Horacio Rivero oral history transcription

Rivero, Horacio, ADM, USN, 1910-2000. Early years in Puerto Rico; Education, USNA, 1931; USS Northampton, 1931-1932; USS Chi­ cago; Staff, CO, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet with commentary on ADM ]. M. Reeves; USS Mexico and USS California; USS Pennsylvania, USS Porter, 1936-1938; Naval Postgraduate School, Annapolis; M.S., MIT, 1940; BuOrd and BuShips, 1940-1942; USS Sanjuan and WWII operations in the Pacific including Guadalcanal, Gilbert Islands and Santa Cruz Islands, 1942; South and Central Pacific campaigns including Solomon Islands, Gilbert Islands, USS Pittsburgh including IwoJima and Okinawa campaigns and raid on Tokyo, 1944-1945; Staff Special Weapons Division, CNO, 1945-1946; Staff, CNO,Joint Task Force One, where he participated in Operation Cross-­ roads, 1946-1947; Staff,Joint Task Force Seven, and observed atomic weapons test in Eniwetok, 1948; CO, USSWilliam D. Lawe, 1948-1949; CO, USS Noble, 1951-1952; Student, National War College, 1953-1954; CO, Destroyer Flotilla, 1957-1958; Deputy Chief of Staff, CIC, Atlantic Fleet, 1960-1962; CO, Amphibious Force Atlantic, 1962-1963; Director, Navy Program Planning, CNO, 1963-1964; Vice Chief of Naval Operations 1964-1968; CIC, Allied Forces, Southern Europe, 1958-1972; Retired, 1972; Ambassador to Spain, 1972-1974.