Eugene Wilson oral history transcription

Microfilm. Wilson, Eugene, CDR, USN, 1886-1974. Boyhood in the West; USNA, 1908; CO, USS Truxtun, 1913; WWII experiences with British Grand Fleet; CO, Aviation Mechanics School, Great Lakes, Ill.;USS Wright, Development of air­ craft industry in the United States; Engineering Development, BuAer; Flight training, Pensacola, Fla.; CO, Aircraft Squadron, Battle Fleet; Conversion of USS Langley to aircraft carrier; Fleet ex­ ercises; Aviation Aide to ADM Milton; Resignation from U.S. Navy, 1929;Joined United Aircraft Corporation, later becomes President; Aviation issues and technical developments; Development of helicopter; Reminiscences of pioneers in the aircraft industry, Igor Sikorsky.Juan Trippe, Fred Rentschler, Chance Vought, and Roy Gruman; Hartford, Conn., Manufacturing leaders and per­ sonalities; Problems in postwar aircraft industry; Resignation from United Aircraft, 1946; Resig­ nation from Aircraft Association, 1949; Social, political and philosophical questions; Fate of postwar Western Christian civilization and moral issues. On microfiche.