The Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Thomas Howard Morton, USN (Ret.): 1912-1976 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781682691809)

Highlights of the admiral's career were: when he served as gunnery officer in the battleship USS North Carolina (BB-55) during many crucial engagements in the Pacific (1944-1945); when he served in destroyers, first as skipper of the USS Compton (DD-705), then as commander of a destroyer division, and later as commander of the famous Destroyer Squadron 23; when he served with Admiral R. Kelly Turner on the United Nations' Staff Committee (1945-1947); and when he served as Commander, Naval Weapons Laboratory at Dahlgren, Virginia (1960-1961). He later became disillusioned in assignments at the Pentagon during the McNamara regime and tells of his dealings with the "Whiz Kids" before his retirement in 1964.

Author: Thomas Howard Morton
ISBN-10: 1682691802
ISBN-13: 9781682691809
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Language: English
Published: 05/15/1975
Pages: 498
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.15lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.06d