Historiske og politiske biografier

Based on eight interviews conducted by John T. Mason Jr. from May 1969 through September 1970, the volume contains 451 pages of interview transcript plus indices. The transcript is copyright 1971 by the U.S. Naval Institute; any restrictions originally placed on the transcripts by the interviewees have since been removed.

Based on four interviews conducted by Paul Stillwell in April 1999. The volume contains 459 pages of interview transcript plus a comprehensive index. The transcript is copyright 2005 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee has placed no restrictions on its use.

Based on eight interviews conducted by John T. Mason, Jr., from April 1973 through February 1974. The volume contains 290 pages of interview transcript plus an index. The transcript is copyright 2002 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee has placed no restrictions on its use. This is a revised version of the original, which was issued in 1974. The new version has been completely retyped, annotated with footnotes, and given a detailed index.

Based on two interviews conducted by Paul Stillwell in October and November 1986, the volume contains 123 pages of interview transcript plus a comprehensive index. The transcript is copyright 2013 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee placed no restrictions on its use.

Based on three interviews conducted by Paul Stillwell from August through December 1984, the volume contains 388 pages of interview transcript plus an index. The transcript is copyright 2001 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee has placed no restrictions on its use.

Based on eight interviews conducted by Peter Spectre from November 1969 through April 1970. The volume contains 379 pages of interview transcript plus an index. The transcript is copyright 1971 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the restrictions originally placed on the transcript by the interviewee have since been removed.

Based on three interviews conducted by Dr. John T. Mason, Jr., from November 1981 to March 1982. The volume contains 147 pages of interview transcript plus an index. The transcript is copyright 2003 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee has placed no restrictions on its use.

This volume contains some recollections of the late Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and were given by the following naval officers who served with him at various times during his active career. Most of them continued as personal friends for the balance of the Admiral's life. Represented in this volume are: Bruton, Rear Adm. Henry Chester, USN (Ret.) (1905-1992), administrative aide to Chief of Naval Operations Nimitz after World War II; interviewed in June 1969; 27 pages Leverton, Rear Adm. J. Wilson Jr., USN (Ret.) (1909-1987), junior officer in the cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) in the 1930s; interviewed in August 1969; 62 pages Moncure, Capt. Samuel P., USN (Ret.) (1909-1978), junior officer in the cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) in the 1930s; interviewed in July 1969; 41 pages Mustin, Vice Adm. Lloyd M., USN (Ret.) (1911-1999), junior officer in the cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) in the 1930s; interviewed in March 1970; 76 pages Waters, Rear Adm. Odale D. Jr., USN (Ret.) (1910-1986), junior officer in the cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) in the 1930s; interviewed in July 1969; 20 pages Whiting, Vice Adm. F. E. M., USN (Ret.) (1891-1978), first lieutenant and executive officer in the cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) in the 1930s; interviewed in September 1969; 25 pages Based on 12 interviews conducted by John T. Mason, Jr. , Etta-Belle Kitchen, and E. B. Potter. Altogether, the volume contains 248 pages of interview transcript. The transcripts are copyright 1972 by the U. S. Naval Institute; the interviewees have placed no restrictions on their use.

Represented in this volume are: Anderson, Rear Adm. Thomas C., MC, USN (Ret.) (1886–1975); Pacific Fleet medical officer, 1943-45; interviewed by Kitchen in July 1969; 44 pages Archer, Mr. James W. (1909–1981); member of the NROTC unit at University of California in the 1920s; interviewed by Kitchen in August 1969; 44 pages Brewer, Mr. Edward V. Jr. (1919–2001) and Mrs. Marjorie Brewer (1921–2014) ; neighbors of the Nimitzes in California after World War II; interviewed by Kitchen in January 1970; 58 pages Cozard, Mr. George E. (1921–1989); Marine Corps driver for Nimitz during his time as Chief of Naval Operations; interviewed by Kitchen in January 1970; 66 pages Cuttle, Capt. Tracy D., MC, USN (1909–2000); member of the NROTC unit at University of California in the 1920s; interviewed by Mason in August 1969; 16 pages Fox, The Hon. Charles M. Jr. (1909–1985); communication officer on the Third Fleet staff in October 1944; interviewed by Potter in March 1970; 8 pages Perkins, Capt. George S., USNR (Ret.) (1903–1977); Naval Reserve officer commissioned by Nimitz in 1926; interviewed by Kitchen in December 1969; 18 pages Quynn, Rear Adm.  Allen G., USN (Ret.) (1894–1971); member of Pacific Fleet Service Force staff in World War II; interviewed by Mason in December 1969; 50 pages Redman, Vice Adm. John R. (Jack), USN (Ret.) (1898–1970); Pacific Fleet communication officer in World War II; interviewed by Mason in June 1969; 55 pages Based on nine interviews conducted by John T. Mason, Jr. , E. B. Potter, and Etta-Belle Kitchen. Altogether, the volume contains 359 pages of interview transcript plus indices. The transcripts are copyright by the U. S. Naval Institute; the interviewees have placed no restrictions on their use.

