Destroyer Escort Commanding Officers Collection: John E. Greenbacker Papers

1937-1969
Manuscript Collection #564-014
Creator(s)
Greenbacker, John E., 1917-2005
Physical description
0.25 Cubic Feet
Preferred Citation
Destroyer Escort Commanding Officers Collection: John E. Greenbacker Papers (#564-014), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
Access
No restrictions

Papers (1938–1946) of U.S. Naval officer, member of USNA Class of 1940, reflecting service in the USS Yorktown, USS SC-1472, USS Stewart (DE-238), USS Neunzer (DE-150), and USS Lloyd E. Acree (DE-356), including correspondence, clippings, photographs, reports, night order book, programs, and miscellany.


Administrative information
Custodial History

May 10, 1995, (unprocessed), 721 items; Papers (1938–1946) of U.S. Naval officer, member of USNA Class of 1940, reflecting service in the USS Yorktown, USS SC-1472, USS Stewart (DE-238), USS Neunzer (DE-150), and USS Lloyd E. Acree (DE-356), including correspondence, clippings, photographs, reports, night order book, programs, and miscellany. Donor: Capt. John E. Greenbacker, USN (Ret)

November 10, 1995, (unprocessed addition 1), ca. 650 items; Papers (1937–1969) of U.S. Naval officer, including personal correspondence, night orders, research reports, statistical studies, personnel studies and reports, promotion and retirement policy studies, etc. Donor: Capt. John E. Greenbacker, USN (Ret)

March 5, 1996. (unprocessed addition 2), ca. 1300 items; Photographs, orders, correspondence, and miscellany. Donor: Capt. John E. Greenbacker, USN (Ret)

March 23, 2005, (unprocessed addition 3), 150 items, 0.25 cubic feet; Papers (1942–1969) including citations, certifications, commendations, correspondence, manuscripts, drafts, and pape proofs of articles, and orders received during his career in the U.S. Navy, from Lt. (jg) to Captain, and service aboard USS Yorktown (CV-5), USS Stewart (DE-238), USS Neunzer (DE-150), USS Acree (DE-356), USS Fremont (APA-44), USS Corry (DDR-817), on the staff of the commander of the Cruiser Force, Atlantic Fleet, as commander of Destroyer Division 262, and as commander of Destroyer Squadron 6. Donor: Susan Greenbacker Oller

Source of acquisition

Gift of Capt. John E. Greenbacker, USN (Ret)

Processing information

Encoded by Apex Data Services

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.


Key terms
Personal Names
Greenbacker, John E., 1917-2005
Corporate Names
Corry (Ship)
Fremont (Ship)
Lloyd E. Acree (Ship)
Neunzer (Ship)
Stewart (Ship)
United States. Navy--Officers
Yorktown (Aircraft carrier : CV-5)
Topical
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Atlantic Ocean