Helmer S. Pearson oral history transcription

Pearson, Helmer S., RADM, USCG, 1916-. Marion Military Institute, Marion, Ala.; USCG Academy, 1941; Watch Officer, Mojave, USS Hunter Liggett, 1941; Gunnery Officer, Campbell, 1941-1943; Student, Anti-Submarine Warfare School, HMS Osprey, Dunoon, Scotland, 1942; Radar student, MIT, 1943; Radar and Anti-Sub­ marine Warfare InsbLictor, CG Training Station, St.Augustine, Fla., 1943-1944; XO, Brownsville, 1944-1945; CO, Mobile Loran Detachments "H" and "G", 1945-1946; Electronics Engineer, Fourteenth CG District, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1946; M. S., 1949; Radiation Laboratory Research Su­ peIVisor, USN; Electronics Systems Engineer, Electronics Engineering Division, CGHQ 1949- 1950; CO, Electronics Engineering Station, Wildwood, NJ., 1950-1953; CO, Yamacraw, 1953- 1955; Assistant Chief, Electronics Engineering Division, CGHQ 1955-1960; CO, CG Mediterra­ nean Section Office, Naples, Italy, 1960-1963; CO, Duane, 1963-1965; Chief, Engineering Divi­ sion, Fifth District Office, Portsmouth, Va., 1965-1967; Chief, Operations Division, Fifth CG District Office, Portsmouth, Va., 1967-1968; Deputy Chief, Office of Engineering, CGHQ 1968- 1969; Chief, Office of Engineering, 1973-1974; Retired, 1974.