Represented in this volume are: Bassett, Capt. James Jr., USNR (1912-1978); Pacific Fleet public relations officer in 1941-42; interviewed by Kitchen in May 1969; 32 pages Bauernschmidt, Rear Adm. George W., SC, USN (Ret.) (1899-1998); neighbor of the Nimitzes in the 1920s; interviewed by Mason in August 1969; 25 pages Callaghan, Vice Adm. William M., USN (Ret.) (1897-1991); member of Pacific Fleet war plans staff in World War II; interviewed by Mason in June 1969; 25 pages Chase, Mr. H. Joseph (1908-1976); member of the NROTC unit at University of California in the 1920s; interviewed by Kitchen in October 1969; 33 pages Court, Captain Alvah B., USN (Ret.) (1883-1976); Naval Academy classmate; interviewed by Mason in May 1969; 19 pages Curts, Adm. Maurice E., USN (Ret.) (1898-1976); Pacific Fleet communication officer in World War II; interviewed by Hopper in June 1969; 17 pages Lattu, Rear Adm. Onnie P., USNR (Ret.) (1906-1995); member of the NROTC unit at University of California in the 1920s; interviewed by Mason in July 1969; 20 pages Mercer, Rear Adm. Preston V., USN (Ret.) (1901-1970); flag secretary to Nimitz in the late 1930s and during World War II; interviewed by Mason in July 1969; 53 pages Peterson, Rear Adm. Mell A., USN (Ret.) (1908-1970): Pacific Fleet assistant gunnery officer in World War II; interviewed by Kitchen in May 1969; 33 pages Plank, Capt. David P. W., CHC, USN (1927-); chaplain at Yerba Buena Island, near San Francisco, in the mid-1960s; interviewed by Mason in July 1969; 21 pages Wheeler, Mr. Joseph Jr. (1906-1987) and Mrs. Alice (1907-1987); neighbors of the Nimitzes on Long Island in the late 1940s; interviewed by Mason in August 1969; 20 pages Based on six interviews conducted by John T. Mason, Jr. Altogether, the volume contains 251 pages of interview transcript plus indices. The transcripts are copyright by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewees have placed no restrictions on their use.

Admiral Miller was designated a naval aviator in 1938. He was assigned as flight instructor at NAS, Ellyson Field, Florida, where he trained Colonel Doolittle's "Tokyo Raiders" in carrier takeoffs and accompanied them in the USS Hornet (CV-8) in 1942. He then commanded Air Group 23 in the USS Princeton (CVL-23) and Air Group Six in the USS Hancock (CV-19). After graduation from the Industrial College in 1953, he was assigned to the CNO's Strategic Plans Division. He then was Commander Fleet Air, Philippines, followed by tours as Director of the Progress Analysis Group, CNO, and CO of the USS Hancock (CVA-19) . This volume concludes with a discussion of the scope of his command of Carrier Division Fifteen, an antisubmarine hunter-killer task group, in 1961 and 1962. The second volume picks up the admiral's career in 1961 when he was assigned as Chief of Staff for Plans Joint Staff, CinCPac at the time of the buildup in Vietnam. In 1964 he had command of Carrier Division Three and Task Force 77 of the Seventh Fleet in Vietnam. As CTF, he launched the first of a succession of aircraft carrier strikes on North Vietnam from the USS Ranger (CVA-61), USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), and USS Hancock (CVA-19). In 1966 he returned to Washington to serve as Navy Chief of Information and tells of his efforts and programs to project a better image of the Navy. In 1968 he reported as Commander, Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, with additional duty as Fleet Air, Patuxent and Naval Air Systems Command Test and Evaluation Coordinator. His last interview is concerned with drug abuse and his attendance at the White House Youth Conference in 1971.

