Talking Battleships with Paul Stillwell: New Jersey Veteran, Author, and Naval Historian
143Presented by the Naval Institute Press, in this interview Jack Russell talks battleships with Paul Stillwell. Paul discusses his time onboard Battleship New Jersey, as well as his long career in writing that began in journalism and sports writing for the St. Louis Cardinals and the path leading to his work on battleships and naval biography. He also discusses updating his book on Battleship New Jersey.
Paul Stillwell is a renowned naval and oral historian. He worked for thirty years at the U.S. Naval Institute as director of its oral history program and editor-in-chief of Naval History magazine. He is the author or editor of thirteen books, including famous books on battleships Arizona, Missouri, and New Jersey, and an award-winning volume on the US Navy's first African-American naval officers, The Golden Thirteen. His authoritative battleship histories are considered models of historical research and writing. Retired as an officer from the US Naval Reserve, Paul served in New Jersey during her third period of commissioning for the Vietnam War.
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Thumbnail: Port quarter view of the battleship New Jersey (BB-62) undergoing sea trials off the coast of Southern California prior to reactivation. After completing renovations and modernization, the US Navy placed New Jersey into commission for the fourth time on 28 December 1982.