Naval Historical Foundation
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
Arlie H. Asmussen oral history transcription
Oral history of Arlie H. Asmussen from their time serving in WWII
Barry M. Costello oral history transcription
Rear Admiral Barry M. Costello of US Navy, interviewed by Joseph E. Reynolds and David F. Winkler
Byron Doenges oral history transcription
Doenges, Byron, LCDR, USNR. Joined V-12 program; Commissioned, 1944; Navigator, LST 1033; Shakedown cruise; Convoy to Panama; Training off Hawaii; Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa; Destruction in Japan after bombing; Disabling Japanese ships and repatriating Japanese troops; Discharged in 1946.
Carl G. Renfroe oral history transcription, 1998
Renfroe, Carl G., LCDR, USNR, 1910-. Joined U.S. Navy, 1942; USS Electra at Kwajelein, Eniwetok, and Saipan invasions; USS Rock ingham at Leyte Gulf and Okinawa; Transporting occupation troops to Japan; Final reflections.
Davis C. Howes oral history transcription, 2003
Howes discusses his service in the Navy in World War II and return to active duty during the Korean War, including the Pearl harbor attack, USS Baldwin, CIC Officer, radar, the Normandy invasion, sinking a German E-boat, invasion of Southern France, CIC school, sent to Pacific Theatre, Sasebo, Japan, and China, Duty in Washington, D.C. during the Korean War.
Felix G. Appleton oral history transcription
Appleton, Felix G., 1924-. Boot camp; Training as a corpsmen; Assigned to LST 523; Convoy to England; D-Day opera tions; Treating the wounded; Ship sunk and his rescue; Returned to the United States on the Queen Elizabeth; Assigned to Great lakes Naval Training Station and St. Louis; Discharged; At tended Dent.al School.
Frank J. Allston oral history transcription, 1999
Alliston, Frank J., RADM, SC, USNR, 1930-. Youth and education in north Alabama,; Korean War: Joined Navy Supply Corps, 1952; Dis charged from active duty, 1954; Joined Naval Reserves; Reseive assignments, including recruit ing, bicentennial project on the Reserves; author of Ready for Sea; Reflections on the U.S. Navy.
George Haislip oral history transcription
Haislip, George, 1932. Joined the Navy in 1952; Boot Camp, Bainbridge, Md.; Hospital Corps School, Portsmouth, Va.:Assignments at Naval Hospital, Quantico, Va.; Naval Gun Factory, Washington, D.C.; Marine Camp Pendleton; Duty in Japan; Benefits of military service and camaraderie of the Marine Corps. On microfiche.
Harold R. Gordiner oral history transcription, 2001
Youth in Iowa;Joined the Navy, 1942; Flight training; Commissioned, October, 1943; Trained in Dive bombing, 1944; USS Bunker Hill, with raids on Iwojima and Okinawa; Attack on Yamato; Kamikazes hit USS Bunker Hill; Discharged, October 1945; Commissioned, 1947: Helicopter pi lot, USS Valley Forge, 1950; HMS Theseus; Helo As Squadron 2, Korean War, 1951-9153; USS Tarawa, 1955-1957;Jet plane training, 1957; Guided Missile Group 2, 1957; Naval Air Systems Command, 1962; Pacific Missile Range Facility, 1962; Naval Air Systems Command, Navigation Satellite Program; Retirement, 1968; Lincoln Laboratory; Reflections on his Navy career.
Henry C. Mustin oral history transcription
Mustin, Henry C., VADM, USN (Ret.) 1933-. Education, including University of Virginia and U.S. Naval Academy, 1955; USS Duncan de ployed to Western Pacific; CO, USSBuntin; Postgraduate School, M.E.E.; XO, USSConyngham; Naval War College, 1965-1966; Vietnam, 1966; Flag Aide to ADM U. S. Sharp; CO, USS Henry B. Wilson; OPNAV 90; CO ComDesRon 12: Director, Surface Combat Systems; ComCruDesGruTwo; Naval Inspector General; CO, Second Fleet; Deputy CNO, Plans, Policy and Operations, Retirement, 1989; Reflections on changes in the Navy.