The Reminiscences of Capt. Arthur R. Hawkins, USN (Ret.)

Name: The Reminiscences of Capt. Arthur R. Hawkins, USN (Ret.)
Brand: Naval Institute Press
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After enlisting in the Naval Reserve in April 1942, Hawkins went through cadet training in Texas prior to being designated a naval aviator and commissioned in January 1943. During World War II, as a fighter pilot in VF-31, he flew in combat from the light carriers USS Cabot (CVL-28) and Belleau Wood (CVL-24). In all, he shot down 14 Japanese aircraft. He became a regular Navy officer in 1946, subsequently serving as a floatplane pilot in the cruiser USS Portsmouth (CL-102). He had two tours with the Blue Angels flight demonstration team, sandwiched around Korean War duty in Fighter Squadron 101, which operated from the carrier USS Princeton (CV-37). As skipper of the Blue Angels in 1953 he made the first through-the-canopy ejection from a jet aircraft, an F9F-6 Cougar. Subsequently, interspersed with tours of shore duty, Captain Hawkins commanded Attack Squadron 46, served as air officer on board the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42), and commanded Air Group One and the oiler USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98). He became a programming specialist during the McNamara years in the Pentagon, and he had a satisfying tour as commanding officer of the U.S. Naval Air Station Atsugi, Japan. He retired in June 1973.

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Number of Pages:: 118
Release Date:: 2019-05-21
Publication Date:: 2019-05-21
Publisher:: Naval Institute Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1682691209
ISBN13:: 9781682691205
Weight:: 578 g
Height:: 22.1 cm
Width:: 28.6 cm
Thickness:: 1.1 cm

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