Index to. Series of Taped Interviews. with. Rear Admiral Draper L. Kauffman, USN (Ret.) Volume 1

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1 Index to Series of Taped Interviews with Rear Admiral Draper L. Kauffman, USN (Ret.) Volume 1

2 AMERICAN VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS: Kauffman joins them for service in France, p. 54; p. 58-9; his experiences on the battle front, p. 59 ff; the scenario for six weeks of hell, p. 54 ff; the trip through the German lines, p. 70 ff. AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS: APAs and others, p ; also see entries under: USS BEXAR ANDERSON, Admiral George: CNO and member of Joint Chiefs, p. 557; p. 564; p. 609; ANDERSON, Sweaky (RADM - USNR): beach master at Saipan, p ; at Iwo Jima, p ; ARCHER, Capt. S. M. (Moe): his role in disposal of the top-hat mine, p ; p. 131; p. 341; HEAD of Mine Warfare Section, CNO, p ; AURAND, VADM Evan Peter: Naval aide to President Eisenhower, p ; BEAKLEY, VADM Wallace M.: p ; p. 376; p. 380; p. 473; p ; p. 498; BERGEN, RADM Jack - USNR - he organizes OPERATION REMEMBER, p. 447 ff; Gates speaks at the banquet in the Waldorf, p ; USS BEXAR (APA): Kauffman takes command, p. 471; his original way of selecting coxswains for the landing craft regardless of rate, p ; other innovations, p. 474; the Philippine exercise that nearly became more than an exercise, p. 475; awards won by ship in the year that Kauffman was skipper, p. 490; BIKINI OPERATION: p. 295 ff; Blandy's attitude toward the scientific nature of the operation, p. 303; third test postponed to October and this made problems, p. 307; BLANDY, Adm. Wm. Henry P.: p. 129; p. 149; p. 153; Kauffman applies to him for assignment on Bikini tests - gets job as assistant operations officer under Capt. Lyman, p. 295; Blandy makes Kauffman the Radsafe officer under Dr. Stafford Warren, p ; p. 301; p. 303; Blandy orders Kauffman to Washington to start a school for radiological safety monitors, p ; p. 314; USS BLESSMAN - APD: at Iwo Jima - damage and rescue, p. 250; p

3 BOMB DISPOSAL SCHOOL: Adm. Blandy desires a school established - Kauffman given the job, p. 129; an emergency trip to Hawaii, p ; location and logistics of the school p. 134 ff; teaching, p ; the curriculum, p ; cooperation with Army's school in Aberdeen, Maryland, p. 142; advantage in being a reserve officer in expediting various things pertaining to the school, p ; school gets into fuse design by accident, p. 148 ff; search for a new school site, p. 151; American University, p ; Kauffman is relieved on May 1, 1943, p. 155; BURKE, Admiral Arleigh A.: his involvement with the Naval War College team selected to give lectures at the Air War College in Maxfield Field, p ; 376; p. 378; p. 413; p. 419; p. 423; p ; p. 434; p. 442; p ; p ; p. 537; p. 612 CHIEFS IN THE NAVY - comments of Kauffman, p ; CHURCHILL, Sir Winston: p ; p. 144; CONOLLY, Admiral Richard L.: President of the Naval War College, p. 350; p. 358; p. 362; p. 365; CORPS FRANC: p. 63; p. 69; CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS: Kauffman is "leg-man" for General Taylor, p ; DALE CARNEGIE: Kauffman takes a speaking course with him while with U. S. Lines, p. 48; p. 52; DeLany, VADM Walter S.: counsels Kauffman on his desire to get into OSS or Admiral Mile's operation in China, p ; p ; p. 275; DENNISON, Admiral Robert L.: becomes head of Op-60 following Adm. Burke, p ; p ; p ; DES FLOT 3: Kauffman takes command in Feb., 1961, p. 535 ff; DESTROYER DIVISION 122: Kauffman in command from June, 1953 to Sept. 1954; - the NROTC cruise, p ; Kauffman inaugurates a competition in habitability of ships in the Divison, p ; duty in the Mediterranean, p. 395 ff; Operation HELENIC SKY - Kauffman gets a temporary assignment on USS MIDWAY staff during the exercise, p. 404; De BOLD, Captain John: takes on team #5 of UDTs from Kauffman after Tinian, p. 232; 2

