An Island Idyll

22 HISTORIC NANTUCKET assuming command of a fighter squadron, two attack squadrons and two carrier wings. In between sea duty he received a master's degree at Princeton University in Aeronautical Engineering (flight testing) and served a tour at the Naval Air Test Center. He became the first program manager of the F4 (Phantom) aircraft and served as SACLANT'S Representative in Europe (Paris). This was followed by tours as commanding officer of Diamond Head (ammunition ship) and of the aircraft carrier Saratoga. From there served as Chief of Staff of the Carrier Task Force off Vietnam. He then became the Director of Naval Aviation Plans and Requirements Division. After serving as Commander of the Pacific Fleet's light attack Community, he retired in 1970, to work in the aerospace industry. During the past seven years he has enjoyed the life of a research scholar at Cambridge University in England.

0, lovely as Loch Lomond, Old Scotland's hills among, The glories of the Trossack chain Hath many a Minstrel sung.

But 'twas not there I met my love 0, scenes of memories fond 'Twas among the old Popsquatchett hills By Rotten Pumpkin Pond.

As now I dream of bygone days, My heart grows young again, And all the old idyllic fire Mounts upward to my brain.

Once more I'm keeping tryst with Ruth, Popsquatchett hills beyond, Along the wild romantic shores Of Rotten Pumpkin Pond!

—Henry S. Wyer - 1900.