Oral history reminiscences.

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Oral history reminiscences.

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Reminiscences of early years in Puerto Rico, education at USNA, duty in USS NORTHAMPTON, USS CHICAGO, USS NEW MEXICO, USS CALIFORNIA and USS PENNSYLVANIA; attendance at Naval PG School and MS from MIT; assignments with BUORD; World War II in USS SAN JUAN with participation in battles of Guadalcanal, Gilbert Islands, Santa Cruz Islands and the Marshall Islands; Service in USS PITTSBURGH and raids on Okinawa, Iwo Jima, and Tokyo; assignment in Special Weapons Evaluation; CO, Amphibious Force, Atlantic; Director, Navy Program Planning; Vice Chief, Naval Operations; CIC, Allied Forces, Southern Europe; Retirement, 1972; Ambassador to Spain.

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Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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