Alfred M. Pride oral history transcription

Pride, Alfred M., ADM, USN, 1897. Enlisted, USNTR, 1917; Ensign, USNR, 1918; Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads, Va., 1919- 1922; USS Langley, 1922-1924; USS Saratoga, involved in commissioning and fitting out, 1926; USS Lexington, 1932-1934; NAS, Washington, D.C., 1934-1936; USS Wright, 1937-1938; XO, USS Saratoga, 1941-1942; CO, USS Belleau Wood, 1943-1944; CO, Carrier 6 Division 1946-1947; CO, Carrier 2 Division 1951-1955; CO, Air Force, Pacific Fleet, 1956-1959; Retired, 1959. ADM Pride was the first Naval Officer to fly ajet plane and the first to reach the rank of Vice Admiral without having graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy.