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Hill, Harry W. (Harry Wilbur), 1890-1971

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

ADM John H. Hoover, ADM Harry W. Hill, undated

 File — Box 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSC-105
Content Description From the Collection:

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lectures, critiques, interviews, commentary by ADM H. Kent Hewitt and others, drafts of chapters and final draft for an unpublished book entitled A History of Amphibious Warfare: From the Age of Sail to Inchon, 1957–1963.

Dates: undated

Harry W. Hill oral history transcription

 Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 2
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: undated