4 di BONA, Charles: selected for job with Alain Enthoven as analyst in DOD, p. 621; DILLON, John: Administrative Assistant to Sec Nav, p ; p. 609; DONOVAN, Col. Bill: p ; EISENHOWER, President Dwight D.: his trip on the USS SARATOGA (June, 1957) p ; ENTHOVEN, Dr. Alain: p. 570; Kauffman rewrites draft of his speech for the Naval War College, p ; Kauffman initiates a series of stag dinners at his home to introduce Enthoven to various naval officers, p. 572; p ; p. 596; p. 599; p. 612; Enthoven changed the rules and the language of the game - this caused frustrations in military, p ; Kauffman's analysis of Enthoven's judgment, p ; Enthoven's respect for opinions of Adm. Rivero, p. 614; Enthoven's embarrassment over some of the special studies ordered by Secy. McNamara, p ; p. 620; Kauffman makes a search for naval officers to serve in Enthoven's office - comes up with Charlie di Bona and Stan Turner - both accepted by Enthoven, p ; Enthoven's meeting with Mr. Gates, p. 6 36; FAY, Paul F. Jr. (Red): his office moved by Secretary Nitze to make way for office of CNO, p ; FELT, Admiral H. D.: p ; FIFE, Admiral James: deputy to Admiral Mountbatten (Cine CAF Med), p ; FLEET MANNING COMMITTEE; p. 502 FLEET REORGANIZATION COMMITTEE: Adm. Hopwood named Kauffman as Chairman, p. 495 ff; FLEET REVIEW IN NORFOLK (1957): the hassle over the reviewing officer, p. 454 ff; FORT PIERCE, Virginia: see entry under UDT'S also: NAVAL COMBAT DEMOLITION SCHOOL FRANKE, The Hon. Wm. B.: p ; GATES, The Hon. Thomas: Secretary of the Navy - p ; Kauffman becomes his aide, p. 424 ff; the interview with Cong. Cellar, p ; Kauffman arranges a dinner with group of promising captains, p ; 3

5 the trip to the Far East, p. 438 ff; p. 442 ff; refuses to let Kauffman go to an APA or AKA command, p ; his European trip as Secretary of the Navy, p ; accompanies President Eisenhower on a trip aboard the SARATOGA, p. 452; 454-5; objects to Adm. Burke's list - a division of slots in Navy for selectees, p ; p. 483; p. 612; p ; Kauffman arranges for a meeting with Enthoven, p. 636; USS GEARING DD: Kauffman goes to prospective CO school and gets practice in shiphandling, p. 326; takes command (Dec. 1948), p. 327; shiphandling - training of juniors, p ; cruise (Dec. 1949) in Davis Strait to test capability of the DDs, p ; Kauffman departs from GEARING, p. 348; GERMAN BOMBS: Kauffman's account of German bombs and fuses and British methods of disposal, p ; the new land mine, p ; the top hat bomb, p. 114 ff; USS GILMER: at Tinian, p. 219; p ; hit by kamikaze at Okinawa p. 269; GOODPASTER, General Andrew: President Eisenhower used him - as a colonel - on many different tasks in the White House, p ; GULBRANSON, Capt. Clarence: skipper of the base at Ft. Pierce, p. 160; p. 169; HABITABILITY on SHIPS: Kauffman inaugurates a do-it-yourself habitability competition on his destroyers, p. 388; p. 394; HALSEY, Fl.Adm. Wm. F. Jr.: p ; HANLON, Admiral Byron Hall: named to head the UDTs after Tinian, p. 235; his organization of the Iwo Jima operation, p. 238; p. 251; leaves UDTs on D plus 4 at Okinawa to take command of BB NORTH CAROLINA, p. 263; p. 264; HART, Admiral Thomas C.: p ; USS HELENA (CA): Kauffman named as skipper, p ; p The Coral Sea celebration, p ; shipyard overhaul in San Francisco, p ; the threat to decommission, p ; becomes the flagship of 1st fleet, p. 526; Kauffman gives up command when selected as Rear Admiral, p. 534; HILL, Admiral Harry: p. 202; Task Force Comdr. at Saipan, p ; p. 213; p. 216; his great concern for the UDT swimmers off Tinian their 4½ mile swim to the DD GILMEF p ; 4

