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Reminicences of Rear Admiral Arthur W. Price, Jr. U. S. Navy Retired Index to Series of Taped Interviews with Rear Admiral Arthur W. Price, Jr. USN (Ret.) ACTOV: U. S. turn-over of naval assets to the Vietnamese Navy, p. 456-7; AIR PAC: Price reports to staff of ComAirPac (Sept. 1952) p. 184-201; ALLENDE, Salvator: p. 512-13; USS ASHLAND (LSD-1): Price named as commander during Berlin Crisis, p. 300-1; the special engines in the ship, p. 306; the commissioning ceremony, p. 307-8; description of the ship, p. 309-310; shakedown training, p. 311-12, detailed to the 6th fleet, p. 314-340; a unit of Phib Ron 4, p. 316-7; Price relieved at Vieques by Commander King, Jr., p. 343; AUSTRALIAN ARMY: joint exercise with WesPac Amphibious forces, p. 628-30; USS BLUE RIDGE: Amphibious Command Ship, p. 610; BU PERS: Price is assigned to detailing for special programs and projects, p. 276 ff; problem with personnel assigned to the USS KITTY HAWK, p. 277-8; special demands of the Berlin Crisis, p. 300-1; BURKE, Admiral Arleigh: a demonstration of the SIDEWINDER for him at Pt. Mugu, p. 219-20; p. 270; COM AMPHIB FORCE - 7th Fleet (CTF 76): Price takes command under Adm. Holloway, p. 608 ff; Adm. Steele relieves Holloway - the special amphibious operation in the Philippines, p. 609 ff; an officer overboard - rescued by a Russian trawler, p. 611-14; COM PHIB EAS PAC: Price takes command in August 1972, p. 596-7; amphibious operations, p. 598 ff; CORAL SEA DAY - in Australia: p. 363-4; p. 367-9; DES RON 36: Price sent to Norfolk for four months, p. 237 - then becomes Exec of a DD, p. 237; has AWS training and fleet sonar training before reporting, p. 238; also temporary duty of USS HOLDER, p. 240; USS Duluth: Price given command during shake down cruise, p. 361; ship sent to Australia for 25th anniversary of Coral Sea Battle, p. 363-4; Subic and the Java Sea - and then becomes a unit of the Ready Group ALPHA, p. 370; participates in seven amphibious landings in I Corps and II Corps areas, p. 371-2; p. 387 ff; USS ENTERPRISE: her absence from her pier at time of Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor saved her, p. 68; FLT AIR WING I: Price transfers from old VP-14 to Com Fit. Air Wing I, p. 69-70; FLIGHT TRAINING: p. 75-7; Price gets his wings in Nov. 1944, p. 85; a temporary commission as an ensign, p. 85-6; Melbourne-Kingsville, night fighters, p. 108-110; Vero Beach, p. 113-4; USS FLOYD'S BAY: (AVP-40) Seaplane tender - Price reports to her after line school in Monterey, p. 142 ff; duty with the 7th fleet, p. 145-7; and air/sea rescue exercise, p. 150 ff; ordered to Iwakuni, Japan to set up a seadrome and conduct seaplane operations, p. 153-4; overhaul in Mare Island, p. 170 ff; p. 232; FRENCH FRIGATE SCHOAL: p. 61, p. 63; GAME WARDEN support ships for CTF 116: p. 411-12; p. 430-1; accomplishments of the River Patrol boats in a three-year span, p. 473 ff; GIANT SLINGSHOT: p. 437-8; p. 452; p. 457; p. 466; p. 469; p. 475; p. 495; GOUIN, RADM M. E. A.: deputy AirPac, p. 188-91; USS HARNETT COUNTY (LST-821): becomes headquarters ship for Giant SLINGSHOT Operation, p. 468-9; manner in which she was protected from mines, p. 470-1; HELLCAT (F6-F): planes in use at NAS Melbourne, p. 87 ff; p. 93; SS HINDENBERG - German Zeppelin, p. 7-8; HOLLOWAY PLAN: integrating reserves into the regular navy - with college training, etc., p. 111-2; ICAF (Industrial College of the Armed Forces): Price enrolled in August 1969, p. 505-521; a South American tour, p. 509-11; IWAKUNI, Japan: p. 153-165; where Kamikazi were trained, p. 155- 6; JOHNSON, Admiral Roy: ComPhibPac (1971), p. 538; -3- KAMINAZI: the training and practice of launching towards the end of WW II, p. 155-56; KIEFER, Commodore Dixie: Exec on the USS WRIGHT, p. 35; p. 59; KINGSVILLE, Florida: Price there (1945) for night fighter training, p. 108; USS KITTY HAWK: the fire and the problems it presented to BuPers over the assigned personnel, p. 277-8; LAKEHURST, New Jersey: impressions of the lighter-than-air base on Price, p. 7-9; LIBERATORS: (PB 2-Y-2): VP - 14 gets new planes, p. 69; USS LIDDLE: (APD [ex DE]) her past history in WW II, p. 260-1; takes organized reserve on training cruises, p. 263- 6; ship goes out of commission in Orange, Texas, p. 268-9; p. 270-1; MIDWAY ISLAND: p. 43; patrols of VP-14 from Midway, p. 62-4; MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY: Price sent there (June 1948) under the Holloway