Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with John H. Hoover [electronic resource], 1964Biographical NoteNaval officer.
Scope and ContentsFamily 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.
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1971.
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