Word: comdr
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...office of Comdr. M.E. Paradise, USNR, officer in charge of the school, announced yesterday that approximately 300 trainees would arrive Thursday to take the place of the outgoing unit, and would remain for periods of three and four months. The arrival of the new men will bring the Communications enrollment...
After the outbreak of the war, Comdr. Tully was Gunnery Officer of the Navy transport U.S.S. Harry Lee, which had the distinction of serving as training ship for Guadalcanal's famed First Marine Division. Subsequent transfers took him to the transport U.S.S. Calvert, and then to the U.S.S. Charles J. Badger. On the latter ship, a 2100 ton destroyer, he served as Gunnery Officer in the spring of 1943, with the rank of lieutenant...
...during the fall of the same year that Comdr. Tully went to the destroyer U.S.S. Norman Scott as Executive Officer. Having completed missions in the invasion of Saipan and Guam, the Scott was covering the landings on Tinian when Jap shore batteries scored hits with six 6-inch shells...
...Scott's commanding officer was killed in this action, and control of the ship passed to Comdr. Tully, who was injured himself. In spite of serious damage, the ship's guns destroyed the enemy batteries, and she withdrew under her own power...
Listing destroyer duty as the number one preference, "definitely," Comdr. Tully has served on five cans, three battleships, and two transports in tours...