Admiral Bauernschmidt was a 1922 Naval Academy graduate who spent the first ten years of his commissioned service as a line officer and then switched reluctantly to the Supply Corps to avoid being retired for color blindness. He thus brought a line officer's perspective and feeling for the prerogatives of command to the Supply Corps. He tells his story with a nice sense of humor and expresses frustration at the number of his recommendations not accepted. He served in the battleships USS North Dakota (BB-29) and USS New Mexico (BB-40) in the 1920s, the USS Nevada (BB-36) in the 1930s, and as supply officer of the USS New York (BB-34) in the years leading up to World War II. In the late 1920s he commanded the submarine USS R-2 (SS-79) and in the 1930s served in the tender USS Beaver (AS-5). In the early 1930s he had an interesting tour in American Samoa. During World War II, Bauernschmidt helped set up the U.S. naval supply depot in Oran, North Africa, to support Allied operations in the Mediterranean. Later in the war, he served ashore in France, at the supply depot in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and commanded the huge naval supply depot on Guam. Afterward, he helped rewrite U.S. Navy Regulations and commanded naval supply centers at Pearl Harbor (during the Korean War) and at Clearfield, Utah. During his career he also had tours of duty in the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts in Washington, D.C. In 1953, Bauernschmidt's daughter Sarah married Stuart Murray, the son of the rear admiral who lived next door at Pearl Harbor.

This oral history is particularly noteworthy, because it provides personal recollections from the first African American graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. Brown entered the Academy in 1945, a century after the institution was founded, and graduated in 1949. A handful of black midshipmen had previously been appointed to the school in Annapolis, but all were either pushed out or left of their own volition prior to graduation. Brown spent his youth in Washington, D.C., where he attended segregated Dunbar High and had part-time jobs working for the Navy and Howard University. He was able to succeed at the Naval Academy through a combination of his sunny disposition, academic ability, and perseverance. Following his commissioning in 1949 he had a temporary assignment at the Boston Naval Shipyard prior to undertaking postgraduate study in civil engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1950-51. His subsequent duties as an officer in the Civil Engineer Corps included postings to Bayonne, New Jersey; Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 (NMCB-5) in the Philippines and Port Hueneme, California; the headquarters of the Bureau of Yards and Docks in Washington; the Construction Battalion Center, Davisville, Rhode Island; the public works department at the Barbers Point Naval Air Station in Hawaii, temporary duty in Antarctica; a tour at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba; and final active duty service, 1965-69, at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. During his time in the Philippines in the 1950s he had a substantial role in the construction of a new aircraft carrier pier in Subic Bay. In the early 1960s he had a leadership role as the Navy's Seabees did construction projects in the Central African Republic, Liberia, and Chad. Following his retirement from active naval service in 1969, Lieutenant Commander Brown worked in several capacities for the State University of New York system and subsequently did facilities and construction work at Howard University in Washington. In May 2008 the Naval Academy dedicated a new athletic field house named in Brown's honor. In his remarks at the dedication of the facility Brown said the naming of the new building symbolizes the Navy's commitment to diversity.

After graduation from the Naval Academy in 1940, Burke served in the battleships West Virginia (BB-48) and North Carolina (BB-55); he was in the first crew of "The Showboat." After Submarine School he served combat duty in the Flying Fish (SS-229) and after the war commanded the Guardfish (SS-217). Subsequent duty was in the submarine tender Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16), in the Bureau of Naval Personnel, and as executive officer of the Dogfish (SS-350). He commanded the submarine Sablefish (SS-303), served in the presidential yacht Williamsburg (AGC-369) until she was decommissioned in 1955, and commanded the destroyer Harold J. Ellison (DD-864). Later duties were on the staff of Commander in Chief Atlantic Fleet, as a student at the Naval War College, and as Commander Submarine Division 63 during Regulus missile trials. In the 1960s he was executive officer of the Naval Academy's Bancroft Hall and commanded the attack transport Fremont (APA-44) and Amphibious Squadron Six. After duty in the Navy Plans Branch in OpNav he was Commander Amphibious Group Three and later Commander Amphibious Group One in the Western Pacific. While in OpNav he ran a study that involved major reorganization of the Naval Reserve. During duty from 1970 to 1973 as Commander U.S. Naval Forces Japan, he was instrumental in getting a U.S. aircraft carrier homeported in Yokosuka. Later in the 1970s he was Commander Service Force Atlantic Fleet and Commandant of the Sixth Naval District. After retirement from active duty in 1976, he was vice president of the Navy Relief Society.

