Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1896, Oct. 4 | Born, Hillsboro, Ohio |
| 1917 | Graduated from United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1917-1918 | Served on Nebraska |
| 1918-1919 | Duty at Naval Auxiliary Reserve Officers' School, Pelham Bay Park, N.Y. |
| 1919-1920 | Served on Arizona |
| 1920 | Flight training at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. Designated naval aviator |
| 1920-1921 | Trained in land planes with United States Army Air Corps, Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Fla. |
| 1921 | Trained in pursuit planes at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. |
| 1921-1922 | Duty in first torpedo plane squadron, Atlantic Fleet, Torpedo Plane Division, Yorktown, Va., renamed Torpedo Plane Squadron One |
| 1922 | Married Catherine H. Shield |
| 1922-1926 | Officer in charge, Naval Air Detail, Dahlgren, Va. Conducted original tests on Norden bombsight models and operated first pilotless radio-controlled airplane, Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Va. |
| 1926-1927 | Commanding officer, Torpedo Squadron Twenty, attached to Jason, Asiatic Fleet |
| 1927-1928 | Commanding officer, Observation Squadron Eleven, Light Cruiser Division Three, assigned to Marblehead, Asiatic Fleet Made official inspection of Japanese naval aviation and aircraft manufacturing facilities |
| 1928-1931 | Officer in charge, Naval Air Detail, Dahlgren, Va. Tested advanced models of Norden bombsight |
| 1931-1933 | Commanding officer, Torpedo Squadron Two, based on the Saratoga |
| 1933-1935 | Head, War Plans Section, Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. |
| 1935-1936 | Executive officer, Plans Division, Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. |
| 1936-1937 | Navigator and later operations officer, Wright, flagship of Commander Aircraft Base Force |
| 1938-1939 | Gunnery officer and later operations officer on staff of Commander Aircraft Battle Force, Saratoga |
| 1939-1941 | Served in Personnel Division and became head of Flight Division, Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. |
| 1941 | Executive officer, Ranger |
| 1941-1942 | Commanding officer, Long Island |
| 1942 | Chief of staff and aide to the commander, Carriers, Atlantic Fleet, Ranger Chief of staff to the commander, Air Group, Western Naval Task Force during action off Casablanca in November |
| 1943-1944 | First commanding officer, Bunker Hill |
| 1944 | Deputy, chief of staff, and aide to the commander, Aircraft, Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
| 1944-1945 | Commander, Fleet Air, Seattle, Wash. |
| 1945 | Commander, Carrier Division Seven, Third Fleet, Bon Homme Richard Fleet liaison officer for Commander in Chief Pacific at Headquarters, Supreme Commander for Allied Powers, Pacific; landed at Atsugi Airport, 30 Aug., in airborne occupation of Japan; and escorted Gen. Douglas MacArthur to the surrender ceremonies on the Missouri, 2 Sept. |
| 1946-1947 | Chief of staff and aide to the representative of the chief of naval operations, United Nations Military Staff Committee of the Security Council |
| 1947-1949 | Commander, Carrier Division One in the Mediterranean |
| 1949 | Member of the General Board, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. Appointed vice admiral |
| 1949-1951 | Commander, Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean |
| 1951-1954 | Commander, Air Force, Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, Va. |
| 1954, May 1 | Retired from navy and promoted to admiral |
| 1956-1957 | Recalled to active duty as navy member of blue-ribbon interservice board studying the air defense of the North American continent |
| 1970, May 21 | Died, Bethesda, Md. |