Name
Parker, Ralph C (Interviewee)
Mason, John T., 1909-1998 (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Ralph C. Parker 1963
Abstract
Education at Naval Academy and early cruises; destroyer duty, World War I convoys; Naval War College 1921-22; War Plans Division, 1929; cruiser duty; Command of Alaska Sector, 1941; Japanese attack on the Aleutians, 1942; training school at Princeton; Admiral Chester Nimitz's staff at Pearl Harbor. Impressions of Admirals Husband Kimmel and Samuel E. Morison.
Collection Name
Naval history project
Subjects
Veterans; Navies--Officers; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; Military education; Parker, Ralph C; Naval War College (U.S.); United States. Navy
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1963
Physical Description
146 pages
Note (Biographical)
Naval officer.
Note
Interviewed by John T. Mason, Jr. on May 27 and June 6, 1963.
Note (Provenance)
Ralph C. Parker, Gift 1963
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
13887894
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-kkmm-5819
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.