Kenneth L. Veth oral history transcription

Veth, Kenneth L., RADM, USN, 1911-. USNA, 1935; USS Pennsylvania, flagship of the Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, 1935-1937; Assistant Communications Officer, CO, Battleship 2 Division 1937-1938; Gunnery Officer, USS Phoenix, 1938; Mining Officer, USS Ramsey, 1941; Assistant U.S. Naval Attache, London, England, 1941-1942; Office of CNO, and BuOrd, Washington, D.C., 1942-1943; Assis­ tant Gunnery Officer, Staff of CO, Seventh Fleet, 1943; Intelligence and Liaison Officer, Staff of ADM Lord Louis Mountbatten, Royal Navy, Supreme Allied CO, Southeast Asia, 1943-1945; Of­ fice of CNO, 1945-1947; Operations Officer, USS Little Rock, 1947-1949; CO, USS Everett F. Larson, 1949-1950; Office of JCS, Washington, D.C., 1950-192; Student, Naval War College, 1952-1953; CO, Mine Division 2, USS Hannon, 1953-1954; CO, USS Monongahela, 1954-1955; National Security Agency, Washington, D.C., 1955-1958; Staff, CO, Carrier 20 Division 1958- 1959; Fitting out duty, USS Providence, 1959; CO, USS Providence, 1959; CO, Destroyer Flotilla Seven, 1960-1961; CO, Mine Force Pacific, and CO, Naval Base, Long Beach, Calif., 1961-1964; CO, Anti-Submarine Warfare Group Three, 1964-1965; Chief, Legislative Affairs, Navy Depart­ ment, 1965-1967; CO, U.S. Naval Advisory Group, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1967-1968; CO, Fourth Naval District, Philadelphia, Pa., and CO, Naval Base, Philadelphia, 1968-1973; Retired, 1973.