| Abstract |
Captain Hagerman recounts experiences at the US Naval Academy (Class of 1941), duty in the North Atlantic and Caribbean in the USS LEA, experiences in the Pacific in the USS WADSWORTH with emphasis on the engagements at Bougainville and Okinawa, shore and sea commands, work with MAAG Germany, assignment to the NATO Defense College in Paris, command of the USS HYADES during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and involvement in "Sea Spray" . |
| General note | Interviewer: Donald R. Lennon. Interview date: May 8, 1989. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
George M. Hagerman Oral History Interview, Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Repository does not own copyright to the oral history collection. Permission to cite, reproduce, or broadcast must be obtained from both the repository and the participants in the oral history, or their heirs. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of George M. Hagerman. |
| Biographical note | George M. Hagerman was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on 14 July 1917. As a graduate of the United States Naval Academy Class of 1941, he served on two destroyers during World War II, the USS LEA (1941-1943) and the USS WADSWORTH (1943-1945). Following the war, Hagerman served as executive officer on the USS O'HARE (1945-1946), operations officer on the USS BOSTON (1956-1958), and commanding officer of the USS HAMBLETON (1946-1947), the USS WREN (1951-1953), and the USS HYADES (1962-1963). Hagerman was assigned to the University of Virginia as associate professor of Naval Science (NROTC) from 1947-1949. Other stateside duty included aide and flag secretary to the Commander Amphibious Training Command, U.S. Atlantic Fleet (1949-1951) and head of Functional Training Section, Bureau of Personnel, Washington, D.C. (1953-1956). He was also involved in European defense planning (1960-1962) and helped organize Operation Sea Spray (1963). Overseas duty took Hagerman to Bremerhaven, Germany, as the head of Field Training Group, for the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) from 1958 to 1959. Then he completed the NATO Defense College course in Paris, France (1959-1960). He served in Korea (1965-1967), where he was assistant chief of staff of the United Nations Command concerned with military and political affairs. Hagerman ended his career as the director of the Navy's Foreign Military Assistance Division (1967-1970). |
