Copy of oral history typescript of RADM Robert H. Wertheim by Naval Institute.

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Copy of oral history typescript of RADM Robert H. Wertheim by Naval Institute.

Topics covered include USNA days, post-war service in USS HYMAN & BORDELON, service education, MIT Graduate School, expertise in guided missiles, & atomic energy, development of POLARIS, Technical Director, Strategic Systems Project Office.

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