Oral Histories

Hyland was designated a naval aviator three years after his graduation with the Naval Academy class of 1934. He was with Patrol Squadron 102 at the outbreak of World War II, and participated in the defense of the Philippines, engagements in the Netherlands East Indies, and in the final retreat ...

After Naval Academy graduation in 1927, Irvin served in Atlantic and Asiatic fleets. In 1932 he attended submarine school and then reported to the USS S-48, in which Lieutenant H.G. Rickover was XO. Irvin served in various submarines in the late 1930s and early 1940s and commanded the USS ...

Designated naval aviator in 1932, Jackson served with Scouting Squadron Three on board the USS Lexington (CV-2) and Patrol Squadron One at Pearl Harbor during the 1930s. In 1939 he served in the USS Enterprise (CV-6) and in 1941 became project officer in design of the Grumman F6F Hellcat at ...

After enlisting in the Naval Reserve in 1935 and being educated at the University of Michigan, Jackson went on active duty with the Navy in 1941 as an engineering duty officer. During World War II he was at the Boston Navy Yard, did ship design work in the Bureau of ...

This was originally intended as a full-length oral memoir, but a decline in Captain Jackson’s health prevented further sessions beyond the first one. Nonetheless, it provides valuable insights into the character and achievements of an individual who eventually reached the pinnacle of her profession as director of the Navy’s Nurse ...

After serving in the USS New York (BB-34) and USS Utah (BB-31), he received a master of science degree from MIT. Was assigned as Construction Corps officer at Bremerton, Washington, then served in the Whitney as construction officer. In 1942 was sent to French West Africa as BuShips representative at ...

Following graduation in 1919, Johnson served in the battleship USS Delaware (BB-28) during Haitian Campaign. He joined the USS Penguin (AM-33) in 1923 when she was ordered on Yangtze Patrol. In 1928 Johnson was ordered to Asiatic Station and while en route to China served as navigator of schooner yacht ...

Admiral Johnson, the 26th Chief of Naval Operations, was born in Great Falls, Montana, in 1946, and raised in West Salem, Wisconsin. A 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, upon completion of flight training, he was designated a Naval Aviator in 1969. His first sea duty tour was on ...

Designated as naval aviator in 1932, he served in scouting squadrons in the heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) and the aircraft carriers USS Enterprise (CV-6) and USS Yorktown (CV-5). In 1941 he was at the Bureau of Aeronautics when U.S. entered World War II--was transferred as Commander Carrier ...

A good deal of the chaplain's career was spent with the U.S. Marines. From time to time he was involved in such controversial issues as compulsory chapel attendance, civil liberties, the rule of law in society, the draft, freedom of the press, and the position of the chaplain in the ...

Captain Jurika grew up in the Philippines and attended schools not only in the islands but in Japan and China. A large part of this volume is concerned with the Far East. He became a Navy pilot in 1936 and spent the next two years in torpedo squadrons attached to ...

Few of the Naval Institute's oral history volumes are as specialized as this one. Kaine essentially made a career of service in the Navy's underwater demolition teams (UDTs) and training its sea-air-land (SEAL) teams. After commissioning through the V-7 program in 1942 he took bomb disposal training, then was in ...