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The hallmarks of Graham Martin's life have been scholastics and athletics. He had a master's degree in history when he enlisted in the Navy in 1942. He was the only black player on the top-notch...

As the member of a large family, Mr. Hair grew up in South Carolina and Florida at a time when life in the South was still rigidly segregated. In 1935 his brother-in-law Estes Wright, a man Hair...

The Reminiscences of Mr. Jesse W. Arbor, Member of the Golden Thirteen: 1914-2000Author: Jesse W. ArborPublisher: Naval Institute PressPublication Date: Aug 15, 2019Number of Pages: 178 pagesBinding:...

Mr. Vaessen grew up in California in the 1920s and 1930s. During the Depression he worked steadily at a variety of jobs to support himself and his family. Around 1938 he joined the Naval Reserve...

During World War II, after being commissioned as a Naval Reserve officer, Dille was involved in the training of new recruits at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station north of Chicago. In 1942, with...

Mike Bak served as a quartermaster in the Fletcher-class destroyer USS Franks (DD-554) from 1943 to 1946. He is representative of an entire generation of enlisted men who grew up during the...

During World War II, after graduating from the Naval Academy in 1941 and being commissioned as a Naval Reserve officer, Richmond was involved in the training of new recruits at the Great Lakes Naval...

Most of the oral histories in the Naval Institute collection deal with the active service of career naval personnel. Mr. Smoot spent only four years on active duty, and this memoir covers only one...

The two memoirs in this volume are, coincidentally, both from the widows of officers who were graduated in the Naval Academy's class of 1910. Even so, they are strikingly different in tone. Frances...

The Reminiscences of Mrs. Marc A. Mitscher and Mrs. Roy C. Smith Jr.: 1890-1982; 1892-1987Author: Marc A. MitscherPublisher: Naval Institute PressPublication Date: Dec 21, 2016Number of Pages: 244...

This is one of the most technical oral histories in the Naval Institute's collection because of Admiral Mumma's long service as an engineering duty specialist. After his graduation from the Naval...

This is a rare volume in the Naval Institute collection in that it deals primarily with a staff corps officer. Even so, Wilson was commissioned as a line officer in 1944 and served the last year of...

Admiral McCollum was born in Nagasaki, Japan, the son of Baptist missionaries. After his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1921, he spent three years of study in Japan, qualifying him as an...

Admiral McCollum was born in Nagasaki, Japan, the son of Baptist missionaries. After his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1921, he spent three years of study in Japan, qualifying him as an...

Admiral Price enlisted in the Navy in November 1939 and became an aviation metalsmith in 1940. After various tours of duty in World War II--in the USS Wright (AV-1) and Patrol Squadron 14 at NAS...

Admiral Adair graduated from the Naval Academy in the class of 1926. Following assignments on board the USS Mississippi (BB-41), USS Toucey (DD-282), USS Blakeley (DD-150), and USS Patoka (AO-9), he...

While at the Naval Academy, Admiral Loughlin was All-American basketball player and top-flight in tennis as well. He graduated in 1933 and served in the battleship USS New Mexico (BB-40), part of the...

After graduation in 1916, his first assignment was in the USS Benham (Destroyer No. 49), employed in escort duty in the Atlantic during World War I. He later served in battleships in the Asiatic...

The Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Clarence E. Olsen, USN (Ret.), as They Pertain to the Yalta Conference: 1899-1971Author: John T. MasonPublisher: Naval Institute PressPublication Date: Sep 25,...

Rear Admiral Daniel Gallery (1901-1977) was the eldest of four brothers who all had careers in the navy and rose to the rank of Rear Admiral. He was a career aviator and saw extensive action in World...

Admiral Knoll's strength was as a staff officer. The list of individuals on whose staffs he served: Admiral Thomas C. Hart, Admiral Ernest J. King, Ambassador Averell Harriman, Admiral Richmond Kelly...

Admiral MacDonald had a varied career that included tours as an aide at the White House just prior to U.S. involvement in World War II and as a special naval observer at the American Embassy in...

The Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Donald J. Macdonald, USN (Ret.): 1908-1997Author: Donald J. MacDonaldPublisher: Naval Institute PressPublication Date: Aug 15, 1989Number of Pages: 560 pagesBinding:...

Following boyhood in Missouri, Shelton entered the Navy in 1939 as an enlisted man. He served in the battleships USS New Mexico (BB-40) and USS California (BB-44) before attending prep school and...

After graduation from the Naval Academy in 1933, Kauffman was forced to resign because of poor eyesight. He was employed by the U.S. Lines Steamship Co. until 1940 when he joined the French Volunteer...

After graduation from the Naval Academy in 1933, Kauffman was forced to resign because of poor eyesight. He was employed by the U.S. Lines Steamship Co. until 1940 when he joined the French Volunteer...

A principal focus of this memoir is Admiral Moran's service with the Navy and the Maritime Commission during the 20th century's two great world wars. In World War I he was an enlisted man and junior...

The admiral's career is a distinguished one in the field of naval ordnance. After study in the Postgraduate School at Annapolis, he took a graduate degree at MIT. Along with Admiral Rivero he was one...

The Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Edward K. Walker, USN (Ret.): 1904-1988Author: Edward K. WalkerPublisher: Naval Institute PressPublication Date: May 22, 2023Number of Pages: 299 pagesBinding: Hardback...

After 1924 graduation from the Naval Academy, Admiral Layton had shipboard duty before reporting to Tokyo for study of the Japanese language. In 1932 was assistant naval attach? in Peiping, China,...