FROM THE ARCHIVES By: Brittany Strobel Processing Archivist
Mss2022.005.001.I030
Mss2022.005.001.I034
Mss2022.005.001.I017
Warren G. Stevens, born 1928 in Madison, Wisconsin grew up in Wausau and was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1947 and graduated in 1951. Stevens served aboard the USS Rochester during the Korean War, 1951-1953. Following the Korean War, Stevens received a degree in civil engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and accepted a commission in the navy’s Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) in 1954. Stevens served in Hawaii and Alaska before his first tour of duty in Vietnam in 1967. After his first tour, Stevens lived in England for three years with the U.S. Naval Forces in Europe where he worked on a building project for the 6th Fleet. In 1971, Stevens served a second tour of duty in Vietnam, working as the Deputy Officer in Charge of Construction. Stevens’ final duty station was the command of the Construction Battalion Center at Davisville, Rhode Island, where he retired from in 1973. He worked as a civil engineer in New York for a time before settling in Wausau, Wisconsin and later Merrill, Wisconsin. He passed away on March 18, 2011. Captions per slide descriptions: Mss2022.005.001.I001: Christmas, Japan, 1951 Mss2022.005.001.I003: Christmas, 1954 Mss2022.005.001.I006: New Years, 1955-1956 Mss2022.005.001.I007: Either Hawaii or “Can Do” Island Mss2022.005.001.I008 & I010: Alaska, 1958 Mss2022.005.001.I012: Arizona and Pearl Harbor memorials, 1967 Mss2022.005.001.I017,I030,&I034: Antarctica, 1972
