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Pirie, Robert B., VADM, USN, 1905-1990. Education, USNA, 1926; Naval Aviator, 1929; Service on USS Lexington, USS Langley, and Senior Aviator on USSRaleigh; XO, Scouting Squadron 5-B, USSYorktown, 1939-1940; Superin­ tendent of Training, NAS, Miami, 1940-1942; ""WII service in the Battle of the Marianas, Philip­ pine Islands, Okinawa, Formosa, Leyte Gulf and South China; Chairman, Department of Aviation, USNA. 1946-1948; CO, USSSICILY, 1948-1949;Commandant, USNA;Staff, CICAtlan­ tic Fleet, 1954-1956; CO, Second Fleet, 1957-1958; Deputy CNO (Air), 1958-1962. Restricted.

Dennison, Robert, ADM, USN, 1901-1980. Education, USNA, 1923; USSArkansas; Submarine &hool, New London, Conn., 1925; Naval Postgraduate School, 1929; M.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1930; Ph.D.,John Hopkins Uni­ versity, 1935; CO, USS Cuttlefish and USSJohn D. Ford; Staff, CIC, Asiatic Fleet and took part in campaigns in Philippines and East India; Staff, CO, Allied Naval Forces, East Australia, and Staff, CO, Submarines, East Australia, 1942; Chief of Staff, CO, Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet, 1942- 1943; Staff,Joint War Plans Committee,JCS 1943; Assistant CNO, Political Military Affairs, 1946- 1947; CO, USS Missouri, 1947-1948; Naval Aide, President Harry S. Truman, 1948; CO, Cruiser 4 Division 1953-1954; Assistant CNO, Plans and Policy, 1955-1956; CO, First Fleet, 1956-1958; CIC, Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, 1959-1960; CIC, Atlantic Fleet and Su­ preme Allied Commander Atlantic, 1960-1963; Retired, 1963.

Wertheim, Robert H., RADM, USN, 1922-. Education, USNA, 1946; Service in occupied Japan, 1945-1946; First Nuclear Weapons As­ sembly Team, Sandia Base, N.M., 1948-1949; USS North Sound, 1950-1951; M.S., MIT, 1954; USS Los Angeles, first ship armed with surface missile system Regulus, 1954-1956; Participated in development of Polaris missile, 1956-1961; Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, Calif., where worked on Chaparral missile system, 1961-1962; Head, Missile Branch and Deputy Techni­ cal Director, Strategic Systems Project Office, 1965-1968; Technical Director, Strategic Systems Project Office, where he helped to develop Polaris, Poseidon and Trident Systems, 1968-1971; Retired, 1979; Sr. Vice-President, Service and Engineering, Lockheed Corporation, 1981.

Long, Robert L.J., ADM, 1920, 1920-. Typescript of Admiral Long treating his youth, education at various colleges and U.S. Naval Academy, service in USSCOLORADO in the Pacific in the Gilberts, Marshall Islands, Mariana Is­ lands, and landings in the Philippine Islands and Okinawa, 1943-1945; Attendance at Submarine School, 1945-1946; USS Corsair, 1946-1949; NROTC unit, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1949-1951; XO, USS Cutlass, 1951-1953; Attendance at Naval War College, 1953-1954; CO SEA Leopard, 1954- 1956; Head, Submarine Weapons Readiness Section, CNO, 1956-1958; Staff, CO, Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet, 1958-1959; CO, USS Patrick Henry, 1960-1963; CO USS Casimir Pulaski, 1963-1965; BuNav Weapons, 1965; Executive assistant and Naval Aide to Navy Under Secretary, 1966-1968; CO, Service Group Three, 1968-1969; Deputy CO, Fleet Maintenance and Logistics support, 1969-1972; CO, Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet, 1972-1974;Vice Chief of Naval Opera­ tions, 1977-1979; CIC, Pacific 1979-1983. Retired, 1983.

Salzer, Robert S., ADM, USN, 1919-1988. Education, Yale University, 1940; Commissioned, USNR, 1940; WWII service on USS Fulmer, USSSummit and USSJMS-347; CO, USS LST-624, 1942-1945; XO, USSGuadalupe, 1946-1948; Intelligence Officer, 1948-1954; Staff Officer, Join t Staff, JCS, 1956-1959; CO, USS Bryce Can­ yon, 1961-1963; Destroyer Commands, 1963-1964; CNO's Office, 1964-1965; Vietnam War ser­ vice including CO, Amphibious Squadron 4, CO, River Assault Flotilla One, CO, Operation Sealord, 1966-1968; CO, Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla Seven and Three, 1970-1971; CO, U.S. Naval Forces, Vietnam, 1971-1972; CO, Amphibious Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1972; Retired, 1975.

