Name
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Class year
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Notability
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References
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William D. Leahy
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1897
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Chief of Naval Operations (1937–39); became the first
Admiral of the Fleet during World War II and crafted future thought leadership; served as Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, the role model for the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Governor of Puerto Rico (1939–1940); ambassador to Vichy France; father of Rear Admiral
William Harrington Leahy
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[i]
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Alfred Wilkinson Johnson
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1899
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Vice Admiral; destroyer, light cruiser, and battleship commander; Director of Naval Intelligence; Commander of the
Atlantic Squadron; recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal; U.S. Minister to
Nicaragua; married to the great-niece of U.S. Senator
Ira Harris and father-in-law of U.S. Ambassador
Charles Burke Elbrick
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[250]
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Julius A. Furer
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1901
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Rear Admiral; recipient of the
Navy Cross;
USS Julius A. Furer was named for him
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Ernest King
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1901
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Fleet Admiral; Chief of Naval Operations in World War II (1942–45)
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[i]
[251]
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William "Bull" Halsey Jr.
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1904
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Fleet Admiral; commander of the
United States Third Fleet during part of the
Pacific War against Japan
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[252]
[253]
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Chester W. Nimitz
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1905
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Fleet Admiral; held the dual command of
Commander-in-chief,
United States Pacific Fleet ("CinCPac" pronounced "sink-pack"), for U.S. naval forces and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas (CinCPOA), for U.S. and Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II; Chief of Naval Operations (1945–47)
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[i]
[208]
[209]
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Harold Medberry Bemis
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1906
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Rear Admiral; recipient of the
Navy Distinguished Service Medal
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Frank Jack Fletcher
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1906
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Admiral; recipient of the Medal of Honor for saving hundreds of refugees during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914; operational commander at the pivotal Battles of
Coral Sea and of
Midway; nephew of Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher
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[f]
[254]
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Henry Kent Hewitt
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1906
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Admiral; recipient of the Navy Cross commanding
USS Cummings during World War I; commander of the
United States Eighth Fleet through the amphibious invasions of
Casablanca,
Gela,
Salerno, and
Southern France
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[255]
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John S. McCain Sr.
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1906
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Vice Admiral, posthumously promoted to Admiral; pioneer of aircraft carrier operations; commanded
Fast Carrier Task Force in World War II. He and his son
John S. McCain Jr. are the first father-son four-star Admirals in US Navy history; grandfather of
John S. McCain III, also an Academy graduate, and 1908 Republican Presidential Candidate.
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[256]
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Raymond A. Spruance
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1906
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Admiral; destroyer and battleship commander; Commander of the
United States Fifth Fleet; Commander-in-Chief of the
United States Pacific Fleet recipient of the Navy Cross and the Navy Distinguished Service Medal; U.S. Ambassador to the
Philippines;
USS Spruance (DDG-111),
USS Spruance (DD-963), and
Spruance-class destroyer series of ships were named for him
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[131]
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Jonas H. Ingram
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1907
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Admiral; recipient of the Medal of Honor for courage and leadership in handling an artillery and machine gun battalion during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914;
Navy Cross recipient for actions during World War I; commander,
United States Atlantic Fleet during World War II; football player and head football coach at the Academy
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[f]
[257]
[258]
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Thomas C. Kinkaid
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1908
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Admiral; commander
U.S. 7th Fleet; commander Eastern Sea Frontier and the
Atlantic Reserve Fleet
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[259]
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Hugh J. Knerr
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1908
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Major general; observation squadron commander; Commander of the
Air Technical Service Command; recipient of the
Distinguished Service Medal, the
Legion of Merit, and the
Bronze Star Medal
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[260]
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Robert Grimes Coman
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1909
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Commodore; destroyer; collier; and battleship commander
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Theodore S. Wilkinson
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1909
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Vice-Admiral; recipient of the Medal of Honor for courage and leadership during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914; veteran of World War I and World War II; director of
Office of Naval Intelligence when
Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941
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[f]
[257]
[261]
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Marc Mitscher
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1910
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Admiral; recipient of three Navy Crosses; commander of the
Fast Carrier Task Force in World War II; Commander-in-Chief,
U.S. Atlantic Fleet
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[262]
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George McMillin
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1911
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Rear admiral; 38th and final
Naval Governor of Guam (1940–41); Surrendered to the
Empire of Japan during the
First Battle of Guam
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[181]
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Charles A. Lockwood
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1912
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Vice Admiral; gunboat, destroyer, and submarine commander; recipient of three Navy Distinguished Service Medals;
USS Lockwood was named for him
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[263]
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Pedro del Valle
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1915
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First Hispanic Marine Corps officer to reach the rank of lieutenant general; served in World War I,
Haiti, and
Nicaragua during the so-called
Banana Wars of the 1920s, the seizure of
Guadalcanal, and later as Commanding General of the
U.S. 1st Marine Division during World War II
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[264]
[265]
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Frank Edmund Beatty Jr.
