Hill, Harry W. (Harry Wilbur), 1890-1971
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
ADM John H. Hoover, ADM Harry W. Hill, undated
Research source materials, notes, correspondence, lectures, critiques, interviews, commentary by ADM H. Kent Hewitt and others, drafts of chapters and final draft for an unpublished book entitled A History of Amphibious Warfare: From the Age of Sail to Inchon, 1957–1963.
Harry W. Hill oral history transcription
Hill, Harry W., ADM, USN, 1890-1971. Education, USNA, 1911; Service in surface ships prior to WWI; Action in USSTexas, USS Wy oming during WWI; Flag LT to ADM R. E. Coontz; Gunnery Officer on USS Concord and USS Memphis; CO, USSDewey; Student, Naval War College, 1937-1938; War Plans Officer, CO, U.S. Fleet, and CNO; CO, USSWichita; CO, Battleship Division 4; CO, Amphibious Group 2 with ac tion in Central Pacific campaigns in the Gilbert Islands, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima; CO, Fifth Amphibious Group with action in Okinawa Campaign; CO, Army Navy Staff College; CO, Na tional War College; Chairman of the General Board; Superintendent, USNA; Retired, 1952; Gov ernor, Naval Home, Philadelphia, 1952-1954.