Oral History of Adm. Stanley R. Arthur, USN (Ret.) - Hardcoverby Stanley R. Arthur (Author) Arthur attended Miami University (Oxford, Ohio), on a Navy ROTC scholarship. Graduating in 1957, he entered flight training and in 1958 earned his wings as a naval aviator. During the Vietnam War, he completed 514 combat missions, many as Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 164 on board the attack aircraft carrier Hancock (CVA 19). He commanded the combat stores ship San Jose (AFS 7) and the aircraft carrier Coral Sea