The reminiscences of Admiral Harry W. Hill, USN
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Publication
1975 - , No place, unknown, or undetermined
Language
English
Word Count
242,500 words, Guess
Page Count
970 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL61305250M
- ISBN-100884550990
- OCLC Control Number3163671
- Library of Congress Control Number75024190
Classifications
- DDC359.3/31/0924
- LCCV63.H54
Alternate Titles
- Hill, Harry Wilbur
Description
Naval officer. Topics include: Naval Academy; early cruises, gunnery training; World War I: Scapa Flow, German Fleet surrender; Navy Department reorganization; arms limitation, naval budget, congressional liaison; Hoover good will cruise to South America, 1928; Naval War College, 1937; War Plans Division, 1940; World War II: United-Canada Joint Board Armed Defense, convoys and patrols, Murmansk, Iceland; Pacific theater commands: detailed analysis of amphibious assault at Tarawa; operations at Saipan, Tinian, Iwo Jima, Okinawa; plans for assault on Japan; National War College, Naval Academy superintendent; Naval Home. Accounts of Generals Douglas MacArthur and Holland M. Smith; Admirals Ernest King, Chester Nimitz, Raymond Spruance, Kelly Turner, and othrer military, naval, and political figures.
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Series Statement
- N.Y.T. [i.e. New York times oral history program -- 1]
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