David McDonald oral history transcription

McDonald, David, L., ADM, USN, 1906-1997. Education, USNA, 1928; Flight training, Pensacola, Fla., 1929; Flight Instructor, Pensacola, Fla., 1935-1938; Naval Operational Training Command, 1942-1944; Air Officer and XO, USS Essex, 1944-1945; Staff, CO, Naval Air Forces Pacific, 1946-1947; Aide, Assistant SECNAV Air,J.N. Brown; Student, National War College, 1950-1951; USS Mindoro, 1951-1952; Staff, CINCPAC, 1952-1954; CO, USS Coral Sea, 1954-1955; Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, SHAPE, 1957-1960; CO, Carrier Division 6; CO, Sixth Fleet, 1961-1963;CNO, 1963-1967,with discussion of the Vietnam War and U.S.Forces in Southeast Asia, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and President L. B.Johnson and the JCS. Retired, 1967.