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POTTER, E. B. (b. 1908)

ProfessionsHistorian
Military ServiceU.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Oral Histories

OH 1061

Historian. His experiences with the Intelligence Section of the 14th naval District, Pearl Harbor, during World War II. Education and appointment to faculty at U.S. Naval Academy; U.S. Navy Communications School, Westport Connecticut; assignment to Pearl Harbor; activities with RPIO, PEARL (Registered Publications Issuing Office, Pearl Harbor); comments about Commander Joseph Rochefort, Admiral Robert Ghormley, and Admiral Chester A. Nimitz; observations on Roosevelt-Nimitz-MacArthur Conference, July-August, 1944; Leyte invasion, knowledge of and distribution of codes.