To the Reminiscences of Vice Adm. William L. Read, USN (Ret.)
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Index to The Reminiscences of Vice Adm. William L. Read, USN (Ret.) A A-4 fighters, 288 academic studies, plebe summer, 31 acey-deucy (board game), 316–17 Acheson, Dean G., 386 Adamson, Robert E., Jr. “Rojo,” 496 Aden, Yemen, 239 Adim, Charles, 396–97, 398 Admiral Stellingwerf Reef, ship aground on, 430–37 Adrian, Robert N., 181 Adriatic Sea, 81 Aegean Sea, 76 Aegis air defense system: as CIC follow-on, 284; complexity of, training for, 467; data crunching by, 329; Iran Air flight 655 (1988) and, 286–87; radar jamming and, 487–88; Spruance destroyer program and, 506; for strike cruisers, 481; Ticonderoga-class cruisers and, 358, 475–77 aerial mapping and photogrammetry, 269 Afghanistan, Iran’s on improvements in, 364 Africa. See Amity cruises Afrikaans culture, South Africa, 240–42 AIM-54 Phoenix, 488 Air Chart and Information Center, St. Louis, 267–68 air controllers: CIC School for, 116, 117–19; English language for, 85–86 air corridors, NTDS doctrine on, 285 Air Force, U.S.: helicopter pilots in Vietnam, 288–89; information officer training by, 266, 270; Northeast bases, 499; nuclear delivery by Navy vs., 177, 558; women pilots in, 464 air intercept officer, Read as, 119, 125 aircraft jet engine, gas turbines and, 356 air-search radar, of early 1950s, 118 Ajaccio, Corsica, 79, 82. See also Brownson Alameda, California naval facilities, 503 Alexander, Richard G.: Arnheiter Affair and, 183–84; as Jonas Ingram executive officer, 163, 166, 167; organizational skills, 164, 189; senior officers on article by Read and, 175–76, 181–82; tactics and strategy discussions with, 219; on Weapon Alfa, 173. See also “Invitation to Disaster” Alexandria, Egypt, Royal Navy facilities at, 140 Allen M. Sumner class destroyers, 109 Alliant Technologies, 327 altitudes, NTDS doctrine on, 285 American Airlines DC-10 crash, Chicago (1979), 70 American Legion, Bloomington, Illinois, 22 America’s Cup, at Newport, 501 Amity cruises: African stops, 239–40; Afrikaans culture and, 240–42; athletic events and, 246–48; national anthems and, 245; Operation Handclasp and, 248–50; repair projects ashore and, 250; SoLant task force for, 238; stability in Africa and, 252; Van Voorhis band and, 242–46, 247 amphetamines (Red Devils), 301, 311–12 Amphibious Force, 140–41, 497, 504, 525 Amphibious Group Two, 124–25 amphibious operations: AGC’s and, 124; doctrine and planning for, 134–35; enlisted men in, 137; Jonas Ingram and, 190; officers, at the War College, 223–24. See also Mount Olympus Amphion, 98 Anchorage: amphibious operations and, 137; familial spirit on, 111; guests on board, 185; low-pressure steam plant on, 510; navigation systems on, 212–13; petty officers’ expertise on, 117; Portland Rose Festival and, 538; Read’s son as commander of, 89, 124 “Anchors Aweigh,” 244–45 Anderson, George W., Jr., 263 Andrews, Frank A., 230, 236, 523 Angola, 239 Annapolis Air Station, Grosvenor as CO of, 57 Annapolis Today (Banning), 19 Antarctica: mapping, 268–69; Operation Highjump in, 75 antiaircraft (AA) trainers, 24 antiaircraft (AA) training, 258 antiaircraft (AA) warfare, 171–72, 180 antisubmarine defense officer, Read as, 106 antisubmarine rocket (ASROC), 177, 180, 196, 198, 259, 474 antisubmarine