Work in progress – inputs appreciated
Life has been good to me. I didn’t die young. I wasn’t killed in the war. I did most everything I wanted to do, and some things I didn’t want to do. I had a job I liked and a woman I loved. Couldn’t ask for more than that.
Shipmate, January-February 1996, also in Funeral Bulletin
Wit and Wisdom from Uncle Arleigh – Surface Warfare – Sep/Oct 1991
Winning Naval Battles – Naval Message – March 1990
Doing Business in Great Waters – prepared remarks for USS Arleigh Burke Christening, September 16, 1989
The Best of Burke: Selections from the Wartime Dispatches, Battle Reports, Admonitions and Reflections of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN (Ret) – Hubbard, Douglas ed. – The Admiral Nimitz Foundation – 1986
Because I Want To – Sea History – Winter 1982 – 1983
USS Constitution: Living to Fight Another Day (Introduction) – Sea History – Summer 1982
Sign On With Me Said John Paul Jones – Sea History – Autumn 1978
reprinted in Spring 2002
Admiral Marc Mitscher: A Naval Aviator – Proceedings – April 1975
Young Officers and Leadership – Proceedings – January 1975
Unforgettable Bull Halsey – Reader’s Digest – September 1973
Oral History – U. S. Naval Institute – Interviews from early 70s to early 80s
The Hazards of Negotiating with Communists – Reader’s Digest – October 1968
Oral History Interview – Joseph E. O’Connor – January 20, 1967 – John F. Kennedy Library (Topic: The Kennedy Administration)
(Look Magazine article, prolly early 1965, in response to the movie “Seven Days in May”)
National Security: Political, Military, And Economic Strategies In The Decade Ahead (Introduction) – David M Abshire & Richard V Allen – Praeger – 1963
Inaugural publication of his co-founded Center for for Strategic and International Studies.
“Freedom involves responsibilities as well as rights, obligations as well as privileges.”
Proceedings August 1962
“Power and Peace” – Orbis: Quarterly Journal of World Affairs – Summer 1962
“Readiness is a matter of national character and the staunch advocacy of the ideals and principles which are the foundation of our Country.”
Proceedings – January 1962
Farewell Letter to the US Navy – July 10, 1961
To The Destroyermen Of The U.S. Navy – July 7, 1961
An ideal night for a nice quiet torpedo attack – Parade Magazine – November 18, 1956 (from DestroyerHistory.org)
“Good men can make a poor organization work well, but poor men cannot make a good organization work at all.”
to Committee on Armed Services, 1958, reprinted in Proceedings September 1961
The Sea War in Korea (Introduction) – by Malcolm W. Cagle & Frank A. Mason – Naval Institute Press – 1957
Joint Chiefs of Staff in Operation (Comment and Discussion) – Proceedings – March 1957
Books for Korea (Comment and Discussion) – Proceedings – June 1951
Discipline In the U.S. Navy (NAVPERS 91195) – Bureau of Naval Personnel
December 1950
USS Arleigh Burke Association 