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Recollections of Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, USN, by Naval Officers, Part I
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz looms large in the story of the U.S. Navy in World War II. He passed away
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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 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 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 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 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 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 Vice Adm. George P. Steele II, USN (Ret.)
Admiral Steele was the eighth individual to command a nuclear-powered submarine in the U.S. Navy. T
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Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Norvell G. Ward, USN (Ret.)
As a midshipman at the Naval Academy in the early 1930s, excelled at soccer and lacrosse and acquir
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Reminiscences of Vice Adm. David C. Richardson, USN (Ret.)
After growing up in Mississippi, Richardson attended the Naval Academy, where he was on the boxing
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Reminiscences of Adm. Arleigh A. Burke, USN (Ret.), Special Series on Selected Subjects, vol. 1
With a career spanning from World War II to Korea to service as Chief of Naval Operations during th
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Reminiscences of Adm. Thomas Hinman Moorer, USN (Ret.), vol. 2
Designated a naval aviator in 1936, the admiral served in the USS Langley (CV-1), USS Lexington (CV
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Reminiscences of Vice Adm. Philip A. Beshany, USN (Ret.), vol. I
A 1938 graduate of the Naval Academy, Admiral Beshany served in the new light cruiser USS Philadelp
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Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Daniel V. Gallery, USN (Ret.)
Rear Admiral Daniel Gallery (1901-1977) was the eldest of four brothers who all had careers in the
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Reminiscences of Vice Adm. Bernard B. Forbes Jr., USN (Ret.)
Bernard "Beetle" Forbes was a skilled naval aviator and gifted storyteller. Following his graduatio
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Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Edmond J. Moran, USNR (Ret.)
A principal focus of this memoir is Admiral Moran's service with the Navy and the Maritime Commissi
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Reminiscences of Adm. Merlin O’Neill, USCG (Ret.)
In 1921 O'Neill graduated from the Coast Guard Academy after a three-year shortened course resultin
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Reminiscences of Vice Adm. Lawson P. Ramage, USN (Ret.)
An intrepid submarine skipper in World War II, Ramage was awarded the Medal of Honor for a daring p
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Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Kenneth L. Veth, USN (Ret.)
Admiral Veth's naval career, almost from the outset, has been concentrated on mine warfare. After b
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Recollections of Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, USN, by Relatives and Friends
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz looms large in the story of the U.S. Navy in World War II. He passed away
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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 Rear Adm. Ernest M. Eller, USN (Ret.), vol. III
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. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., USN (Ret.)
Admiral Elmo "Bud" Zumwalt was one of the best-known U.S. naval officers from the second half of th
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Reminiscences of Adm. Arleigh A. Burke, USN (Ret.), Special Series on Selected Subjects, vol. 4
With a career spanning from World War II to Korea to service as Chief of Naval Operations during th
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Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Frederic Stanton Withington, USN (Ret.)
This memoir concentrates on Admiral Withington's career in the field of naval ordnance. After gradu
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Reminiscences of Vice Adm. William P. Lawrence, USN (Ret.)
This memoir reveals a great deal about the character and personality of an individual who lived his
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Reminiscences of Vice Adm. William Paden Mack, USN (Ret.), vol. I
Admiral Mack was gunnery officer in the USS John D. Ford (DD-228) on the Asiatic Station when World
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Reminiscences of Adm. John S. McCain Jr., USN (Ret.)
This interview was intended as the first in a series that would cover chronologically Admiral McCai
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Reminiscences of Adm. Frederick H. Michaelis, USN (Ret.)
A 1940 graduate of the Naval Academy, Michaelis reported to the fleet flagship USS Pennsylvania (BB
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Recollections of the Late Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz looms large in the story of the U.S. Navy in World War II. He passed away
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Reminiscences of Vice Adm. Raymond E. Peet, USN (Ret.)
Following graduation from the Naval Academy in 1942, Peet had several wartime tours in destroyers,
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Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Schuyler Neilson Pyne, USN (Ret.)
After graduating from the Naval Academy in 1925, Admiral Pyne continued his studies, receiving a ma
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Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Doniphan B. Shelton, USN (Ret.)
Following boyhood in Missouri, Shelton entered the Navy in 1939 as an enlisted man. He served in th