
Oral history interview with H. Kent Hewitt 1961
Oral history interview with H. Kent Hewitt 1961
- Name
- Hewitt, H. Kent (Henry Kent), 1887-1972 (Interviewee)
- Mason, John T., 1909-1998 (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with H. Kent Hewitt 1961
- Abstract
- Youth and education, Naval Academy; world cruise, 1907; teaching at Naval Academy; hydrographic survey work; Cuban Revolution, 1917; destroyerduty, 1918; Naval Institute; War College; President Franklin Roosevelt's trip to Buenos Aires, 1936; fleet exercises, ammunition depot, Bremerton; Panama Canal Zone; Pearl Harbor; neutrality patrol; amphibious training;training for combined operations, London ; Operation Torch; Commander US Naval Forces, Mediteranean, 1943; Operation Husky; Salerno. Impressions of many political and military figures.
- Collection Name
- Naval history project
- Subjects
- Veterans; Military education; Amphibious warfare; World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; Hewitt, H. Kent (Henry Kent), 1887-1972; United States. Navy
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Origin Information
- 1961
- Date
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 478 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Naval officer.
- Note
- Interviewed by John T. Mason, Jr. in 1961.
- Note (Provenance)
- H. Kent Hewitt Gift 1961
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13887690
- Also In
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-nf97-ps29
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.