torpedo launching systems, 170 antisubmarine warfare (ASW): Aegis system and, 284; better sonars and, 326–27; Brownson–French navy exercises, 82–83, 84; Calvert on proper use of, 417; exercises, in Mediterranean, 191–92, 258–59; Gulf of Maine exercise, 230–35; Jonas Ingram and, 172; Mark 2 strike cruiser and, 487; NATO, in Mediterranean, 390–91; night exercise, Brownson–Roan collision and, 92, 101; outdated sonars and, 235; standoff, 174; surface ships and, 199; tactics for, 523; Weapon Alfa and, 173. See also “Invitation to Disaster” antisubmarine warfare (ASW)-type commanders, 179–80 Antisubmarine Warfare Forces Atlantic (ASWForLant), 179, 180 apartheid, South African, 239–40 appendicitis, crew member with, 255 Aranci Bay, Sardinia, 79, 142 Argentine navy, 237 Arleigh Burke-class ships, 260, 261, 284, 322, 508 Arlington Annex, 470 Army, U.S.: Bennett and, 278; completed staff work and, 374–75; Europe, material bureaus and, 272–73; Industrial College of the Armed Forces and, 224; information officer training by, 266, 270; large staff in peacetime and, 497–98; Mount Olympus operations and, 124–25; Northeast bases, 499; Richardson’s military assistant and, 438–39. See also Goodpaster, Andrew J. Army Map Service, 267–68 Army-McCarthy hearings (1954), 146, 147 Army-Navy football games, 60–61 Arnheiter, Marcus A., 183 Arnheiter Affair, 183–84 arsenal ships, 481 Asiatic Fleet, 140 Assault on Normandy: First-Person Accounts from the Sea Services (Stillwell), 42 Association of the U.S. Army, 224, 378 Aston, William J., 57 Athens, Greece, 73, 78, 142, 239 athletic events: Amity cruises and, 246–48; Naval Academy, 60–62 Atlantic Council of the U.S., 374–75, 384 Atlantic Fleet Surface Force. See Surface Force Atlantic Fleet Atlantic Monthly, 35 Atlantic Ocean, Neutrality Patrol in, 74 Augusta Bay, Sicily, 79, 141–42 Australian digger hats, 316–17, 320 AV-8 Harrier aircraft, 486–87, 488 Avery Conley School, 10–11 aviation: distillate fuel for, nuclear-powered combatants and, 506; Read’s eyes and, 29; Read’s interest in, 18–19 aviators: Shangri-La, enemy order of battle and, 336–37; at the War College, 223–24 B Babbitt (Lewis), 302 Bagley, David H., 441–42, 446, 450, 451, 455 Bainbridge, 406 Bairnco Corporation, 548 balance crew, of Jonas Ingram, 163, 164–65 Baldwin, Alec, 349 Bancroft Hall, Naval Academy, 33–34 band, Van Voorhis’s, 242–46, 247 bankruptcy, grandfather and, 11 Banning, Kendall, 19 Barber, James A., Jr., 428 Barcelona, 78, 239 base facilities, long distance deployments and, 139–40 basketball team, Van Voorhis, 246 Bates, Richard W. “Rafe,” 224–25 battalion football, Naval Academy, 61–62 Batten, Frank, 540, 541 battery alignment, lessons on, 87–88 battleship cruise (1946), for midshipmen, 49–52 BBC news, on World War II, 16 Bear bombers, Soviet, 349, 488 Bearcat fighters, 118 Beardall, John R., 45 Bee, Read’s Auntie, 58 Beechcraft, twin-engine, 218 beer, home brewing, 11 behemoth syndrome, 170 Belgium: (John) Eisenhower as ambassador to, 404; German forces conquer, 16–17; NATO participation by, 390; Read family tours of, 398–400; Schlieffen Plan for invasion of, 220. See also NATO Belknap, fire aboard, 346–47 Ben-Gurion, David, 79 Bennett, John Charles, 278 bent-line screens, 76 Berchtesgaden, Germany, 403 Bergin, Daniel E., Jr., 406 Bermuda, 92–93, 95, 98–100 