Download or read book The Reminiscences of Admiral Harold Page Smith U S Navy Retired written by Harold Page Smith and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of Adm Harold Page Smith USN Ret written by Harold P Smith and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main ingredients in this oral history are Admiral Smith's recollections of service in two battleships, the USS Arizona (BB-39) in 1928-29 and the USS Missouri (BB-63) in 1949-50. As a captain he commanded the Missouri until shortly before her grounding in January 1950 and then again shortly afterward to restore the confidence of the officers and crew. The admiral frequently went off on tangents during the battleship-specific interviews in his oral history and discussed other tours of duty as well. He strayed to discuss his service in the fleet auxiliary ship USS Procyon (AG-11) in the mid-1920s, destroyer duty in the brand-new USS Farragut (DD-348) in the mid-1930s, command of the four-piper USS Stewart (DD-224) in action against the Japanese early in World War II, and command of Destroyer Squadron Four near the end of the war. In duty following the war, he served as chief of staff to Commander Destroyer Force Atlantic Fleet and various Pentagon billets. He recalled being Chief of Naval Personnel when Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz made a touching visit to Smith's office following the 1959 funeral of Fleet Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey Jr.
Download or read book The Reminiscences of Rear Admiral Harold B Miller U S Navy retired written by Harold Blaine Miller and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Reminiscences of Admiral Leighton W Smith Jr U S Navy retired written by Leighton W. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Reminiscences of Rear Admiral Harold J Bernsen U S Navy retired written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of Vice Admiral J Victor Smith U S Navy Retired written by J. Victor Smith and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 1132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Reminiscences of Admiral Harold Edson Shear U S Navy retired written by Harold E. Shear and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of Admiral John Smith Thach U S Navy Retired written by John Smith Thach and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Reminiscences of Captain Henri Smith Hutton U S Navy Retired written by Henri Harold Smith-Hutton and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of Adm Leighton W Smith Jr USN Ret written by Leighton W Smith and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this account, which spans a period from working on a farm in Alabama to receiving an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II, Admiral Smith provides an unusual degree of openness in describing his career. His uncle, Admiral Harold Page Smith, was an able role model and mentor, as was Captain William Bringle, who was commandant when Leighton Smith, later known widely by the nickname "Snuffy," was a midshipman at the Naval Academy. Young Smith graduated from the academy in 1962 and shortly afterward married Dorothy McDowell. His recollections of their family life are interspersed throughout the oral history. Smith's early commissioned service was on board the landing craft repair ship USS Krishna (ARL-38), flight training, and in 1964-65 as an instructor in air intercept control at Glynco, Georgia. All told, Smith made three combat deployments to Vietnam, culminating in 1972 with his successful attack on the Thanh Hoa Bridge in North Vietnam. He flew A-4 Skyhawks and later A-7 Corsairs. Squadron duty included Attack Squadron 44 (VA-44); Attack Squadron 81 (VA-81); Attack Squadron 22 (VA-22); Attack Squadron 174 (VA-174); Attack Squadron 82 (VA-82). In 1975-77 he was XO and then CO of Attack Squadron 86 (VA-86). From 1968 to 1970 he was a production test pilot at the Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) plant in Dallas. In 1977-78 he commanded Carrier Air Wing 15 (CVW-15); in 1978-80 served in the Navy Military Personnel Command; and in 1980-81 was Commander Light Attack Wing One. He commanded the replenishment oiler USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6) in 1982-83; served briefly on the staff of ComNavAirLant in 1983-84, and commanded the aircraft carrier USS America (CV-66) in 1984-85. Smith was a member of the Strategic Studies Group at Newport in 1985-86. As a flag officer, he was director of tactical readiness on the OpNav staff; commanded Carrier Group Six, based in Mayport, Florida; and served briefly in 1989 as acting Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Group 12. From 1989 to 1991 he was operations officer for the U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany; served from 1991 to 1994 as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Plans, Policy and Operations (OP-06, later N3/5); and served 1994-96 as NATO's Commander in Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe and Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe. In the NATO command he ordered air strikes that led to the conclusion of the Dayton Accords to stop fighting in Bosnia-Herzegovina and in 1995-96 commanded the multinational Implementation Force that carried out the provisions of the Dayton agreement.
