Eugene Ostlund interview

Creator:

Virginia Military Institute. Adams Center for Military History

Extent:

1 items

Scope and content:

This interview covers Eugene Ostlund's United States Navy career through 1965.

Language:

English

Biographical / historical:

Eugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.

In 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:

• On board the USS St. Paul (CA 73)
• On the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters
• On board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer
• Onboard the USS Haas (DE 424)
• As Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328)

Upon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.

Physical facet:

Transcript (9 pages)

Subjects:

United States. Navy
Oral histories

Names:

Virginia Military Institute. Adams Center for Military History
Ostlund, Eugene
Ostlund, Eugene

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