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Boone, Walter (DSM), ADM.
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Home Town
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Last Address
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington D.C., 19 March 1995.
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Date of Passing
Mar 19, 1995 |
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Admiral Walter Frederick Boone
Walter F. Boone, Admiral USN retired, who after retiring from the Navy, became the NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Defense Affairs.
1918 - Boone's first wartime assignment was aboard the Ohio, operating with the Atlantic Fleet.
1921 - Admiral Boone graduated from the Naval Academy.
1942 - He was given his second combat assignment, as the executive officer of the aircraft carrier Enterprise.
- He participated in the Battle of Midway, the Guadalcanal-Tulagi landings, the battles of the Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz and the November campaign of Guadalcanal.
- He was awarded the Silver Star for his actions in the Battle of Santa Cruz.
1945 - He returned to the Pacific as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier Yorktown, which participated in the later stages of the Okinawa campaign and the attacks on the Japanese home islands.
1950 - Promoted to Rear Admiral.
1954 - He returned and was appointed as the 38th superintendent of the Academy
1956 - He was promoted to full Admiral and made commander of U.S. naval forces in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
1957 - Suez Crisis. Commander Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
1960 - His final assignment before retiring with the four stars of a full admiral was as the U.S. representative to the Military Committee and Standing Group of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
1967 - As a civilian, he worked for McDonnell Aircraft Company, which became part of McDonnell Douglas Corporation, and as an assistant to the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
1993 - His wife Polly died.
1995 - Died of heart attack on March at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. He was 97.
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1918-1918, USS Ohio (BB-12)
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1920-1921, USS Texas (BB-35)
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1921-1924, USS California (BB-44)
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1924-1925, USS Burns (DM-11)
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1925-1926, CNATRA Detachment Pensacola, Commander Naval Air Training (CNATRA)
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1926-1927, USS Cincinnati (C-7)
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1927-1930, Naval Postgraduate School (Faculty Staff)
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1930-1932, VF-6 Tomcatters
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1932-1933, Commander Aircraft Battle Force
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1935-1937, VP-4 King Neptunes
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1937-1938, VP-3 Screaming Eagles
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1938-1939, Commander Aircraft Battle Force
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1939-1942, Division of Fleet Training, Navy Operations, Navy Department
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1942-1943, USS Enterprise (CV-6)
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1943-1944, COMSIXTHFLT
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1944-1945, 12th Naval District
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1945-1945, Commander Aircraft South Pacific Force
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1945-1945, USS Yorktown (CV-5)
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1947-1947, Commander Amphibious Force, US Seventh Fleet
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1947-1947, General Board, Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV)
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1947-1949, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, CNO - OPNAV
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1949-1950, Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group, 7th Fleet, COMSEVENTHFLT
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1950-1951, Commander Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic /Mediterranean (CINCNELM/COMNELM)
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1951-1952, Commander-in-Chief Eastern Atlantic (CINCEASTLANT)
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1952-1954, Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
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1954-1956, US Naval Academy Annapolis (Faculty Staff)
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1956-1958, Commander Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic /Mediterranean (CINCNELM/COMNELM)
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1958-1960, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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