Based on ten interviews conducted by John T. Mason, Jr., from September 1972 through December 1973. The volume contains 464 pages of interview transcript plus an index. The transcript is copyright 1979 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee has placed no restrictions on its use.

Based on four interviews conducted by John T. Mason Jr., from January through April 1976, the volume contains 417 pages of interview transcript plus an index. The transcript is copyright 1983 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee placed no restrictions on its use.

Based on five interviews conducted by Dr. John T. Mason Jr. from November 1981 through April 1982, this volume contains 172 pages of interview transcript plus an index. The transcript is copyright 1996 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee placed no restrictions on its use.

Based on 18 interviews conducted by Paul Stillwell from October 2007 to March 2009, the oral history contains 643 pages of interview transcript plus a comprehensive index. The transcript is copyright 2012 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee placed no restrictions on its use.

Based on one interview conducted by Paul Stillwell in November 1986. The volume contains 40 pages of interview transcript plus a comprehensive index. The transcript is copyright 2013 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee placed no restrictions on its use.

Based on three interviews conducted by Paul Stillwell from October 1996 to January 1997. The volume contains 189 pages of interview transcript plus a comprehensive index. The transcript is copyright 1997 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee has placed no restrictions on its use.

Based on five interviews conducted by John T. Mason, Jr., from December 1971 through March 1972. The volume contains 299 pages of interview transcript plus an index. The transcript is copyright 1974 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee has placed no restrictions on its use.

Based on one interview with Admiral Melhorn conducted by Etta-Belle Kitchen and Charles Melhorn in February 1970 (77 pages) and one with Commander Melhorn conducted by Etta-Belle Kitchen in February 1970 (76 pages), the volume contains 153 pages of interview transcript plus an index. The transcript is copyright 1983 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewees placed no restrictions on its use.

Based on ten interviews conducted by Paul Stillwell, from December 1997 through March 1998. The volume contains 639 pages of interview transcript plus an index and appendices. The transcript is copyright 2002 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee has placed no restrictions on its use.

Based on 21 interviews conducted by John T. Mason, Jr., from August 1972 through August 1973. The volume contains 817 pages of interview transcript plus an index. The transcript is copyright 2003 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee has placed no restrictions on its use.

Based on ten interviews conducted by John T. Mason, Jr., from March 1971 through September 1971. The volume contains 402 pages of interview transcript plus an index. The transcript is copyright 1973 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee has placed no restrictions on its use.

Based on nine interviews conducted by John T. Mason, Jr., from December 1970 through March 1971. The volume contains 444 pages of interview transcript plus an index and appendices. The transcript is copyright 1973 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee has placed no restrictions on its use.

Based on two interviews conducted by Etta-Belle Kitchen in May 1970. The volume contains 292 pages of interview transcript plus an index. The transcript is copyright 1975 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the restrictions originally placed on the transcript by the interviewee have since been removed.

Based on five interviews conducted by Paul Stillwell in August 1983 and September 1983. The volume contains 355 pages of interview transcript plus an index. The transcript is copyright 1986 by the U.S. Naval Institute; acess to these interviews is currently restricted.

Based on seven interviews conducted by Dr. John T. Mason Jr. from July through October 1969, the volume contains 257 pages of interview transcript plus an index. The transcript is copyright 1997 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee placed no restrictions on its use. This is a revised version of the original oral history, which was issued in 1970. The new version has been completely retyped, annotated with footnotes, and given a detailed index.

Based on 12 interviews conducted by Paul Stillwell from May 1996 through January 1997, the volume contains 555 pages of interview transcript plus appendices. The transcript is copyright 2016 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee placed no restrictions on its use.