| World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American | 29 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean | 24 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American | 22 |
| United States. Navy--Officers | 21 |
| United States. Navy--Officers--Interviews | 17 |
| United States. Navy--Military life | 14 |
| North Carolina (Battleship : BB-55) | 12 |
| Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 | 10 |
| United States. Navy--Records and correspondence | 10 |
| United States. Navy | 9 |
| Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943 | 8 |
| United States Naval Academy | 8 |
| United States. Navy--Officials and employees | 8 |
| World War, 1939-1945 | 7 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area | 7 |
| Warships--United States | 6 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island | 6 |
| Destroyers (Warships) | 5 |
| Sailors--United States--Interviews | 5 |
| United States. Navy--Aviation | 5 |
| United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945 | 5 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations | 5 |
| Destroyer escorts | 4 |
| Hotchkiss, Stuart T., 1913-2001 | 4 |
| Johnson, Lloyd O. (Lloyd Oliver), 1906-2005 | 4 |
| United States Naval Academy--History | 4 |
| United States Naval Academy--Students | 4 |
| United States. Marine Corps--Officers | 4 |
| United States. Navy--Bands | 4 |
| United States. Navy--Submarine forces | 4 |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 | 4 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American | 4 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy | 4 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Mariana Islands | 4 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines | 4 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Solomon Islands | 4 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese | 4 |
| African American musicians | 3 |
| African American sailors | 3 |
| Burns (Destroyer : DD-588) | 3 |
| Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)--History, Military--20th century | 3 |
| Herring, Wray Raphael, 1926-2010 | 3 |
| Identification cards | 3 |
| Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 | 3 |
| McReynolds, William | 3 |
| Sailors--United States | 3 |
| United States Navy B-1 Band | 3 |
| United States. Naval Reserve | 3 |
| United States. Navy--Officers--Correspondence | 3 |
| Whitney (Destroyer tender) | 3 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North | 3 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Atlantic Ocean | 3 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy--Sicily | 3 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan | 3 |
| Americans--China | 2 |
| Armstrong, Frank A. (Frank Alton), 1902-1969 | 2 |
| China--Politics and government--20th century | 2 |
| China--Social life and customs--20th century | 2 |
| Communism--China | 2 |
| Coolbaugh (Ship) | 2 |
| Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942 | 2 |
| Davis, Louis Poisson, Jr., 1919- | 2 |
| Destroyers (Warships)--United States | 2 |
| Essex (Aircraft carrier) | 2 |
| Kelley, Archie P.--Correspondence | 2 |
| Korean War, 1950-1953--Amphibious operations | 2 |
| Korean War, 1950-1953--Naval operations | 2 |
| Kwajalein Atoll, Battle of, Marshall Islands, 1944 | 2 |
| Lane, Warren S. (Warren Spencer), 1908- | 2 |
| Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944 | 2 |
| McLellon, Waldron M. | 2 |
| Midway, Battle of, 1942 | 2 |
| Military discharge--United States | 2 |
| Military orders--United States | 2 |
| Missionaries--China | 2 |
| Naval auxiliary vessels | 2 |
| Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941--Personal narratives, American | 2 |
| Portland (Cruiser) | 2 |
| Shipbuilding industry--West Virginia--Point Pleasant | 2 |
| Shipbuilding--West Virginia--Point Pleasant | 2 |
