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Reminiscences of Adm. Noel A. M. Gayler, USN (Ret.)
Gayler grew up in a Navy family and thus was exposed to a variety of locales as a youth. He attende
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Reminiscences of Adm. James S. Russell, USN (Ret.)
Designated a naval aviator in 1929, Admiral Russell had the normal tours both at sea and ashore and
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Reminiscences of Adm. Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret.)
After growing up in the Chicago area, Turner spent a year at Amherst College prior to entering the
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Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Roy S. Benson, USN (Ret.), vol. I
In the first volume of Admiral Benson's oral history, he recalls his early years with his Swedish f
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Reminiscences of Vice Adm. Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN (Ret.)
After graduation from the USNA in 1909, he served in the armored cruiser West Virginia (Armored Cru
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Reminiscences of Capt. Glyn Jones, CHC, USN (Ret.)
A good deal of the chaplain's career was spent with the U.S. Marines. From time to time he was invo
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Reminiscences of Adm. Edwin J. Roland, USCG (Ret.), vol. II
After graduation from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1929, Roland's earliest assignments were as g
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Reminiscences of Capt. Daniel Webb Tomlinson IV, USNR (Ret.)
Tomlinson graduated from the Naval Academy in 1917 and became a naval aviator shortly after the con
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Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Almon C. Wilson, Medical Corps, USN (Ret.)
This is a rare volume in the Naval Institute collection in that it deals primarily with a staff cor
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Reminiscences of Hanson Weightman Baldwin, USN (Ret.), vol. II
This is one of the few interviews of a civilian in the Naval Institute collection, but it is one of
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Reminiscences of Vice Adm. Kent L. Lee, USN (Ret.), vol. I
Coming from a rural background in South Carolina, Lee enlisted in the Navy in 1940 and became an av
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Reminiscences of Capt. Louis Colbus, USN (Ret.)
Commissioned in 1954 after training as an NROTC midshipman at the University of South Carolina and
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Reminiscences of Capt. Slade D. Cutter, USN (Ret.), vol. I
Cutter turned down a music scholarship at an Illinois college to attend the Naval Academy, where he
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Reminiscences of Adm. James S. Gracey, USCG (Ret.)
After growing up in New England, Gracey attended the Coast Guard Academy, from which he graduated i
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Reminiscences of Lt. Cdr. Richard A. Harralson, USN (Ret.)
As he grew up in California, Harralson developed a great love for radio. Following his enlistment i
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Reminiscences of Vice Adm. Charles S. Minter Jr., USN (Ret.), vol. II
Designated as naval aviator in 1941, Admiral Minter served as a bomber pilot in antisubmarine patro
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Reminiscences of Capt. Henri Smith-Hutton, USN (Ret.), vol. II
Anyone with an interest in the operations of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet during the pre-World War II per
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Reminiscences of Col. Ruth Cheney Streeter, USMCR (Ret.)
Ruth Cheney Streeter was an American military officer who was the first director of the United Stat
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Reminiscences of Capt. Harry A. Jackson, USN (Ret.)
After enlisting in the Naval Reserve in 1935 and being educated at the University of Michigan, Jack
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Reminiscences of Adm. Frank B. Kelso II, USN (Ret.)
A native of Tennessee, Kelso entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1952 and graduated in the class of 1
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Reminiscences of Capt. Robin L. C. Quigley, USN (Ret.)
Captain Quigley was commissioned ensign in the USNR in 1954 (transferring to the USN in 1955) and w
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Reminiscences of Vice Adm. William R. Smedberg III, USN (Ret.), vol. II
A man of considerable enthusiasm and energy, Smedberg was in the class of 1926 at the Naval Academy
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Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Ernest M. Eller, USN (Ret.), vol. 2
In the first of three volumes by a former Director of Naval History, Admiral Eller discusses his bo
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Reminiscences of Adm. Alfred C. Richmond, USCG (Ret.)
After graduation from the Coast Guard Academy in 1924, Richmond served in a number of ships involve
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Reminiscences of Rear Adm. William D. Irvin, USN (Ret.)
After Naval Academy graduation in 1927, Irvin served in Atlantic and Asiatic fleets. In 1932 he att
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Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Draper Laurence Kauffman, USN (Ret.), vol. 1
After graduation from the Naval Academy in 1933, Kauffman was forced to resign because of poor eyes
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Reminiscences of Adm. John Smith Thach, USN (Ret.), vol. 1
This is a delightfully told memoir from the man who was probably the Navy's foremost fighter plane
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Reminiscences of Vice Adm. Bernard M. Strean, USN (Ret.)
After graduating from the Naval Academy in 1933 and being designated a naval aviator, Bernard Strea
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Reminiscences of Rear Adm. George H. Miller, USN (Ret.)
Following graduation from the Naval Academy in 1924, Miller spent two years in the crew of the batt
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Reminiscences of Vice Adm. Philip A. Beshany, USN (Ret.), vol. II
A 1938 graduate of the Naval Academy, Admiral Beshany served in the new light cruiser USS Philadelp
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Reminiscences of Cdr. Norman H. Meyer, USN (Ret.)
This memoir is notable because it contains the recollections of one of the few white naval officers
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Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Harold J. Bernsen, USN (Ret.)
This memoir focuses on only one tour of duty in Admiral Bernsen's career, his command of the U.S. M
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Reminiscences of Capt. Winifred Quick Collins, USN (Ret.)
This memoir covers the experiences of a naval pioneer. Collins was among the first officers accepte
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Reminiscences of Capt. Robert E. Dornin, USN (Ret.)
In this short volume, Captain Dornin, a highly successful World War II submarine skipper with nine
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Reminiscences of Vice Adm. Robert Burns Pirie, USN (Ret.)
Designated a naval aviator in 1929, Vice Admiral Robert B. Pirie served in the USS Lexington (CV-2)
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Reminiscences of Vice Adm. Jerome H. King Jr., USN (Ret.)
In 1941 King graduated from Yale University and received his naval commission through the NROTC pro
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Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Donald J. MacDonald, USN (Ret.)
Admiral MacDonald had a varied career that included tours as an aide at the White House just prior
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Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Kent C. Melhorn, Medical Corps, USN (Ret.), and Cdr. Charles M. Melhorn, USN (Ret.)
This volume comprises one interview each with a Navy father and a Navy son. The father was a doctor
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Reminiscences of Capt. Grayson Merrill, USN (Ret.)
Following graduation from the Naval Academy in 1934, Merrill served in the battleship West Virginia