6 HILLENKOETTER, VADM Roscoe H.: U.S. Naval Attaché in Paris - receives U.S. prisoners from Germans, p. 81; later rebuke of Kauffman for joining Royal Navy Reserves, p. 120; HOPWOOD, Adm. Herbert G.: Kauffman named to serve on his staff (CincPacFlt), p. 492 ff; The Fleet Reorganization Committee, p ; names Adm. Thach a deputy for ASW, p ; p. 500; p. 503; p ? IWO JIMA: the landing operation with description of beaches, p ; the UDT was required to explore the beach impediments seen from the air, p. 242; reconn carried out on D minus 2, p. 243; the morning, p the afternoon, p ; JCS (Joint Chiefs of Staff): Kauffman becomes Chief of Strategic Plans and Policy Division in JCS, p. 557; his duties include the JSOP (Joint Strategic Objectives),p.560; Plan KAINE, Captain Frank: his footnotes on Pp ; He and Adm. Kauffman work on streamlining the training period to turn out more men for Vietnam, p ; KAUFFMAN, RADM Draper L.: family background, p. 1 ff; a synopsis of his father's career, p. 3-5; Kent School, p. 8-10? Kauffman with the U.S. Lines, p. 41 ff; Kauffman on the lecture circuit, p. 51-4; the American Volunteer Ambulance Corps, p. 54 ff; Kauffman converted to R.C. church, p. 55-6; but returns to the Episcopal Church in late 1941, p. 57; taken prisoner by the Germans, p. 72 ff; the visit of an American woman with the 'friends of France', p ; prisoner release in Paris, p. 81; trip from Lisbon to U.K.; p. 85-7; enrolled in RNVR (Special Branch), p ; transfer back to U.S. Navy, p ; marriage (1943), p ; Bomb Disposal School, p. 160 ff; command of UDT team 5, p. 186 ff; Iwo Jima, P ; post WW II, p. 280 ff; father points out inconsistencies in his career to the present time, p ; Kauffman applies for duty in regular navy, p. 290; offered a job with U.S. Lines, p. 290; more eye difficulties, p ; after setting up a radiological safety school he is sent to new nuclear defense division of OpNav, p. 311; orders to set up permanent Radsafe School at Treasure Island, p. 312; p. 316; USS VALLEY FORGE, p. 319 ff; USS GEARING, p. 327 ff; Naval War College, p. 350 ff; family quarters on Makalapa, p ; his mother's illness, p ; p. 510; his selection for Rear Admiral, p ; sets up OPA, p. 573 ff; 5

7 KAUFFMAN, VADM James L.: a synopsis of his naval career, p. 3 ff; p. 129; Roosevelt sends him to Iceland - he asks for WILLIAMSBURG as flagship and gets it, p ; as ComCruDesPac, p. 190; Draper asks him to evaluate his fitness reports after WW II, p. 288 ff; p ; his advice to his son on being a flag captain, p ; p. 349; p ; his advice to Draper on efforts at habitability in the DD division, p ; p. 413; Draper again consults father when Secy Gates offers him job as aide, p ; is one of honorees at OPERATION REMEMBER, p. 450; his reaction to Draper's selection as Rear Admiral, p. 533; he visits Draper in DesFlot 3, p. 556; KIDD, Admiral Ike; p ; KIRK, Adm. Alan G.: U.S. Naval Attaché in London - helps Kauffman get into the Royal Navy, p. 88-9; p ; KISKIAKOWSKY, Dr. George: p ; KIVETTE, VADM Frederick N. (Knappy): head of Strategy and Tactics at the Naval War College, p. 360 ff; KORTH, The Hon. Fred: Secretary of the Navy - sets up his OPA (Office of Program Appraisal) supposedly the Navy's answer to the SecDef's Cost Effectiveness Division, p ; Enthoven's recommendation that Kauffman be named to head, p ; p. 578; Admiral McDonald quickly earns a good relationship with Secy Korth, p. 591; p. 603; p. 611; p. 613; p. 624; LESLIE, Captain Gordon - USMCR - his story - a marine who stayed with the UDTs - at Saipan and beyond and who eventually transferred to the US Navy, p. 282 ff; LYMAN, RADM Charles H. III: Operations officer to Adm. Blandy at Bikini, p ; gives Kauffman the radiological safety operation plan and asks him to study it in preparation for meeting with Blandy, p ; MAGSAYSAY, The Hon. Ramon: p. 440; MARITIME ASSOCIATES: Kauffman and several others organize the club, p. 47; they develop idea of a roll-on, roll-off ship for cargo prior to WW II, p. 49; MARTIN, Admiral Harold M.: (Beauty) the recipient of two Arabian horses - gifts of the king's son, p ; 6