| United States. Army--Military life | 2 |
| United States. Army--Officers | 2 |
| United States. Marine Corps--Officers--Interviews | 2 |
| United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 11th | 2 |
| United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 14th | 2 |
| United States. Navy--Forms | 2 |
| Washington (Battleship : BB-56) | 2 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands) | 2 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Marshall Islands | 2 |
| World War, 1939-1945--China | 2 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Japan | 2 |
| Yorktown (Aircraft carrier : CV-10) | 2 |
| Aaron Ward (Destroyer : DD483) | 1 |
| Admirals--United States--Interviews | 1 |
| African American musicians--North Carolina--Chapel Hill | 1 |
| African American physicians--North Carolina--Greenville | 1 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church | 1 |
| Agriculture--North Carolina--Edgecombe County | 1 |
| Ainsworth, W. L. (Walden Lee), 1886-1960 | 1 |
| Air pilots, Military--United States | 1 |
| Aircraft accidents--United States | 1 |
| Aircraft carriers--United States | 1 |
| Airplanes, Military--Germany | 1 |
| Airplanes, Military--Great Britain | 1 |
| Airplanes, Military--Italy | 1 |
| Airplanes, Military--Japan | 1 |
| Airplanes, Military--United States | 1 |
| Airplanes--Recognition | 1 |
| Aleutian Islands (Alaska)--History, Military--20th century | 1 |
| American Legion--Membership | 1 |
| Anti-submarine warfare | 1 |
| Argonaut (Submarine : SS-475) | 1 |
| Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Ariz.) | 1 |
| Armstrong, David M., 1919-1998 | 1 |
| Arrington, Asa Wayne--Correspondence | 1 |
| Astoria (Cruiser : CA-34) | 1 |
| Atomic bomb victims--Japan--Nagasaki-shi | 1 |
| Awkerman, Charles Curtis | 1 |
| B-24 (Bomber) | 1 |
| Barbet (Ship) | 1 |
| Basic training (Military education)--Rhode Island--Newport | 1 |
| Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942 | 1 |
| Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942 | 1 |
| Battleships | 1 |
| Baughan, Robert L. | 1 |
| Baumann, Barbara | 1 |
| Baumann, Otto | 1 |
| Beaches--Japan--Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands) | 1 |
| Bebas (Destroyer escort) | 1 |
| Bellitteri, Mariano A. (Mariano Albert), 1910-1994--Family | 1 |
| Blue (Destroyer: DD744) | 1 |
| Bomber pilots--United States | 1 |
| Bombers--United States | 1 |
| Bombing, Aerial--Social aspects--Great Britain | 1 |
| Boston Naval Shipyard (Boston, Mass.)--History--20th century | 1 |
| Bowdoin (Ship) | 1 |
| Brittain, Thomas Baldwin, 1898-1974 | 1 |
| Broaddus, T. Nash | 1 |
| Bronze Star Medal (U.S.) | 1 |
| Brown, Charles T.--Correspondence | 1 |
| Bryan, William D., Jr.--Correspondence | 1 |
| Burgeman, Jack | 1 |
| Byrd, Lucille Morgan | 1 |
| Camp Lejeune (N.C.) | 1 |
| Camp Pendleton (Calif.) | 1 |
| Capitulations, Military--Japan | 1 |
| Cherbourg, Battle of, Cherbourg, France, 1944 | 1 |
| Chester, Alvin P., 1916- | 1 |
| Chilton (Ship) | 1 |
| China--History, Military--20th century | 1 |
| China--History--Warlord period, 1916-1928 | 1 |
| Christmas | 1 |
| Colorado (Battleship) | 1 |
| Conway (Destroyer) | 1 |
| Coon, Thomas F. | 1 |
| Cox, Zach D.--Correspondence | 1 |
| Crommelin family | 1 |
| Crommelin, Quentin C. | 1 |
| Currier (Destroyer escort) | 1 |
| Dansereau, Raymond J.--Diaries | 1 |
| Draft registration | 1 |
| East Carolina University--Faculty | 1 |
| Edwin L. Godkin (Ship) | 1 |
| Emmons (Destroyer : DD-457) | 1 |
| Engineers--Interviews | 1 |
| English, Louis Carroll--Correspondence | 1 |
| Families of prisoners of war--Germany | 1 |
| Fire control (Gunnery)--Maps | 1 |
| Floyd, Joe H. | 1 |
| Flying Fish (Submarine) | 1 |
| Foote (Destroyer : DD-169) | 1 |
| Forrestal, James, 1892-1949--Correspondence | 1 |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt (Aircraft carrier) | 1 |