Plan for a five-term course, p. 127 ff; NAS MELBOURNE: Price sent there after getting his wings - flies F6-F HELLCAT fighter, p. 87 ff; Price has difficulties with his guns, p. 94-6; a broken fuel pump and a safe landing, p. 97-9; goes to Great Lakes for carrier landings, p. 100 ff; MOORER, Admiral Thomas H.: secured twenty OV-10A helicopters from the marines for the River Patrol Force, p. 500; p. 506; MONTEREY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL: Price ordered there from the USS ASHLAND, p. 341; p. 349-50; MONTEREY NAVAL SCHOOL: Price reports (Feb. 1950), p. 133; four quarters of electrical engineering, p. 134 ff; NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER - Jacksonville, FL, p. 201; p. 204; training to handle the SPARROW I missile, p. 204-5; NAVAL AVIATION: see entries under: VP-14; USS WRIGHT: with outbreak of war the navy changed some policies - including requirements for flight school, p. 59; NAVAL RESERVES: Price's reaction to the men on training cruises, p. 264-6; -4- NAV SUR PAC: (Navy Surface Force): formed by Salzer in 1975 from elements of the decommissioned Amphibious Force, the Cruiser-Destroyer Force and the Service Force, p. 633; p. 636; Price becomes Inspector General, p. 636; U. S. NAVY: Price enlists in Navy (Sept. 1939), p. 13; great desire to attend the Naval Academy, p. 14-15; fails attempt at Academy exams - navy sends him to aviation metalsmith's school in Pensacola, p. 20; p. 26-8; the Receiving Station in San Diego, p. 30-31; a reorganization of TF-3 in 1968 for pursuit of common objectives, p. 432-4; USS NORTON SOUND: her use in demonstrating the TERRIOR Missile, p. 224-5; USS PAUL REVERE: Price's flagship in 1974 while in Vietnam area, p. 628; p. 629-30; p. 631; PEARL HARBOR: The Japanese attack on December 7, 1941 as told by Price who was attached to VP-14, p. 47-57; PHIB PAC: Price goes from Monterey school to Phib Pac as war plans and contingency officer, p. 352; later becomes force operations officer, p. 353-4; a big amphibious exercise - SILVER LANCE, p. 358-9; difficulties with communications, p. 360-1; PHIB RON 11: Price takes command in July 1970, p. 521 ff; the complexion of this group, p. 524; orders for decommissioning of #11 with winding down of the Vietnam War, p. 526; loading tanks for the marines at Okinawa, p. 527-9; Squadron decommissioned in Long Beach on March 30, 1971, p. 533; p. 540-1; Price describes problems of loading at Danang, p. 546-7; POINT MUGU: missile testing site - Price elects to go there after special course in Jacksonville, Florida, p. 210 ff; assigned to the Naval Air Station at Mugu, p. 217; use of drones in testing missiles, p. 221- 2; the test of a TERRIER missile for the benefit of Admiral Sharp, CincPac, p. 224-8; PRICE, RADM Arthur W. Jr.,: background, p. 1 ff; early interest in aviation, p. 9 ff; schooldays in a small eastern town, p. 21-3; Price gets orders to flight school (Feb. 1943), p. 71; marriage, p. 89; divorce, p. 131; p. 174; second marriage, p. 174- 5; birth of first child, p. 210-11; daughter, Carolyn, born (1955) p. 230; Price decides in 1955 -5- to leave aviation and become a line officer, p. 230 ff; two more children born to the family, p. 262; Price gets a degree from the U. of Maryland, p. 294-6; medical arrangements for his mother (1960); p. 345; p. 348; health problems, p. 393-7; after Vietnam - a vacation trip to Tahiti, p. 507- 8; selection as Rear Admiral, p. 549-50; p. 569; retires on July 1, 1975, p. 636; resume of awards won in service, p. 638-9; retirement years, p. 639 ff; RACE RELATIONS: briefing of the flag officers in U. S. Navy, p. 604-5; RAMAGE, VADM Lawson P.: p. 355; RICKETTS, VADM Claude V.: CruDesFlot 4, p. 257-8; RICKOVER, Admiral Hyman G.: p. 289-91; RUNG SAT SPECIAL ZONE: see entries under VIETNAM CTF-116; SEALORDS; VIETNAMESE NAVY; SALZER, Vice Admiral Robert: goes from TF 117 (1968) to first Sealords Commander, p. 435-6; p. 506; named as ComNav For Vietnam, 1971 - asks Price to go as his Captain Deputy, p. 534-5; p. 551; leaves Vietnam command (June 1972), p. 584; Salzer worked closely with General Abrams, p. 58 5; ComPhibPac, p. 608; p. 620; p. 633; p. 635; p. 636; SEAL Teams: use in Vietnam, p. 410; p. 447; p. 473; SEALORDS (SE Asia Lake-Ocean-River and Delta Strategy) - p. 434; Salzer becomes commander, p. 435; four barrier patrols established, p. 436-7; p. 474; p. 489; p. 495; SHILLATO, Barry: Deputy for Logistics in DOD, p.
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