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62797 |
OH0091 |
Joseph K. Taussig, Jr., Oral History Interview
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November 19, 1987; May 13, 1988 |
Captain Taussig, a son and grandson of senior Naval officers, was a member of the US Naval Academy Class of 1941. He subsequently was stationed at Pearl Harbor where he was severely wounded during the Japanese attack of 7 December 1941. Taussig discusses his background and his early memories growing up in a Navy family, his education, his experiences at the U.S. Naval Academy and his experiences aboard the U.S.S. NEVADA during the summer and fall of 1941.
This goes with Fetch slip 771.
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62798 |
OH0126 |
John R. Beardall, Jr., Oral History Interview
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June 6, 1991 |
A Navy junior, Captain Beardall comments on his presence on the light cruiser RALEIGH during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, service in the CLEVELAND during the invasion of North Africa and Solomon Islands campaign, and duty in the WEEKS at Luzon, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Postwar assignments discussed include postgraduate studies at USNA and MIT, cruises aboard the WORCESTER to the Mediterranean and Korea, assignment as naval aide to the undersecretary of Navy during the transition from the Eisenhower administration to the Kennedy administration, and command of the NORFOLK in intercepting and inspecting a Soviet ship during removal of missiles from Cuba.
Goes with Fetch slip #772.
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62799 |
OH0149 |
Thomas E. Blount Oral History Interview
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February 8, 1995; June 25, 1995; June 26, 1995 |
Commander Blount comments on his childhood in a family that moved frequently before settling in Rye, N.Y. He describes his experiences at the U.S. Naval Academy, including the details of the midshipmen cruise to Europe. From his World War II experiences, he reports on assignment to the USS HAMILTON (DD 141), convoy duty in the North Atlantic, the invasion of Morocco, and the attack upon the French ship JEAN BART. Commentaries touch upon flight training at Melbourne, Fla., and duties in the Pacific aboard the BENNINGTON. Also of interest are descriptions of attacks upon Japanese airfields, duty as flag lieutenant to Adm. Jonathan Price, operations officer at Ford Island, and the illness that cut short his naval career.
FIXED Joe B <-> Please Rescan tape 1, marked with blue paper because of color shift. Goes with Fetch slip 777
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62800 |
OH0174 |
Jacques B. Hadler Oral History Interview
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February 7, 1999 |
Commander Hadler reports on his childhood and schooling in rural North Dakota and his engineering success as a midshipman at the USNA, before being designated as a member of Club 23 due to vision problems. He was subsequently assigned to postgraduate school in naval architecture at the USNA and eventually he was sent to MIT for further study in that field. During World War II he worked at the Bureau of Ships examining war damage to ships and then to the San Francisco Naval Shipyard for actual shipyard experience. Due to a lesion on his lung, he was unable to receive a commission in the regular Navy and received an appointment to the David Taylor Model Basin as a civilian engineer. He comments on his involvement in the testing and development of hydrodynamics, the improvement of propeller design and improvements in the hydrodynamic design of submarines. He spent seventeen years as head of hydrodynamics at David Taylor Model Basin and made major breakthroughs in the design of ship propulsion. In 1978 he joined Webb Institute as head of research and professor of Naval Architecture, eventually becoming dean.
Goes with Fetch slip 780.
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62801 |
OH0181 |
James P. Lynch Oral History Interview
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April 26, 2001 |
Captain Lynch graduated from the Naval Academy in February 1941, and had a wide range of duties in the Navy including assignments in destroyers, submarines, aircraft carriers, and auxiliary ships as well as staff assignments. He was on patrol in the Atlantic prior to World War II, and in action against German U-Boats until March 1942. In March 1942, Captain Lynch volunteered for submarine duty and, after attending submarine school, was assigned to duty in submarines for the remainder of World War II and the year following in the Western Pacific in the USS SNOOK (SS 279) and the USS SEA DOG (SS 401). At the end of the war, Captain Lynch was in command of the USS S-45 (SS 156) and subsequently the submarines USS DEVILFISH, (SS 292) and USS SARDA (SS 488).
After completion of flight training in 1948, Captain Lynch was assigned duties involving flying including tours of duty as Commanding Officer of ASW Patrol Squadron FORTY-NINE, Navigator of the USS CORAL SEA (CVA 43), Commanding Officer of the USS JUPITER (AVS-8) and Commanding Officer of the USS YORKTOWN (CVS 10) and staff assignments on the Staff of General Lauris Norstad, USAF, at SHAPE, Paris France; Chief of Staff and Aide to Commander Antisubmarine Warfare Group THREE, Assistant Head of the Air Weapons Analysis Staff in the office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air; and Navy Planner in the office of the Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Strategic Plans (OP 60). Lynch retired from active duty on August 31, 1968.
Goes with Fetch Slip 776.
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62802 |
OH0183 |
Malcolm W. Cagle Oral History Interview
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April 28, 2001 |
After graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1941, Cagle spent 2 1/2 years in the USS OVERTON (DD 239) mostly in the North Atlantic. Then he was assigned to flight training in fighters and became XO of the VF-88 in the Pacific area. After the war he commanded VF63, was assigned to the Pentagon, and promoted to RADM. As COMCarDiv 1, he completed two tours in Vietnam. He became a VADM and had flag assignments with Op 90, as Chief of Naval Air Training, and as first Chief of Naval Education and Training.
Goes with Fetch slip 775.
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62803 |
OH0184 |
William J. Daly Oral History Interview
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April 28, 2001 |
CMDR Daly, a 1941 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, first served in the USS Kearny (DD432). Subsequent duty was in the Atlantic and Mediterranean aboard the USS Earle (DD635), USS Thomas (DD833) as exec and commanding officer of USS Spangenberg (DE223). He left the service in December 1946 and worked in his family's wholesale drug business except for 2 years of active duty starting in 1950 in the Korean War where he made Commander USNR. The family business expanded to include hospital supply distribution.
Goes with Fetch slip 774.
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62804 |
OH0185 |
Everett S. Hopkins Oral History Interview
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April 25, 2001 |
Everett S. Hopkins graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1941 and then served aboard the heavy cruiser USS Quincy until it sunk in August 1942. He then served as a gunnery officer on the destroyers USS Stevenson, the USS Remey and the USS Alfred A. Cunningham. While on the Cunningham, he was promoted to Executive Officer, and then reported aboard the USS George W. Ingraham as Commanding Officer in December 1945. He left the service in May 1946 as Lieutenant Commander and worked for 27 years with IBM.
Goes with Fetch slip 773.
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