| Frazitta, Frank M.--Correspondence | 1 |
| Generals--United States | 1 |
| Generals--United States--Biography | 1 |
| Generals--United States--Diaries | 1 |
| Generals--United States--Interviews | 1 |
| Germany--Social conditions--1945-1955 | 1 |
| Gonzales, Jerry S. | 1 |
| Graham, John W. | 1 |
| Great Lakes Naval Training Center (Great Lakes, Ill.) | 1 |
| Gridley (Ship) | 1 |
| Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)--History, Military--20th century--Maps | 1 |
| Halibut (Submarine) | 1 |
| Hansen, Esbern V. | 1 |
| Helena (Cruiser) | 1 |
| Hicks, Steacy D.--Diaries | 1 |
| Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945 | 1 |
| Hopping (Destroyer escort) | 1 |
| Howard, William Stamps, Jr.,1902-1962 | 1 |
| Howell, G. Vince | 1 |
| Hull (Destroyer : DD 350) | 1 |
| Hustvedt, Olaf M. (Olaf Mandt), 1886-1978 | 1 |
| Iacono, Joseph E. | 1 |
| Iceland--History, Military--20th century | 1 |
| Independence (Aircraft carrier : CV-62) | 1 |
| India--Description and travel | 1 |
| Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan)--Distances, etc. | 1 |
| Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan)--Maps | 1 |
| Jackson, Leon W.--Correspondence | 1 |
| Jamison, James P., 1918-2017 | 1 |
| Japan--Description and travel | 1 |
| Jennings, Robert Walter | 1 |
| Jones, William K. (William Kenefick), 1916- | 1 |
| Jones, William W. | 1 |
| Kane, Harry J. | 1 |
| Kelley, Frank H., 1889-1953 | 1 |
| Kelley, Frank H., 1889-1953--Correspondence | 1 |
| Kennard, Raymond C., Jr. | 1 |
| Key West (Fla.)--Description and travel | 1 |
| Knight, James R. | 1 |
| Korean War, 1950-1953 | 1 |
| LSM 9 (Ship) | 1 |
| Lauerman, Henry C. | 1 |
| Lechowicz, Walter Anthony, 1923-1992 | 1 |
| Lexington (Aircraft carrier : 1927-1942) | 1 |
| Lexington (Aircraft carrier : 1943-1991) | 1 |
| Liddle (Destroyer escort) | 1 |
| Lilly family | 1 |
| Lilly, Edmund J., Jr., 1894-1978 | 1 |
| Lilly, Edmund J., Jr., 1894-1978--Correspondence | 1 |
| Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base (Va.) | 1 |
| MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 | 1 |
| MacMillan, Oscar David, 1919-1989 | 1 |
| Major (Destroyer escort) | 1 |
| Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point (N.C.)--History | 1 |
| Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (Calif.) | 1 |
| Marine Corps Base Quantico (Va.) | 1 |
| Marines--United States--Diaries | 1 |
| Martin, Donald J., 1925- | 1 |
| Martin, Walter Francis, 1912- | 1 |
| McAbee, Kenneth E.--Awards | 1 |
| McAlone, Thomas M. | 1 |
| McCain, John S. (John Sidney), 1911-1981 | 1 |
| McCain, Pearle, 1902-1983 | 1 |
| McIntyre, Arthur G.--Imprisonment | 1 |
| McReynolds family | 1 |
| Meade (Destroyer) | 1 |
| Medicine--North Carolina--History--20th century | 1 |
| Miami (Ship) | 1 |
| Military railroads | 1 |
| Military spouses | 1 |
| Military topography--United States--History--20th century | 1 |
| Miller, Edward G. | 1 |
| Miller, Richards T. | 1 |
| Minesweepers--United States | 1 |
| Missionaries--Japan | 1 |
| Mississippi (Battleship : BB 41) | 1 |
| Morgan, Robert, 1925-2016 | 1 |
| Morgan, Robert, 1925-2016--Family | 1 |
| Morocco--Description and travel | 1 |
| Mulholland, William J. | 1 |
| Murray, Katie, 1897-1982 | 1 |
| Nagasaki-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945 | 1 |
| Naval Air Station Jacksonville (Fla.) | 1 |
| Naval War College (U.S.) | 1 |
| Naval convoys--History--20th century | 1 |
| Navy-yards and naval stations--Virginia--Norfolk | 1 |
| Neumann, Leo K. | 1 |
| New York Naval Shipyard--History | 1 |
| Nicaragua--History, Military--20th century | 1 |
| Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966 | 1 |
| Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966--Correspondence | 1 |
| Nuclear weapons--United States | 1 |
