Description: Based on seven interviews conducted by Paul Stillwell from March 1990 to February 1996. The volume contains 600 pages of interview transcript plus a comprehensive index and appendices. The transcript is copyright 2008 by the U.S. Naval Institute; the interviewee placed no restrictions on its use.
Brief description: Paul Stillwell is an independent historian and retired naval officer. He worked for thirty years at the U.S. Naval Institute as an oral historian and editor of Naval History magazine. He is the author or editor of fourteen books, including four on battleships and an award-winning volume on the Navy's first African American officers, The Golden Thirteen. His 2021 book Battleship Commander: The Life of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr. also received acclaim. He lives in Arnold, Maryland.