| Description | Clothier. His experiences in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Mediterranean Theaters during World War II. Education; enlistment in the Navy V-7 Program, 1940; midshipman training, 1940-41; assignment to the USS Langley, 1941; pre-war duty in the Philippines; coming of war and combat around the Philippines and Netherlands East Indies, 1941-42; sinking of the Langley, February 27, 1942, and his transfer to the USS Pecos; sinking of the Pecos, March 1, 1942, and his rescue by the USS Whipple; his return to the States and assignment to the USS O’Bannon, March, 1942; various naval battles around the Solomon Islands, 1942-43; Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, November 13, 1942; antisubmarine patrols off the Solomons, 1942-43; his return to the States and transfer to the USS O’Toole, January 22, 1944; escort duty in the North Atlantic, 1944-45; escort duty in the Mediterranean, 1945; his promotion to captain of the O’Toole, October, 1945. |
