Oral History Typescript of reminiscences of RADM Wylie.

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Oral History Typescript of reminiscences of RADM Wylie.

Including his youth, USNA education, ship assignment in USS Augusta, tour in the Far East, USS Fletcher, WWII in the South Pacific, the Battle of Guadalcanal, CO, USS Trever & USS Ault, Naval War College and Advanced Strategy & Sea Power Course, CNO's Office, CO, USS Macon, Deputy Naval Inspector, Dominican Republic Crisis, Deputy CIC, U.S. Naval Forces, London, retirement years & writings & thoughts on military strategy.

1 v., 289 p.

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