| Ocean travel | 1 |
| Okinawa Island (Japan)--Maps | 1 |
| Opposed piston engines--Maintenance and repair | 1 |
| Ordnance--Guam | 1 |
| Owen, William D. | 1 |
| Parris Island (S.C. : Recruit depot) | 1 |
| Passenger ships--United States | 1 |
| Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941--Personal narratives | 1 |
| Peel, James Woolard, -1986 | 1 |
| Pennsylvania (Battleship) | 1 |
| Philadelphia (Cruiser : CL-41) | 1 |
| Philippine Sea, Battle of the, 1944 (June 19-21) | 1 |
| Philippines--Description and travel | 1 |
| Polaris (Missile) | 1 |
| President Hayes (Transport ship) | 1 |
| Price, Frank H., Jr., 1919-2002 | 1 |
| Princeton University--Faculty | 1 |
| Prisoner-of-war camps--Japan | 1 |
| Prisoners of war--France | 1 |
| Prisoners of war--Germany | 1 |
| Putnam, Paul Albert | 1 |
| Radiation injuries | 1 |
| Ramsay, Alston, 1906-1975 | 1 |
| Ransom, Eugene M. | 1 |
| Rosell, Charlie | 1 |
| Rowney, James Victor | 1 |
| Sailors--Alcohol use | 1 |
| Sailors--North Carolina | 1 |
| Salmon (Submarine) | 1 |
| Samoan Islands--History, Military--20th century | 1 |
| Sanderson family | 1 |
| Sanger, Frank M. | 1 |
| Sangley Point (Philippines) | 1 |
| Saratoga (Aircraft carrier : CV-3) | 1 |
| Saratoga (Aircraft carrier : CVA-60) | 1 |
| Sculpin (Submarine) | 1 |
| Sexism | 1 |
| Shipbuilding--Maryland--Annapolis | 1 |
| Small, Walter L. (Walter Lowry), 1916-2004 | 1 |
| Soldiers--Germany--Correspondence | 1 |
| Somers, Francis Eugene | 1 |
| Southard, Pemberton, 1918- | 1 |
| Squalus (Submarine) | 1 |
| Stalag XVII B Krems-Gneixendorf | 1 |
| Steady (Minesweeper : AM-118) | 1 |
| Strum, Charles Gray | 1 |
| Stryker, Joe Warren, 1904-1980 | 1 |
| Submarine mines--United States | 1 |
| Sugg, H. A. I. | 1 |
| Tarawa, Battle of, Kiribati, 1943 | 1 |
| Tarazed (Ship) | 1 |
| Teel, John Epps, 1920-2002 | 1 |
| Tetlie, Richard Norman | 1 |
| Thomas J. Gary (Destroyer : DE-326) | 1 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Attack transport : APA-30) | 1 |
| Towers, John H. (John Henry), 1885-1955 | 1 |
| Trathen (Destroyer) | 1 |
| Tucker, Lester B. | 1 |
| Turner, John Henderson | 1 |
| Typhoid fever | 1 |
| U-701 (Submarine) | 1 |
| USS Currier (Destroyer : DE-700) | 1 |
| United Nations--History | 1 |
| United States Army Infantry School | 1 |
| United States Naval Academy--Alumni and alumnae | 1 |
| United States Naval Academy--Faculty | 1 |
| United States Navy Band | 1 |
| United States--Armed Forces--Nurses | 1 |
| United States. Air Force--Airmen | 1 |
| United States. Army--Aviation | 1 |
| United States. Army--History--World War, 1939-1945 | 1 |
| United States. Army--Non-commissioned officers | 1 |
| United States. Army--Records and correspondence | 1 |
| United States. Army. Air Corps | 1 |
| United States. Army. Air Corps--Officers | 1 |
| United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces--History | 1 |
| United States. Army. Engineer Aviation Topographic Battalion, 942nd--History | 1 |
| United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 37th | 1 |
| United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 57th | 1 |
| United States. Army. Women's Army Corps | 1 |
| United States. Directorate for Armed Forces Information and Education | 1 |
| United States. Marine Corps--Aviation | 1 |
| United States. Marine Corps--Leaves and furloughs | 1 |
| United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 12th | 1 |
| United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 6th. Battalion, 1st | 1 |
| United States. Naval Construction Battalion, 33rd | 1 |
| United States. Naval Reserve--Officers | 1 |
| United States. Naval Reserve--Officials and employees | 1 |
| United States. Naval Reserve--Records and correspondence | 1 |
| United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve | 1 |
