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AHJ_ah12778 Inventory of the Edward Offley papers, 1934-2009 Offley (Edward) papers Processed by Krist Jessup University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center

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Finding aid encoded by Krist Jessup August 2021 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). University of Wyoming American Heritage Center 12778 Offley, Edward Edward Offley papers 1934-2009 3.45 cubic ft. (4 boxes) + 4.75 MB Ed Offley was an historian and journalist who focused primarily on the military. Collection contains Offley’s research material for his books “The Burning Shore: How Hitler’s U-boats Brought World War II to America” and “Turning the Tide: How a Small Band of Allied Sailors defeated the U-boats and Won the Battle of the Atlantic.” English Biography of Edward Offley

Edward "Ed" Offley was an historian and journalist who focused primarily on the military. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1969, soon after joining the Navy and serving aboard the USS Midway and was deployed to Vietnam. Offley began his career as a reporter in 1981 working for publications like the The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Stripes.com, and DefenseWatch. He has published five books on the topic of naval history including “The Burning Shore: How Hitler’s U-boats Brought World War II to America,” “Turning the Tide: How a Small Band of Allied Sailors defeated the U-boats and Won the Battle of the Atlantic,” and “Scorpion Down: Sunk by the Soviets.”

Scope and Content

This collection contains Offley’s research material for his books “The Burning Shore: How Hitler’s U-boats Brought World War II to America” and “Turning the Tide: How a Small Band of Allied Sailors defeated the U-boats and Won the Battle of the Atlantic,” which includes primary source documents, handwritten notes, printed material, manuscript material, newspaper articles, and magazines.

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Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Ed Offley in November 2020.

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Krist Jessup in August 2021.

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Edward Offley at the date of processing.

Access Terms United States. Army Air Forces United States. Navy Authors Military history World War, 1939-1945 Submarines (Ships) -- Germany World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Atlantic Ocean Merchant marine -- United States <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Military International Relations Container List Series I. "Turning the Tide" 1Administrativeundated 1Basic toolsundated 1Research sources1976-2008 1AMMV (Merchant Marine)2009 1Arcadia Conference1934-1942 1ASW - research1943-1959 1Atlantic Convoy Conference1943 1Atlantic Fleet1943 1B/A crisis1943-1985 1B - dienst1950 1Characters 1Atkinson, Robert1999-2009 1Civitillo, Pat2003-2009 1Godt, Eberhard (U-boat HQ)1945 1Gretton, Peterundated 1Jackson, Orris1943-2009 1Schorr, Ted1944 1Stilinovich, Joseph2008 1Waters, John1943-2009 1Wynne, Deanundated 1Charts/maps1943 1Cominch/King - miscellaneous1941-1943 1Convoy HX229 - Scizz1953 1Convoy HX2311943 1Convoy miscellaneous1941 1Convoy ONS5 notes1943 1Convoy SC1301990 Digitalahcdm_12778_002Digital research material (USB drive)2008-2020 1Escort group1977 1Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)1943 1Fuhrer Naval Conferences1948 1Lend-Leaseundated 1Miscellaneous articles2008 2Naval armed guardundated 2NYT clips - 431943 2OIC U-boat sitreps1942 2Oral history - lowundated 2Oral history - McCrea1990 2Oral history - Smedbergundated 2U-boats 2U-1101941 2U-1181943 2U-175undated 2U-1901944 2U-221undated 2U-2301944 2U-305undated 2U-4061944 2U-435undated 2U-5051944 2U-523undated 2U-5271943 2U-5301945-1991 2U-5981943 2U-6001942 2U-615undated 2U-616undated 2U-6641975 2U-7581942-1945 2U-boat forceundated 2U-boat KTBSundated 2U-boat roster (Mulligan)undated 2Ultra1942-1943 2Warships - United States 2USS Bogue1943 2USS Greer1941 2USS Kearny1941-1942 2USS Reuben James1941-1944 2Weapons1985 Series II. "The Burning Shore" 2Research - U-boat master file2013 2A-29 Hudson1942 2ASW1942 2Aircraft1957 2Blimpsundated 2British history of Battle if the Atlantic1946 2Cherry Point U.S. Marine Corps Air Station historyundated 2Cinclant Fleet1941-1942 2Coast Guard1942 2Cominch1942-1943 2Convoys1941-1955 2Convoy PQ17undated 2Degen1946 2Degen letters1979-1990 Digitalahcdm_12778_001Digital research material (USB drive)2010-2020 3Doemtz1943-1988 3Drumbeat1941-2009 3Eastern Sea Frontier (ESF)/Andrews1942-1943 3Eastern Sea Frontier (ESF) War Diaries Miscellaneous1942 3Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)1984-1986 3German articles1966-1982 3Graphics1942-1994 3Kane, Harry1942-2011 3Kane - LA air raid1942 3Kinston, NC1942 3Knox, Frank2008 3Lundeberg1953 3Merchant Marinesundated 3Mulligan - U-boat roster1941-1943 3Naval grid chartsundated 3Naval History Magazine2008-2011 3Newton / USS Monitor1974-2012 3NOAA1942 3Norfolk v/p clips1968 3NYT clips1942-1943 3Operational Intelligence Centre (OIC) appreciation1939-1940 3Operational Intelligence Centre (OIC) miscellaneous sitreps1942 3Other clipsundated 3Schwendelundated U-boats 3U-851942 3U-552undated 3U-701undated 3Crew interrogations1942 3Degen interrogations1942 3Eaves dropping1942 3KTB's1942 3Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) reports1942 3Series/VPLs1982 3Third patrol1942 3Target 31 - Robert C. Tuttle1942-1945 32 - Esso Augusta1942 35 - Santore1944 36 - USS YP-3891942 37 - Tamesisundated 38 - British Freedom1942 39 - William Rockefeller1942-1944 3Minesundated 3Miscellaneousundated 4POWs1945 4POW interceptsundated 4Saboteurs1942 4Ultra1945-1987 4Unit - I Bomber Commandundated 4Unit - 41st Bomber Group1943 4Unit - 396th Bomb Squadronundated 4United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)undated 4United States Navy (USN) destroyers1941-1953