Turner (DLG 20), Naval Destroyer School, Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla TWO, Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla TEN, Atlantic Fleet Mine Force, Pacific Fleet Cruiser-Destroyer Force, and SECOND Fleet.Īfter Graduation from the Choate School in Wallington, Connecticut, Doug Plate entered the U.S. Larson (DDR 830), Mitscher (DL 2) Richmond K. He then served aboard the battleship USS Missouri during bombardments of Iwo Jima, Okinawa, the Japanese home islands and kamikaze attacks and was aboard for the Japanese surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. Atlantic Fleet. During World War II he served aboard the light cruiser USS Savannah (CL 42) during the landings in French Morocco (Operation Torch) Sicily and was aboard during the landings at Salerno, Italy when Savannah was hit and severely damaged (197 dead) by a German Fritz-X radio-controlled glide bomb (the first precision guided munition used in combat). Naval Academy in 1938 and served as a Surface Line Officer until his retirement in 1975 as Deputy and Chief of Staff for Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Navy (Retired) is about to celebrate his 100 th Birthday on July 20, 2020. Vice Adm. It is with great pleasure I inform you that Vice Adm.
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