US
NAVAL ACADEMY
The PAINE COLLECTION OF SUBMARINE
BOOKS
A gift collection of 3,400 books about
submarines and submarine warfare, from the family of the late Thomas O.
Paine. Dr. Paine, administrator of NASA at the time of the first moon landings,
and a graduate of Brown and Stanford Universities and a submariner during
World War II. In April the books were presented at a ceremony held at the
Naval Academy. The ceremony recognized and memorialized the contributions
of the Navy's submarine service. Donations from twelve Academy graduating
classes funded the cataloging of the Paine Collection, thereby enabling
the Academy to accept the gift. The books are housed in the Nimitz Library's
Special Collections and Archives Division.
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