Naval War College (U.S.)

Hall, John E., 1925-. Youth in Birmingham, Mich.;Joined the Navy in 1944; Basic training at Great Lakes, Ill., and Quartermaster School, Newport, R.I., and Gulfport, Miss.; Amphibious Training School, Little Creek, Va.; Pre ommissioning of LSMR 190, Charleston, S.C.;Battle of Okinawa, l945;Japanese attack on LSMR 190;Wounded and rescued by minesweeper; Returned to the United States and discharged, November 1945; Member, LSM sailors organization; Postwar employment with United Way.

Captain John E. Jackson Oral History

Hyland, John J., ADM, USN, 1912-1998. Typescript of oral history interview focusing on Hyland's naval career, including his family, Naval Academy education, service in USS Lexington and USS Elliott; Flight training at NAS, Pensacola, Fla.; World War II service in the South Pacific including engagements in the Philip­ pines, the Netherlands, East Indies and Australia; Assignment as the personal pilot of RADM Er­ nest]. King, CNO, and Assistant Operations Officer, NAS Washington, D.C., 1942-1949;Assistant Director of Flight Test, NATC, 1946-1949; Operations Officer, USS Kearsarge, 1949-1950; Direc­ tor, Naval Air Test Center, 1951-1953; CO, USS Winslow, 1956-1957; CO, USS Saratoga, 1958- 1959;Joint Staff, CIC Atlantic, 1960; Assistant Director, then Director, Strategic Plans Division, CNO's Office, 1963-1965.

Hyland, John J., ADM, USN, 1912-1998. Typescript of oral history interview with a focus on the Vietnam War during which Hyland served as Commander Seventh Fleet, 1965-1967, and Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, 1967- 1970; Discussion focuses on his problems and frustrations during his command of the Pacific Fleet; A discussion of the events surrounding the seizure of the intelligence-gathering ship Pueblo by North Korea in 1968, and his recommendation for military action in this case; His thoughts on command responsibility, his strained relationship with Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt and his opinions of his reform programs; Commentary on the way the United States conducted the Vietnam War, the use of naval aviation and his relationship with Admiral John S. McCain and Admiral Thomas H. Moorer and other Flag Rank officers of the period.

McCrea, John L., VADM, USN, 1891-1990. Education, USNA, 1915; Service in USS New York, which operated with the Grand Fleet dur­ ing World War I, 1918; In USS New Mexico, Pacific Fleet; In USS Burns, Babbit, Zeilin and Ramapo; Graduate of the Naval War College, 1924, and served on the Asiatic Station as CO, USS Bittern; Was awarded bachelor and master of laws, 1929 and 1934from George Washington Uni­ versity; CO, USS Trever, 1932-1934; Navigator, USSAstoria, 1934-1936; XO, USS Pennsylvania, 1938-1940; Aide to CNO, 1940-1941; Naval Aide to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1942; CO, USS Iowa, 1943-1944, during campaigns at Kwajelin, Truk, Saipan, Hollandia, and the Battle of the Philippine Sea; CO, Cruise Division One, where he served in the Aleutian Islands and saw ac­ tion off the Kurile Islands, 1944-1945; Assistant and then Deputy CNO for Administration, 1945- 1946; Deputy Commander in Chief, Pacific Command and U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1948-1949; Direc­ tor of the Staff, Personnel Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1949-1952; CO, First Naval District, 1952-1953. Retired, 1953.

McCain, John S., Jr., ADM, USN, 1911-1981. Interview of ADM McCain, includes details of early life, parental influence, value of USNA ed­ ucation, importance of honor, patriotism and leadership, summer cruises, battleship cruises, submarine service, USNA teaching assignment, BUNAV recordsjob, and devices invented.

Hayward, John T., VADM, USN 1908-1999. Education, USNA, 1930; Naval flight training, Pensacola, Fla., 1932; USS Langley; Assistant Chief Engineer, Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, Pa.; U.S. Naval Observer, RAF; WWII ser­ vice including bombing squadrons in Central, South and Southwest Pacific, 1943-1944; Experi­ mental Officer, Naval Ordnance Test Station, lnyokem, Calif., including development of atomic bomb, 1944; Director, Plans and Operations, Sandia Base, Albuquerque, N.M., 1948; CO, 5 Squadron 1948-1951; CO, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, 1954-1956; CO, USS Franklin D. Roose­ velt, 1956-1957; Assistant CNO (R&D), 1957-1959; Deputy CNO (Development), 1959-1962; Emphasis on presidency of Naval War College, 1966-1968.

A student paper by CDR D. R Jones for the course in naval warfare at the Naval War College in which he attempted to establish that optimum knowledge of the oceans of the world is a prime and requisite element of sea power and proposed that this knowledge of inner space (i.e., the aqueous envelope of the earth extending from the surface of the ocean to its floor) is necessary for both national defense purposes and to ensure the exploitation of the oceans' vast food, mineral and energy resources. The author suggested that scientific and technological activities in oceanography should be broadened and increased to not only strengthen the U.S. military posture but also to satisfy the needs of the burgeoning populations of the world.

Marci, Joseph A., Captain, USCG (Ret.) 1924-. Graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, 1944; Served in SSAble Sterns; Assigned to the Philippines; Convoyed troops from France to United States; Mediterranean tour, 1949-1950; Served in Atlantic during the Korean War and was assigned to Yokohama, Japan, during the Viet­ nam War; Retired in 1974.

Gibbs, June Nesbitt, 1922. Reminiscences ofJune Gibbs who was an officer in the WAVES in WWII. Includes education at Wellesley College, course in cryptography; Enlisted in the WAVES in 1942; Training at USNMS (WR) at Smith College and Mt. Holyoke; Assigned to Naval Communication Annex, Washington, D.C.,where she worked on breaking the German code; Worked with early computers; Social life; Comments on Mildred McAfee and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek; V:J Day celebrations; Discharged inJanuary 1946; Impact of WAVES seIVice on her life; Received M. A. from Boston University; In­ volvement in Republican politics in Middletown, R.1.; On Town Council and a State Senator.