Kent C. Melhorn and Charles M. Melhorn oral history transcription

Melhorn, Charles M. CDR, USN, 1918. Education, University of California, 1940; Enlisted, USN, 1940; USS Gregory, USS Colhoun, 1941-1942;WWII, South Pacific, Battle of Guadalcanal, and the Battle of Tassafaronga, 1942; Mo­ tor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3, PT 44, 1942; Naval Air Station, Flight Training, 1943; Torpedo 50 Squadron 1944; USS Cowpens and final battles, Third Fleet, with Japanese, 1945; USS Leyte, 1946; NAS, Quonset Point, RI.;Flag Secretary, CO, Carrier Division 4; NAS, Corpus Christi, Tex., 1952-1954; Staff, Carrier Warning Squadron 12, Sixth Fleet, 1954--1956; Staff CO, Carrier 15 Divi­ sion 1959; Staff, USAF CINC NORAD, 1960-1961; Retired, 1961; M.A San Diego State University; Ph.D., University of California, 1973; Author of Two-Block Fox: The Rise of the Aircraft Carrier.