Reminicences of Rear Admiral Arthur W. Price, Jr. U. S. Navy Retired

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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