Frank Yusi interview, 2005

Creator:

Virginia Military Institute. Adams Center for Military History

Extent:

1 items

Scope and content:

This interview primarily covers Frank Yusi's service in the Vietnam War, but also his time at the Naval War College, Rhode Island.

Biographical / historical:

Frank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.

Physical facet:

Transcript (30 pages)

Subjects:

United States. Navy—Officers
Vietnam War, 1961-1975—Personal narratives, American
Oral histories

Names:

Virginia Military Institute. Adams Center for Military History
Yusi, Frank

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