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The Reminiscences of Adm. Harold Page Smith, USN (Ret.): 1904-1993
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The main ingredients in this oral history are Admiral Smith's recollections of service in two battleships, the USS Arizona (BB39) in 192829 and the USS Missouri (BB63) in 194950. As a captain he commanded the Missouri until shortly before her grounding in January 1950 and then again shortly afterward to restore the confidence of the officers and crew. The admiral frequently went off on tangents during the battleshipspecific interviews in his oral history and discussed other tours of du...