Download or read book Vice Admiral John Victor Smith United States Navy Retired written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 2 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 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 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 Vice Admiral Ralph Smith Riggs United States Navy Retired written by and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Witness to Power The Life of Fleet Admiral William D Leahy written by Henry H. Adams and published by Plunkett Lake Press. This book was released on 2021-12-12 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy (1875-1959) served as the most senior US military officer on active duty during World War II. As Chief of Naval Operations (1937-1939), he oversaw the US Navy’s preparations for war. After retiring from the Navy, he was appointed governor of Puerto Rico in 1939 by his close friend President Franklin D. Roosevelt, before serving as US Ambassador to France (1940–42) in Vichy where he had limited success keeping the Vichy government free of German control. Leahy was recalled to active duty as personal Chief of Staff to FDR in 1942 and chaired the Joint Chiefs of Staff throughout World War II. He continued as personal Chief of Staff under President Harry S. Truman until his retirement in 1949. “This is probably the definitive biography of Admiral Leahy... Adams has worked hard on this book: it is well written, well researched and comprehensive.” — James Leutze, The American Historical Review “[A] workmanlike and overdue biography of a naval officer too long relegated to the shadows... Biographer Adams reminds us that the reticent admiral was a truly unique figure... The author relates that Leahy once told an aide that when asked about him the aide should, ‘Tell him anything so long as it’s the truth.’ Professor Adams has heeded that admonition and while the result isn’t racy, it is certainly sound.” — Richard S. Cloward, Naval War College Review “Henry Adams has produced an excellent and much needed chronicle of a man generally ignored during most of his active life by the mass media. In addition, the book is enjoyable to read.” — Burton Wright, Armed Forces & Society
Download or read book Act of War written by Jack Cheevers and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON AWARD FOR NAVAL LITERATURE “I devoured Act of War the way I did Flyboys, Flags of Our Fathers and Lost in Shangri-la.”—Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author In 1968, the small, dilapidated American spy ship USS Pueblo set out to pinpoint military radar stations along the coast of North Korea. Though packed with advanced electronic-surveillance equipment and classified intelligence documents, its crew, led by ex–submarine officer Pete Bucher, was made up mostly of untested young sailors. On a frigid January morning, the Pueblo was challenged by a North Korean gunboat. When Bucher tried to escape, his ship was quickly surrounded by more boats, shelled and machine-gunned, forced to surrender, and taken prisoner. Less than forty-eight hours before the Pueblo’s capture, North Korean commandos had nearly succeeded in assassinating South Korea’s president. The two explosive incidents pushed Cold War tensions toward a flashpoint. Based on extensive interviews and numerous government documents released through the Freedom of Information Act, Act of War tells the riveting saga of Bucher and his men as they struggled to survive merciless torture and horrendous living conditions set against the backdrop of an international powder keg.
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