The Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Jackson K. Parker, USN : 1925-1994
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1682691985
ISBN-13
9781682691984
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Imprint
Naval Institute Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 27th, 1982
Print length
536 Pages
Weight
1,520 grams
Product Classification:
Biography: historical, political & militaryTrue war & combat stories
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Based on five interviews conducted by Paul Stillwell from November 1985 through September 1986. The volume contains 500 pages of interview transcript plus an index. The transcript is copyright 1987 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee has placed no restrictions on its use.
This is an extraordinary memoir, both because of Parker''s long period of active duty in the Navy--1942 to 1987--but also because of his achievement of flag rank without benefit of college education. As a machinist''s mate, Parker served in the destroyer USS Mervine (DD-489/DMS-31) in World War II, attack transport USS Fremont (APA-44), and destroyer USS Trathen (DD-530) in the Korean War. Interspersed were tours of recruiting duty. He was a warrant officer in the ammunition ship USS Great Sitkin (AE-17) in the 1950s. After becoming a commissioned officer he put the engineering plants of the USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2) and USS Josephus Daniels (DLG-27) into service and was later exec of the USS Conyngham (DDG-17) under skipper Harry Train. He commanded the USS Macdonough (DLG-8) and USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23) and spent a year with Task Force 116 in country in Vietnam. In addition to commanding Destroyer Squadrons 26 and 10, Parker was instrumental in fleet maintenance improvements and set up the Propulsion Examining Boards which were designed to bring 1,200-psi steam plants up to high standards. His final tour of duty was as Commander Naval Base Norfolk.
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