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1916
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Vice Admiral; destroyer and light cruiser commander; recipient of the Navy Cross; son of Rear Admiral
Frank E. Beatty
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Charles L. Carpenter
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1926
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Rear Admiral; Attack transport commander; recipient of the Navy Cross
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[266]
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Ralph A. Ofstie
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1919
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Vice Admiral; aircraft carrier commander; Deputy Chief of Naval Operations; was married to Captain
Joy Bright Hancock
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[267]
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John W. Roper
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1918
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Vice Admiral; battleship commander; recipient of the
Legion of Merit
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[i]
[268]
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Earl E. Stone
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1918
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Rear Admiral; battleship commander; Chief of Naval Communications; Commandant of the
Naval Postgraduate School; recipient of two
Legions of Merit
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[268]
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Jerauld Wright
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1918
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Admiral; destroyer and cruiser commander; commander of the
United States Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean; commander of the
United States Atlantic Command; recipient of two Navy Distinguished Service Medals and the Silver Star; U.S. Ambassador to the
Republic of China; son of Army Lieutenant General
William M. Wright
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Winfield S. Cunningham
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1919
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Rear Admiral; Officer in Charge of U.S. forces during the
Battle of Wake Island; seaplane tender commander; recipient of the
Navy Cross
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[269]
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Charles B. McVay III
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1920
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Rear Admiral; captain of
USS Indianapolis, which was sunk by a Japanese submarine in World War II and lost most of its crew to shark attacks after delivering nuclear bomb parts to
Tinian
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[270]
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Walter Schindler
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1921
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Vice Admiral; recipient of the Navy Cross and the Silver Star
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[271]
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Rodger W. Simpson
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1921
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Rear Admiral; recipient of two Navy Crosses; destroyer commander
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[272]
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Irving Wiltsie
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1921
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Captain; seaplane tender and escort carrier commander; recipient of the Navy Cross and the Silver Star;
USS Wiltsie was named for him
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[273]
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John Higgins
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1922
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Rear Admiral; recipient of the Navy Cross, the
Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the
Silver Star, and two
Legions of Merit
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[274]
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Merrill B. Twining
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1923
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General; Chief of Staff of the
United States Marine Corps Forces Pacific; nephew of Rear Admiral
Nathan C. Twining and brother of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nathan Farragut Twining
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[275]
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Clarence Ekstrom
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1924
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Vice Admiral; recipient of the Navy Cross; escort carrier commander
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[276]
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Henry C. Bruton
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1926
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Rear Admiral; submarine and battleship commander; Director of Naval Communications; recipient of the three Navy Crosses and two Legions of Merit
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[i]
[268]
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Elmer Salzman
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1926
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Major general; recipient of the Navy Cross
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[277]
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James H. Flatley
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1929
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Vice Admiral; aviator; recipient of the
Navy Cross, the
Navy Distinguished Service Medal, and the
Silver Star;
USS Flatley was named for him
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[278]
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Warner S. Rodimon
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1929
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Captain, Rear Admiral; recipient of the
Silver Star, the
Bronze Star, Captain;
USS Hopewell during retaking of Corregidor
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[279]
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William T. Nelson
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1930
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Rear Admiral; submarine commander
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[280]
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Marvin John Jensen
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1931
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Rear Admiral; submarine commander; recipient of the Silver Star
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[281]
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John O. Miner
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1931
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Rear Admiral; destroyer and battleship commander; U.S. Naval Attaché in
Rome, Italy; recipient of the Silver Star and Legion of Merit
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[i]
[268]
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Louis Joseph Kirn
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1932
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Rear Admiral; aviator; recipient of the Navy Cross, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, and the
Distinguished Flying Cross
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[282]
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Edmond Konrad
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1932
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Rear Admiral; recipient of two Navy Crosses and the Silver Star
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[283]
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Waldemar F.A. Wendt
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1933
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Admiral; destroyer commander; Commander-in-Chief of the
United States Naval Forces Europe; recipient of three Distinguished Service Medals
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[284]
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Bernard A. Clarey
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1934
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Admiral; submarine commander; commander of the
United States Second Fleet; recipient of three Navy Crosses, five Distinguished Service Medals, and the Silver Star
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[285]
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Eli Thomas Reich
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1935
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Vice Admiral; as a Lieutenant Commander and commanding officer of
USS Sealion, sank the
Japanese battleship Kongō, the only Japanese battleship sunk by a submarine during World War II
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Louis Robertshaw
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1936
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Lieutenant general, Marine Corps; Marine aviator; recipient of three
Distinguished Flying Crosses; World War II,
Korean War,
Vietnam War
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[286]
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William F. Bringle
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1937
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Admiral; aircraft carrier and supercarrier commander; commander of the
United States Seventh Fleet; recipient of the Navy Cross
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[287]
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Harry Brinkley Bass
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1938
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Lieutenant Commander; Naval aviator; recipient of two Navy Crosses;
USS Brinkley Bass named in his honor
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[288]
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Charles Francis McGivern
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1938
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Captain; submarine commander; recipient of two silver stars and the Legion of Merit
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[289]
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Carl Ferdinand Pfeifer
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1939
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Captain; destroyer commander; aide to
Harry S. Truman and
Dwight D. Eisenhower; recipient of the
Silver Star and
Legion of Merit
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Wilfred Holmes
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1922
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Captain; submarine commander; in May 1942 devised the ruse that revealed that "AF" was Midway Island, which led to the Japanese defeat at the Battle of Midway.
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[290]
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Carl Henry Jones
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1914
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Admiral; battleship commander; commanded the
USS Maryland as commodore throughout 1943 and was named sub-area commander of the
South Pacific after participating in the
Battle of Tarawa.
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[291]
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