8 MCDONALD, Admiral David: becomes CNO on Aug. 1, 1963, p. 590 ff; p ; p. 597; he sets up Op Navy Program Planning Division - to meet DOD's System's Analysis challenge, p ; p ; McNAMARA, Robert S.: Secretary of Defense - p. 574; p. 593; the budget process, p ; p ; p. 608; p ; p. 628; p ; MELSON, VADM Charles: in command of 1st fleetp ; METZEL, RADM Jeffrey C.: on staff of COMINCH - p ; MILES, VADM Milton E. (Mary): enrolls his people in a short bomb disposal course before going out to China, p. 275; MINE WARFARE: p ; also entry under: NAVAL WAR COLLEGE MOORER, Adm. Thomas H.: p. 438; p ; p. 639; p. 643; U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY: Kauffman's early ambition to attend, p. 9-11; naval academy days, p. 11 ff; failure to receive commission - bad eyes, p. 22; an estimate of academy curriculum, p. 23 ff; value of compulsory chapel, p ; athletics, coaches, etc., p. 36-7; the making of "MIDSHIPMAN JACK", p ; Kauffman's penchant for organization, p. 46-7; NAVAL COMBAT DEMOLITION SCHOOL: (later becomes UDT school) - Kauffman establishes school near Fort Pierce, p. 160; recruitment included SeaBees, p. 161; initial objectives for the school, p ; the expertise of George Kistiakowsky, p. 164; Hell Week, p. 168 ff; sneak and peek, p ; ultimate use of graduates, p ; p ; Kauffman lists several men who served in outstanding fashion, p ; NAVAL WAR COLLEGE: Draper goes as student (1950) and remains two additional years on staff, p. 350; His reasons for disapproving of-the GWU course at the War College for a Master's degree, p ; his admiration for library facilities, p. 355; begins to specialize in strategy and tactics, p. 357; assignment to lecture on mine warfare, p ; Kauffman put in a special navy team to give series of strategically oriented lectures at the Air War College Maxwell Field; Kauffman's subject "Concept of a Global War in 1957" - his grueling experience on the platform, p. 371 ff; NIMITZ, FI. Admiral Chester: Chief of Bureau of Navigation - his role in re-stating Kauffman in the U.S. Navy, p. 126; p. 128; 7

9 NITZE, The Hon. Paul: Secretary of the Navy - succeeds North, p ; p ; gives a new thrust to the output of OPA, p. 606; his precise directive to the OPA for a study, p ; p. 634; Kauffman arranges a luncheon between Gates and Nitze - they did not establish rapport, p ; p. 637; moves the CNO's office into one adjacent to his own - Kauffman comments on this to Admiral Moorer, p ; NROTC: remarks on the value of the NROTC, p ; NTDS (Naval Tactical Data System): Kauffman goes to special school, p. 552; OKINAWA: p. 254; reconnaissance of Karamo Retto anchorage - the kaiten boats, p ; the obstacles off the beaches of Okinawa, p ; taking of Ie Shima, p. 265; the kamikaze, p ; OPA (Office of Program Appraisal): Korth names Kauffman to set this up, p. 578 to p. 648; the Charter as approved by Korth, p. 579 ff; Kauffman's method of dealing with papers that passes from CNO to the Secretary, p ; p. 602; p. 618; Korth directs a thorough study of decision on a new light attack aircraft, p. 624 ff; Kauffman selects his team very carefully, p. 629; p. 633; OP-60: (formerly Op-30): Draper Kauffman asks Adm. Geo. Miller to help him get an assignment - Adm. Burke approves, p. 410 ff; Dennison proves to be an apt teacher, p. 414; p. 418; OPERATION OLYMPIC: UDT planning with staff of General Eichelberger, p ; OPERATION REMEMBER: (May 2, 1957), p. 445; p. 447; speech of Mr. Gates, p ; gratitude of the honorees, p. 450; PYLE, Ernie: p ; p ; QUANTICO- ANNUAL MEETING OF MILITARY: Kauffman describes the one held in 1957, p. 458 ff; RAIDOLOGICAL SAFETY MONITORS SCHOOL: Blandy sends Kauffman to Washington to set up the school in preparation for the 3rd Bikini test, p. 307 ff; later located at Treasure Island, p ; RICKETTS, VADM Claude V.: VCNO, p. 584; his discussions with Kauffman on subject of OPA, p. 585; p. 589; 8

