| Abstract |
Captain Robert W. Windsor, Jr., a member of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1941, discusses World War II service in the USS COLORADO and the USS McLANAHAN, flight training in 1943, and service with the fleet in the South Pacific during 1944 and 1945. Post war commentary centers on assignment to Admiral Marc Mitscher's staff, service during the Korean War operating off of the USS YORKTOWN, duty aboard the USS SARATOGA in the Mediterrian during the Lebanon Crisis of 1958, staff assignment to COMFAIRJAX, test pilot school, setting the national jet speed record, and service in the USS INDEPENDENCE off Vietnam. |
| General note | Interviewer: Donald R. Lennon. Interview date: February 6, 1988. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Robert W. Windsor, Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
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| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Robert W. Windsor, Jr. |
| Biographical note | Captain Robert Wilks (Duke) Windsor, Jr., USNA Class of 1941, served during World War II in the USS McLANAHAN and the USS COLORADO. After flight training he saw action as a naval aviator in the Pacific Theatre. Subsequently Windsor served in the Korean Conflict and in Vietnam. He was commanding officer of the USS CURRITUCK (1962-1963) and the USS INDEPENDENCE (1964-1965) and was chief of staff, Commander Second Fleet/Striking Fleet Atlantic prior to retirement in 1967. |
