Download or read book The Reminiscences of Vice Admiral John L McCrea USN Ret written by John Livingstone McCrea and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of Vice Admiral John L McCrea U S Navy Retired written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of Vice Adm John L McCrea USN Ret written by McCrea and published by . This book was released on 1990-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though in his 90s when the interviews were completed, McCrea demonstrated a remarkable memory for details in talking about his naval career. He was a Naval Academy midshipman in 1914 when his ship, the USS Idaho (BB-24), was sold to Greece on the eve of World War I. After graduating in 1915 he served in the USS New York (BB-34) and was present when the German fleet surrendered following the war. In the 1920s and 1930s he matured as a naval officer, serving in a number of destroyers and taking time to get a law degree. He served a tour in Guam in the 1930s, then was executive officer of the battleship Pennsylvania (BB-38). In 1941, as an aide to CNO Harold Stark, McCrea made a trip to the Pacific to deliver revised war plans to the top commanders. At the beginning of the war he served a year as naval aide to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, then was first skipper of the battleship Iowa (BB-61). After the war he held a series of positions, including DCNO (Administration) and Deputy Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet. After duty as Commandant First Naval District, he retired in 1953 and worked for the John Hancock Insurance Company.
Download or read book The Reminiscences of John L McCrea USN Ret written by John Livingstone McCrea and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brief Biographical Information on Vice Admiral John L McCrea U S Navy Retired written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Reminiscences of Vice Admiral John B Colwell U S Navy retired written by John T. Mason and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of Vice Admiral John L Jack Chew U S Navy Retired written by John Louis Chew and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Captain McCrea s War written by John L. McCrea and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War II from a Leader Who Saw the War from Both the White House and the Bridge of a Battleship Vice Admiral John L. McCrea worked with the president of the United States on difficult and unusual assignments, associated with royalty and world-famous political and military leaders, and he commanded the USS Iowa and a task force in the Pacific. Over the years, many urged him to write a book, and before his passing he finally recorded his reminiscences. Captain McCrea’s War captures his amazing tales from the World War II years. After the United States entered the war, McCrea served as a naval aide to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, where he set up the White House Map Room (later known as the Situation Room) and Shangri-La (now called Camp David). He supplied material for the president’s fireside chats, helped arrange the Casablanca Conference, and worked with such prominent leaders as Winston Churchill and General Douglas MacArthur. Despite his important work for the president, McCrea yearned for sea duty. Persuading FDR to release him from the White House, he was given command of the USS Iowa, the country’s newest and largest battleship. With his new ship, McCrea transported Roosevelt and the joint chiefs of staff across the Atlantic for the Tehran Conference and fought with the Fast Carrier Task Force in the Pacific. Captain McCrea’s War ends in April 1945, when McCrea was summoned back to Washington after President Roosevelt’s death. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Download or read book The Reminiscences of Vice Admiral Lloyd M Mustin U S Navy Retired written by Lloyd Montague Mustin and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of Admiral John S McCain Jr U S Navy Retired written by John S. Jr McCain (Admiral, USN) and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes outh, parental influence, the value of a U.S. Naval Academy education, summer cruises, battleship cruises, submarine service, teaching at USNA, BUNAV assignments and values of patriotism, leadership and honor.
Download or read book The Reminiscences of Admiral John S McCain Jr U S Navy retired written by John Sidney McCain and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Eleventh Hour written by L. Douglas Keeney and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In late November 1943, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his Joint Chiefs of Staff secretly boarded the battleship USS Iowa to attend a conference in Tehran with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin, where the Allies would come to an agreement on a war plan to defeat Germany. Although Roosevelt’s preparation at sea established the groundwork for the American position on D-Day, it was in the heated and electrifying debates that followed in Tehran—and only through those intense debates—that a deal was ultimately struck. In The Eleventh Hour, critically acclaimed author L. Douglas Keeney explores FDR’s covert conferences on the battleship and provides stunning insight into the formerly secret, behind-the-scenes transcripts from the meetings in Tehran. Brilliantly chronicling the three days of aggressive debates between the heads-of-state, Keeney demonstrates that Tehran, although remembered as a diplomatic conference with a well-known outcome, was in reality chaotic, conflicted, and subject to numerous heated, closed-door sessions—with a petulant, irritable Churchill; a strikingly reserved, detached Roosevelt; and an assertive but unexpectedly diplomatic and even charming Stalin, winning over his guest, President Roosevelt, whose quarters were bugged by the Soviets. Seamlessly stitching together the private papers, diaries, meeting notes, and letters home of those on board, The Eleventh Hour narrates declassified transcripts, exposes surprising secrets, and illuminates how the debates of three men would ultimately end WWII.
Download or read book Reminiscences of Vice Adm John L Jack Chew USN Ret written by John T Mason and published by . This book was released on 1979-02-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Reminiscences of Rear Admiral John S Coye Jr U S Navy Retired written by John Starr Coye and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Reminiscences of Vice Admiral Bernhard H Bieri U S Navy retired written by Bernhard Henry Bieri and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
