Wyman H. Packard (1911-2002) was a United States Navy captain and historian, best known for his book A Century of U.S. Naval Intelligence.[1][2][3]

Background

Wyman Howard Packard was born on December 13, 1911, in Brockton, Massachusetts.[1]

Career

Packard served in the US Navy from 1931 to 1965 and reach the rank of captain. Duty stations included: USS Hornet (CV-8), Assistant Operations Offier COMSOTAC, Assistant (and Deputy[4]) Director in the Office of Naval Intelligence, COF Staff (Intel) CINCPACFLT, and Assistant Naval Attache in London.[1]

Personal life and death

Packard married Ruth Wordell; they had two children, and he adopted her other two children.

Wyman H. Packard died on September 12, 2002, in McLean, Virginia, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[2]

Legacy

Aside from his service, Packard's book A Century of U.S. Naval Intelligence is a quiet, steady source for military historians.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Awards

Works

Books
  • A Century of U.S. Naval Intelligence (1994)[12][3]
Articles
  • "Notes on the Early History of Naval Intelligence in the United States," ONI Review (1957)
  • "The Naval Attaché," U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings (1965)
  • "Intelligence and the Navy," Naval Review (1968)
  • "The History of ONI," Naval Intelligence Professionals Quarterly (4 parts 1987-1988)
  • "The Origins of Naval Intelligence Professionals," Naval Intelligence Professionals Quarterly (1989)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Wyman Howard Packard". United States Navy Memorial. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Wyman Packard". Washington Post. 17 September 2002. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 Packard, Wyman H. (1996). A Century of U.S. Naval Intelligence (PDF). Office of Naval Intelligence and the Naval Historical Center, US Department of the Navy. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Wyman H. Packard". Hall of Valor Project. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  5. Dignman, Roger (2013). Deciphering the Rising Sun. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9781612514314. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  6. Hughes, homas Alexander (2016). Admiral Bill Halsey: A Naval Life. Harvard University Press. p. 431. ISBN 9780674969292. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  7. Filby, Evan E. (2019). American Sherlock: Remembering a Pioneer in Scientific Crime Investigation. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 217, 228, 285. ISBN 9781538129197. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  8. Harris, Charles Houston; Sadler, Louis R. (2003). The Archaeologist was a Spy: Sylvanus G. Morley and the Office of Naval Intelligence. University of New Mexico Press. p. xiii, 197, 434. ISBN 9780826329370. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  9. Ford, Christopher; Rosenberg, David (2014). The Admirals' Advantage: U.S. Navy Operational Intelligence in World War II and the Cold War. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9781612513300. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  10. Mahnken, Thomas G. (2002). Uncovering Ways of War: U.S. Intelligence and Foreign Military Innovation, 1918-1941. Cornell University Press. p. 19, 24, 43, 88. ISBN 0801439868. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  11. Mobley, Scott (2018). Progressives in Navy Blue: Maritime Strategy, American Empire, and the Transformation of U.S. Naval Identity, 1873-1898. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9781682471944. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  12. Packard, Wyman H. (1994). A Century of U.S. Naval Intelligence. GPO. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
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