Robert W. Windsor, Jr., Oral History Interview

February 6, 1988
Oral History #OH0107
Creator(s)
Windsor, Robert W. (Interviewee); Lennon, Donald R. (Interviewer)
Physical description
0.005 Cubic Feet, 1 audiotape, 1.5 hours, 23 pages
Preferred Citation
Robert W. Windsor, Jr., Oral History Interview (#OH0107), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
Access
No restrictions


Scope and arrangement

Capt. Windsor, a member of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1941, discusses World War II service in the USS COLORADO and the USS McLANAHAN, flight training in 1943, and service with the fleet in the South Pacific during 1944 and 1945. Post war commentary centers on assignment to Admiral Marc Mitscher's staff, service during the Korean War operating off of the USS YORKTOWN, duty aboard the USS SARATOGA in the Mediterrian during the Lebanon Crisis of 1958, staff assignment to COMFAIRJAX, test pilot school, setting the national jet speed record, and service in the USS INDEPENDENCE off Vietnam.


Administrative information
Source of acquisition

Gift of Robert W. Windsor, Jr.

Processing information

Encoded by Apex Data Services

Copyright notice

Repository does not own copyright to the oral history collection. Permission to cite, reproduce, or broadcast must be obtained from both the repository and the participants in the oral history, or their heirs.

General note

1930s-1960s


Key terms
Personal Names
Windsor, Robert W.
Corporate Names
Colorado (Battleship)
Independence (Aircraft carrier : CV-62)
Saratoga (Aircraft carrier : CVA-60)
United States. Navy--Aviation
United States. Navy--Officers--Interviews
Yorktown (Aircraft carrier : CV-10)
Topical
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North