Truly, Dick
Person
Biography
Dick Truly was ordered to flight school and was designated a Naval Aviator on October 7, 1960. His initial tour of duty was in Fighter Squadron 33 where he flew F-8 Crusaders aboard the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CVA-11) and USS Enterprise and made more than 300 carrier landings.
He then went on to work for NASA in 1969 where he worked on the Enterprise, the Columbia, and the Challenger missions. Before becoming the eigth NASA administrator in 1989, Truly retired from the Navy as a Vice Admiral.
After his retirement from NASA, Truly became Vice President and Director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, part of the Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Georgia. He served in this role from 1992 - 1997
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Laurence H. Blackburn, Jr. Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 008
Scope and Contents
Laurence Blackburn served as the senior medical officer aboard Intrepid during the ship’s first and second deployments to Vietnam, from 1965 to 1967. Blackburn began his interview by discussing his decision to become a doctor. He then recounted joining the Navy, meeting his wife while in medical school, and attending flight surgeon school. Blackburn then continued, relating his decision to serve aboard Intrepid rather than Randolph, and shortly thereafter learning that Intrepid was being...
Dates:
July 12, 2013