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Oral history interview with John H. Hoover [electronic resource], 1964

Creator: Hoover, John H., 1887-1970
Project: Naval history project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript: 432 pages
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Naval officer.

Scope and Contents

Family background; Annapolis; United States Navy of 1910-30; early cruises, torpedo training, destroyer duty; growth of naval aviation; World War I duty at Channel ports and in eastern Mediterranean; submarine training, Submarine Desk, 1923-28; the LEXINGTON and carrier duty; naval air stations, San Diego and Norfolk; World War II and Caribbean Sea Frontier, 1941-43; convoying and anti-submarine efforts; impressions of Admirals Ernest King, John R. Edwards, Raymond Spruance, and Henry Wilson.

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Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1971.

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