Wyman H. Packard

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 Officer 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 Margaret Henderson Packard in 1937. They had two children together, Sara and Robert. Margaret died in 1995, three years after their daughter, Sara.

Packard went on to remarry Ruth Wordell and he adopted her 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. ^ a b c "Wyman Howard Packard". United States Navy Memorial. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Wyman Packard". Washington Post. September 17, 2002. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  3. ^ a b 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 July 23, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Wyman H. Packard". Hall of Valor Project. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  5. ^ Dignman, Roger (2013). Deciphering the Rising Sun. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9781612514314. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  6. ^ Hughes, homas Alexander (2016). Admiral Bill Halsey: A Naval Life. Harvard University Press. p. 431. ISBN 9780674969292. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  7. ^ Filby, Evan E. (2019). American Sherlock: Remembering a Pioneer in Scientific Crime Investigation. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 217, 228, 285. ISBN 9781538129197. Retrieved July 23, 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 July 23, 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 July 23, 2022.
  10. ^ Mahnken, Thomas G. (2002). Uncovering Ways of War: U.S. Intelligence and Foreign Military Innovation, 1918-1941. Cornell University Press. pp. 19, 24, 43, 88. ISBN 0801439868. Retrieved July 23, 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 July 23, 2022.
  12. ^ Packard, Wyman H. (1994). A Century of U.S. Naval Intelligence. GPO. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
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