Chapter 13.  "The Battle of Midway"                      

Chapter 14.  "Abandon Ship"                               

Chapter 15.  "Rescued at Sea"                              

Chapter 16.  "The Summer of '42"                        

Chapter 17.  "First Leave"                                     

Chapter 18.  "The Naval Research Laboratory"            Current page; see photos above

Chapter 19.  "Cold Bay"                                      

Chapter 20.  "Kodiak"   

Chapter 21.  "Victory Days"

Epilogue
The bust of Thomas Edison at the entrance to the Naval Research Laboratory
in Washington DC honors the inventor's role in the founding of this military
facility in 1923.

   Photo at left illustrates Radioman, Chapter 18
   ("The Naval Research Laboratory"), page 153

 Source of Photo:  U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Among the many American civilian women who worked for the US military during World War II are, from
left, dietician Thelma Young; lab technician Verna Williams; front desk clerk Harriet Suing; base surgeon's   
secretary
Adeline Bentz; sick-and-wounded section secretary Martha Hibbard.
               
                                      Fort George Wright, Spokane, Washington, 1943.    

  Above photo illustrates Radioman, Chapter 18 ("The Naval Research Laboratory"), page 156
                                        Source of Photo:  Ray Daves Collection   
Above document illustrates Radioman  Chapter 18 ("The Naval Research Laboratory," page 156
 
                                  Source of Document:  Ray Daves Collection
Bonus Photos for All Other Chapters:
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