Bernstein, Carl, 538 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, 162, 164 Bison bombers, Soviet, 488 Bissell, Dick, 20 black oil, 422, 423 black shoe staff, green shoe staff vs., 338 blacks: Amity cruise stop in Cape Town and, 239–40; as midshipman, 36–37; in the military, 465; officers, detail assignments for, 463 blip enhancers, enemy order of battle and, 349 Bloodsworth Island, exercise at, 88 Bluejackets’ Manual, 207 Boca Chica Airfield, Mayport Naval Station, Florida, 262 Boeing Company, 479, 480 Bogart, Humphrey, 396 bogeys: controlled intercepts of, 117–18; French pilot on, 85–86 Boggs, Paul R., Jr, 130 boiler room: women and, 533. See also steam propulsion boiler water schools, 169 Bolles, Hebert W., 249 Bolton, Chief, 107 Bombay, India, 370 Bonifacio, Strait of, 191, 212 Boorda, Jeremy M. “Mike,” 65 boot camp, 23–28 Bordeaux, France, NATO and, 381 Boston, 283 Boston Naval Shipyard, 106, 107, 165, 229, 498 Botha, Pieter Willem, 241 bottom mines, 297, 426 Bowman, Frank L. “Skip,” 65 box launchers, 489–90 Brabender, E. M., 49 Braeburn, Lieutenant Commander, 48 Brazil, U.S. ties to, 367–68 Brazilian navy, 237 Bregentzer, Ellen and family, 397 Bremerhaven, France, NATO and, 381 Brest, France, NATO and, 381 Brisbane, Australia, 313, 315–16 Britain: eastern Mediterranean and, 79; Neutrality Patrol and, 74; staff work for SHAPE and, 378; Suez crisis (1956) and, 192 British Expeditionary Force, World War I and, 400 British Royal Navy: Brownson and, 82; dry dock in Bermuda and, 98; long distance deployments and, 139, 140; Mainbrace and, 131–32; Read’s relations with, 192; submarines, NATO exercises and, 326 Bronson, 72 Bronstein, 260 Brooklyn, New York, 5 Brooklyn Dodgers, 5 Brooks, C. Wayland, 22, 23 Brown, Nicholas, 393 Brown, Wesley A., 36–37 Brownson: Bronson confused with, 72; exercises with foreign navies, 82–86; familial spirit on, 110–11; Guantánamo fleet training and, 112–14; Korean War and, 108; Korean War, reserves and, 122–23; in Mediterranean, 56, 66, 139–40; Mediterranean liberty ports, 78–81; Naples as homeport for, 60; procuring gun repair parts for, 104–8; Read arrives aboard, 73–75; Read as OOD aboard, 76; Read ends tour aboard, 116; readiness of, 77; Read’s development as ship handler on, 108–10; Read’s interest in, 72–73; Read’s professional development on, 86–89; repairs in Philadelphia, 102–4; Roan collision with, 92–98, 100–101; skippers during Read’s tour on, 90–95, 97–98, 114–15; sports Saturday in Mediterranean, 82; survivability of, 482 Brozio, Manlio G., 443 Brussels, Belgium: civilian NATO staff in, 378; Goodpaster–Read trips to, 401; ministerial meeting in, 442, 443. See also NATO Bug Smasher, 218 Bulkeley, John D., 40, 41–42, 44, 188 bull ensigns, 76 Bull’s Run incident, 39 Bunker C fuel oil, 238 Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, 151 Bureau of Naval Personnel (BuPers): at Arlington Annex, 470; Destroyer School and, 203; detail assignments and, 117; discipline section, promotion control list and, 149–50; doctor and dentist ranks and promotions, 150–52; Holloway as chief of, 46, 156–57; Read and officer promotions program, 142–43, 145–49; Read assignment negotiated with, 323–24; Read on working for, 450; Read tries to leave, 153–54, 161; Read’s family life and, 157–59; Read’s studies for, 145–47, 150–51, 155, 156.