The Reminiscences of Capt. Henri Smith-Hutton, USN (Ret.), vol. II: 1901-1977

Anyone with an interest in the operations of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet during the pre—World War II period will find much of interest in this memoir. Following graduation from the Naval Academy in 1922, Smith—Hutton had several tours of duty on the old China Station and then went to Tokyo for study of the Japanese language. He subsequently served in the cruiser USS Houston (CA—30) and as fleet intelligence officer on the Asiatic Fleet staff. Later tours included attaché duty in Tokyo, serving a...