Download or read book Reminiscences of Rear Admiral George H Miller U S Navy Retired written by George Harold Miller and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rear Admiral Harold T Smith U S Navy Deceased written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Reminiscences of Rear Admiral Samuel B Frankel U S Navy Retired written by Samuel Benjamin Frankel and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Reminiscences of Vice Admiral Robert S Salzer U S Navy Retired written by Robert Samuel Salzer and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 1452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of Vice Adm J Victor Smith USN Ret written by Smith and published by . This book was released on 1978-01-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a revealing memoir because of the candor with which Admiral Smith discusses his career. Graduated from the Naval Academy in 1934, he served in the destroyer USS Perry (DD-340) under future CNOs Denfeld and Fechteler and then was in the first crew of light cruiser USS Honolulu (CL-48). He makes a point of discussing poor Navy war preparations in the late 1930s. During the war he was in destroyer USS Shubrick (DD-639) in the Med and commanded USS Brush (DD-745) in Pacific. Served as aide to Fleet Admiral Leahy, including at Yalta Conference. Had ordnance PG training and served at Dahlgren. After staff college, he was on H.M. Martin's Seventh Fleet staff in Korean War. Later commanded destroyer division, attack transport USS Rockbridge (APA-228), and heavy cruiser USS Newport News (CA-148). Served in OpNav, helped reorganize Naval Academy curriculum, and headed leadership program at BuPers. As flag officer, he commanded cruiser-destroyer flotilla, was in plans and policy in OpNav, and negotiated with North Koreans after USS Pueblo (AGER-2) was seized. Had three-star billets as Commander Amphibious Force Pacific and Industrial College commandant.
Download or read book Reminiscences of Rear Adm Harold B Miller USN Ret written by Harold B Miller and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late Min Miller was a gifted storyteller, the kind of individual who could mesmerize an audience as he recounted his adventures. To a degree, that quality has been captured in the oral history that follows. Unfortunately, the reader can't see Admiral Miller's gestures, hear the inflections in his voice, or see the twinkle in his eye. Even so, his love for the Navy--and particularly naval aviation--is manifest in the pages that follow. Miller got his wings only a few years after the Navy's first aircraft carrier, the Langley, was commissioned in the early 1920s. He served in one of the ship's squadrons in the late 1920s. Indicative of the versatility of naval aviators of the era, he flew in battleship and cruiser floatplanes, as well as in flying boat squadrons. But the tours of duty that really set him apart from his contemporaries came in the early 1930s when he was pilot of the tiny Sparrowhawk fighter that operated from flying aircraft carriers. These were the huge rigid airships Akron and Macon. Miller was in the crew of each at the time of her loss, the Akron in 1933 and the Macon in 1935. The oral history includes an engrossing account of the Macon's loss. Another interesting theme is Admiral Miller's long involvement with writing and public relations. In the 1930s he did what were essentially oral history interviews with naval aviation's pioneers and wrote the first overall account of the Navy's entry into the air age. He and his first wife wrote numerous magazine articles, and he was later a driving force in setting up Training Literature in the Bureau of Aeronautics during World War II. This section not only enhanced training within naval aviation but also served as an effective propaganda arm for selling the program. Because of the success of those efforts, Miller was made Pacific Fleet public relations officer in 1944 and greatly improved the Navy-media relationship. That led to a spot promotion to rear admiral far ahead of his contemporaries and the head public relations billet in the Navy. After his retirement from active duty, Admiral Miller did public relations work for TWA, Pan American, the American Petroleum Institute, and Hofstra University.
Download or read book Captain Henri Harold Smith Hutton United States Navy Retired written by and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