10 RILEY, VADM Herbert: Chief of JCS under the Chairman, p. 557; p. 563; RIVERO, Admiral Horacio: p. 615; p. 618; heads Navy's Op-090; p. 618; p. 633; RNVR (Special Branch): Kauffman in the Royal Navy, p. 88-9; special school at Howe, p ; volunteers for bomb disposal duty, p. 94 ff; Holyhead, 1940, p. 100; Liverpool, p. 103 ff; raid on Glasgow, p ; to Plymouth as Chief Bomb disposal officer, p ; incident with the new tophat mine in SW England, p ; SAIPAN: training UDTs for landing operations, p. 188; the use of BBs, Cruisers, in a training exercise off Hawaii, p ; p ; the role of the UDT 1 s in the actual operation, p ; p ; p ; SCOUTS AND RAIDERS: they thought initially that they should have been given task of training UDTs, p. 168; SEALS: birth of the SEALS - Adm. Zumwalt's use of them in Vietnam, p. 278; SELECTION BOARDS: Kauffman gives his views, p ; SHERMAN, Admiral Forrest: Commander, Sixth Fleet, p ; SMEDBERG, VADM Wm. R.: launched a competition between 6th and 7th fleets for funds to build a new stadium at the Naval Academy, p ; assigned Kauffman as skipper of HELENA, p ; insists that Kauffman's assignment to Des Flot 3 is limited to one year, p. 553; p ; SMITH, General H. M. (Howling Mad): his disagreements with Turner, p. 216; p. 227; p. 231; p. 283; TAYLOR, Capt. John McNay: gunnery officer on staff of Admiral Turner, p. 211; p. 234; TAYLOR, General Maxwell: Chairman of the Join Chifs of Staff, p. 557; p ; TINIAN- UDT's work at night on this operation, p. 213; description of the terrain - disagreement between Adm, Turner and Gen. Smith on proper beaches to us, p. 216; the combined Marine and UDT party explore the White Beaches, p ; p. 223 ff; 9

11 TURNER, Admiral Richmond Kelly: experience at Tarawa caused him to be much interested in recco and demolition prior to D-day, p. 185; p. 187; insisted on a daytime operation of UDTs at Saipan, p. 208; p ; Turner and Gen. Smith disagree on beaches for landing at Tinian, p. 216; p. 226; p. 229; provides 35 new DE's for UDTs, p. 239; uses UDTs as an amphibious tool, p. 265 sends Kauffman to Washington on duty/leave after Okinawa, p ; p. 294; TURNER, Admiral Stansfield: selected for job with Alain Enthoven in DOD, p ; UDTs: Navy offers them time and a half pay during Saipan and Tinian operations - they turn it down with request they have "hazardous duty pay when Marine infantrymen get it", p ; Kauffman praises the work done by teams 3 and 4 at Guam, p. 232; Kauffman back to Pearl Harbor as UDT Plans Officer on Adm. Turner's staff and UDT Training Officer at Maui, p. 233; Turner asks a tripling of output at Ft. Pierce training base in anticipation of landings on Japanese mainland, p. 233; UDT success at Lingayen Gulf, p ; report of Adm. Barbey on the UDTs, p. 237; Kauffman says that Adm. Turner thought of UDTs as an amphibious tool, p. 265; Kauffman's cooperation in telling the story of the UDTs - released on VJ day, p ; Kauffman and the UDTs after WW II, p. 277; Doug Fane and Korea, p. 277; birth of the SEALS, p. 278; Gordon Leslie's big party at del Coronado hotel, p ; present day status of the UDTs, p. 285; some of the UDT and Bomb Disposal people brought back for the Bikini tests, p. 297;, UDT TEAM 5: Kauffman takes command in Pacific, p. 186; training for Saipan invasion, p. 187; see also: UDT' s and TURNER, Adm. Kelly and SAIPAN and IWO JIMA UNITED STATES LINES: Kauffman seeks' ideal job with U. S. Lines after graduation from Naval Academy, p. 41 ff; Kauffman and friends organize Maritime Associates, p. 47; night classes, p. 48-9; Kauffman sent to Germany, France, p ; they give Kauffman six months leave to join American Volunteer Ambulance Corps, p. 54; offers Kauffman a job with US Lines in 1946, p. 290; USS VALLEY FORGE (CV-45): Kauffman goes aboard as gunnery officer and first lieutenant (Dec Oct. 1948), p the cruise: around the world - training and diplomatic, p. 319 ff; visit to Ras Tanure, p ? 10

12 VAN FLEET, General James Alward: invites Draper to go on an inspection trip with the Greek C-in-Chief - Adm. Sherman withholds permission until he too has an invitation, p ; WARREN, Dr. Stafford: scientist for the Bikini Operation, p ; p. 302; p. 305; WEBSTER, Captain John A.: detail officer in BuPers - offers Kauffman a job on a large ship for a year and then command of a DD, p ; p. 327; ZUMWALT, Admiral Elmo (Bud): his use of UDT/SEALS in Vietnam, p ; his rapport with Secretary Nitze, p ; p. 610; p. 617; 11