Raymond D. Tarbuck oral history transcription

Tarbuck, Raymond D., RADM, USN, 1898-1986. Education, USNA, 1917-1920; USS Missouri, 1918; USS North Dakota, 1919; Deck Officer, USS Dixie, 1920; USS Robinson; Chief Engineer, USS McCormick, (two years); Gunnery Officer, USS Concord, (by this time had seven years of sea duty); Student, First General Line Post Gradu­ ate School, Annapolis, Md.; Student, Naval War College; USS Stewart; Instructor, Naval ROTC, University of California, 1932; First Turret Officer, USS West Virginia, 1934-1937; NROTC, Bu­ reau of Navigation, Washington, D.C., 1937-1939; CO, USS MacDonough, 1939-1940; Instruc­ tor, Army Air Corps Cadet School, Maxwell Field, Pensacola, Fla., 1940-1942; Director, Division of Tactics for Pre-Flight School, Selman Field, Ala., 1942; GEN MacArthur's Staff, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Chief of Staff, Seventh Amphibious Force, 1944-1945; USS Phoenix; CO, USS Catocin, Amphibious Force, Atlantic; Inspector General, Ninth Naval District; Retired after 33years in the Navy.