Keith, Robert Taylor Scott, Sr., VADM, USN, 1905-1989. Reminiscences of forty years service in the U.S. Navy, including duty in Battleships USS Utah, USS Arizona; Command of USS Missouri in 1954; In destroyers, USS Overton, USS Aylwin and USS Cushing; Command of USS Nicholas during WWII in the Pacific Theater. He saw three tours of duty at USNA, including that of Commandant of midshipmen in the mid-l 950s. As a Flag Offi­ cer he was CO, Naval Base, Subic Bay; CO, PACFLT Cruiser Destroyer Force and CO, First Fleet. He retired on 1July 1964.

Quigley, Robin, CAPT, USN, 1929-. Graduate, Dominican College, 1951; Life in England, 1953-1954; Women Officer's Indoctri­ nation School, Newport, RI., 1954; Strategic Plans Division, OPNAV, 1954-1957; Naval War Col­ lege, 1957-1959; WAVE Officer and Enlisted Procurement Officer, San Francisco, 1959-1961; Secretary to CNO, 1961-1963; Senior Aide, Deputy CIC, U.S. European Command, Paris, 1963- 1966; Head, Direct Appointment and Officer Candidate Section, Recruiting Division, BuPers, 1966-1969; Special Assistant, XO, Naval Submarine School, 1969-1970; Director, WAVES, 1971- 1973; CO, Service School Command, 1973-1975; Retired, 1975.

Johnson, Roy L. ADM, USN, 1906-1999. Education, USNA, 1929; Naval Aviation School, 1931; USS Salt Lake City, 1932-1935; Early days of naval aviation and NAS, Pensacola, Fla., 1935-1937; Scouting Squadron 6, USSEnteI]>rise and USS Yorktown, 1937-1940; BuAir, 1941-1943; Air Officer and XO, USS Hornet, 1944--1945; Office of CNO and JCS, 1945-1947; CO, USS Badoeng Strait, 1951-1952; CO, USS Forrestal, 1955--1956; Director, Long Range Objectives Group, CNO, 1956-1958; CO, CARRIER DIVISION 4, 1958-1960; Detailed reminiscences of Vietnam War and CO, Seventh Fleet, 1964-1965; CINCPACFLT, 1965--1967; Retired, 1967.

Benson, Roy Stanley, RADM, USN, 1906-1995. Education, USNA. 1929; USS New York and USS Smith Thompson, 1929-1933; Submarine School, New London, Conn., and Submarine duty, 1934-1939; XO, USS Nautilus, 1941-1942; CO, USS Trigger, 1942; CO, USS Razorback, 1944; Staff, Operational Readiness, NS Fleet, 1945; Staff, CO, Submarine Force, Atlantic, 1947; CO, Submarine Development Group 2, 1949; Stu­ dent, National War College, 1952-1953.

Libby, Rutheven E., VADM, USN, 1900-1986. Education, USNA, 1922; USS Tennessee, 1922-1923; USS Utah and USS Colorado, 1924- 1929; M.S., Columbia University, 1931; USS Boggs, 1931-1934; XO, USS MacDonough, 1937- 1938; USS Northampton, 1938-1939; Assistant Naval Attache, American Embassy, London, 194Q.....194l;Aide, CIC, U.S. Fleet, 1941-1943; CO, Destroyer Squadron 1, which saw action in the Aleutian Islands and the Gilbert Islands, 1943-1944; CO, Destroyer Squadron 56, which partici­ pated in Marianas Campaign and occupation in southern Palau Islands, 1944; CO, USS Bremerton, 1946-1947; Deputy Chief, Strategic Plans Office of CNO, 1948; CO, Cruiser 3 Divi­ sion 1950-1952; CO, Battleship Cruiser 4, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, 1954-1955; Office of CNO, 1956- 1958; CO, First Fleet, 1958-1960; Retirement, 1960. Commentary on Admirals C. W. Nimitz, R K. Turner and E.J. King.