| United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve--Correspondence | 1 |
| United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Aeronautics | 1 |
| United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Navigation | 1 |
| United States. Navy--African Americans | 1 |
| United States. Navy--Builders | 1 |
| United States. Navy--Electrician's mates | 1 |
| United States. Navy--Foreign service--Philippines | 1 |
| United States. Navy--Gunner's mates | 1 |
| United States. Navy--History--20th century | 1 |
| United States. Navy--Intelligence specialists | 1 |
| United States. Navy--Machinist's mates | 1 |
| United States. Navy--Medals, badges, decorations, etc. | 1 |
| United States. Navy--Military construction operations | 1 |
| United States. Navy--Military life--Caricatures and cartoons | 1 |
| United States. Navy--Periodicals | 1 |
| United States. Navy--Petty officers | 1 |
| United States. Navy--Provisioning | 1 |
| United States. Navy--Radiomen | 1 |
| United States. Navy--Recruiting, enlistment, etc. | 1 |
| United States. Navy--Signalmen | 1 |
| United States. Navy--Training administrators | 1 |
| United States. Navy--Uniforms | 1 |
| United States. Navy. Fleet Air Wing 4 | 1 |
| United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet--Officers | 1 |
| United States. Navy. Pre-Flight School (Chapel Hill, N.C.) | 1 |
| United States. Selective Service System (1940-1942) | 1 |
| Vaccines | 1 |
| Valinsky, Joseph John--Awards | 1 |
| Valinsky, Joseph John--Correspondence | 1 |
| Valinsky, Joseph John--Diaries | 1 |
| Van Metre, T. J. (Thaddeus Johnson), 1907-2003 | 1 |
| Van Valkenburgh (Destroyer) | 1 |
| Veterans--Diseases--United States | 1 |
| Volcano Islands (Japan)--Maps | 1 |
| Wadsworth (Destroyer : DD-516) | 1 |
| Wake Island, Battle of, Wake Island, 1941 | 1 |
| Waldby, Ronald W. | 1 |
| Warships--Germany | 1 |
| Warships--Great Britain | 1 |
| Warships--Italy | 1 |
| Warships--Japan | 1 |
| Warships--Recognition | 1 |
| Washington (Passenger liner) | 1 |
| Wasp (Aircraft carrier : CV-7) | 1 |
| Waukesha (Ship) | 1 |
| Wenck, Paul C. | 1 |
| White, Beverly W. | 1 |
| Windsor, Robert W. | 1 |
| Women soldiers--United States | 1 |
| World War, 1914-1918 | 1 |
| World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--France | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, German | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--African Americans | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Alaska | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Germany | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Mediterranean Sea | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Maps | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Poland | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Censorship | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--England | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Greenland | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Hawaii | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Logistics | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Medals | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American--Maps | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--North Carolina | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Peace | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Philippines | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Austrian | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, French | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Virginia | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Women | 1 |
| Wright, Wallace L., 1921-1965 | 1 |
| Wyche, Ira Thomas, 1887-1981 | 1 |
| Yacht racing--Maryland--Annapolis | 1 |
| Yamashita, Tomobumi, 1885-1946--Death and burial | 1 |
| Yokosuka Naval Base (Japan) | 1 |
| Yorktown (Aircraft carrier : CV-5) | 1 |
