{"product_id":"the-reminiscences-of-rear-adm-thomas-howard-morton-9781682691809","title":"The Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Thomas Howard Morton, USN (Ret.): 1912-1976","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Howard Morton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682691802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682691809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Naval Institute Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/1975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.06d","brand":"Thomas Howard Morton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48436936802559,"sku":"9781682691809","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0d1fd96b-b6fb-44a8-822a-cad9d5a8cf86.jpg?v=1777158781","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-reminiscences-of-rear-adm-thomas-howard-morton-9781682691809","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}