Eugene Carroll

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title: "Eugene Carroll" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1923-births", "2003-deaths", "united-states-navy-personnel-of-the-korean-war", "united-states-navy-personnel-of-the-vietnam-war", "american-korean-war-pilots", "united-states-navy-rear-admirals", "american-anti–nuclear-weapons-activists", "george-washington-university-alumni", "people-from-miami,-arizona", "burials-at-arlington-national-cemetery", "united-states-navy-personnel-of-world-war-ii"] description: "US Navy admiral and disarmament proponent (1923–2003)" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Carroll" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary US Navy admiral and disarmament proponent (1923–2003) ::

Eugene James Carroll, Jr. (December 2, 1923, Miami, Arizona – February 19, 2003) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy and deputy director of the Center for Defense Information. After his retirement, he became a vocal proponent of nuclear disarmament.

Life

He joined the Navy in 1945. He served in the Korean War as a naval aviator and in the Vietnam War. Promoted to rear admiral in 1972, he commanded the and a carrier group in the United States Sixth Fleet. He retired in 1980.

Afterward, he joined the Center for Defense Information. He became a knowledgeable source for nuclear disarmament. He is interviewed/featured extensively in the 1992 Academy Award-winning documentary The Panama Deception, discussing the U.S. position and tactics during the Invasion of Panama the week prior to Christmas 1989.

He graduated from George Washington University with an MA in international Relations. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/ANCExplorer_Eugene_Carroll_grave.jpg" caption="Grave at Arlington National Cemetery"] ::

Carroll died of a heart attack at Walter Reed Army Medical Center at the age of 79.

Works

References

References

1. (February 25, 2003). "Eugene Carroll Jr., 79; Admiral Urged Nuclear Disarmament". [[Los Angeles Times]].
2. Harold Jackson. (February 21, 2003). "Eugene Carroll: US defence expert who switched sides and campaigned for nuclear disarmament". [[The Guardian]].
3. (31 July 1992). "The Panama Deception". Barbera Trent.
4. "Burial Detail: Carroll, Eugene James".

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