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John T Hayward: History of the U.S. Naval War College, 1977
Hayward, John T., VADM, USN 1908-1999. Education, USNA, 1930; Naval flight training, Pensacola, Fla., 1932; USS Langley; Assistant Chief Engineer, Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, Pa.; U.S. Naval Observer, RAF; WWII ser vice including bombing squadrons in Central, South and Southwest Pacific, 1943-1944; Experi mental Officer, Naval Ordnance Test Station, lnyokem, Calif., including development of atomic bomb, 1944; Director, Plans and Operations, Sandia Base, Albuquerque, N.M., 1948; CO, 5 Squadron 1948-1951; CO, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, 1954-1956; CO, USS Franklin D. Roose velt, 1956-1957; Assistant CNO (R&D), 1957-1959; Deputy CNO (Development), 1959-1962; Emphasis on presidency of Naval War College, 1966-1968.
Robert J. Coontz oral history transcription, 2000
Coontz, Robert J., CAPT, USN, 1926. Typescript of the thirty-five year naval career of Coontz who enlisted in 1944; Topics include his grandfather, ADM R. E. Coontz, second CNO; His father's death, youth in Bristol, Va.; Gradu ation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1949; Served in USS Missouri as a spotter; Flying spotter missions in the Korean War; Operation Officer in USS Charles S. Sperry, 1952; Met Prince Philip and Pope Pius XII; Co, PCE 870 in New Orleans; PG School, 1955; Electronics Instructor, USNA: EXO, USS Sellstrom, 1958-1960; Trained as a programmer at Naval Electronics Lab to introduce Navy Tactical Data Systems in the Fleet; CIC Officer, USS Chicago, 1963-1965; EXO, USS Halsey off Vietnam, 1966-1968; Head, Plans and Policy, MISD, 1973-1977;JCS, 1977-1979; Retired in 1979; Includes thoughts on his naval career.