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Contact Info
Home Town Chicago, IL
Last Address Hollywood, FL
Date of Passing Jan 23, 2003
Location of Interment U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium (VLM) - Annapolis, Maryland
After retiring from the Navy, Capt. Superfine settled in Hollywood Hills [Florida], became a vice president of First National Bank of Hollywood, helped found the Broward County Crime Commission and was a state chairman of the Florida Liberty Amendment Committee.
He was a member of the Memorial Regional Hospital Ethics Committee and the Hollywood Economic Development Strategic Planning Task Force. He also was a longtime member of the Hollywood Kiwanis Club.
"He loved Hollywood, he loved his friends here and he loved his small little part of the neighborhood," his daughter, Susan, said.
Other Comments:
Silver Star
Citation in part: : "Acting as Officer in Charge of a salvage crew, Lieutenant Superfine, with his limited personnel, daringly boarded an abandoned vessel, in an active combat area in order to obtain strategic material. After working tirelessly over a period of several days, under most difficult and trying conditions, he brought out his ship and a barge containing a valuable cargo of bombs and aviation gasoline, dropping anchor safely after a four hundred mile passage in spite of enemy observation and attack..."
Bronze Star
"For meritorious achievement as Executive Officer and Combat Information Evaluator of the USS INGERSOLL during action against enemy Japanese Forces, from January 15 to December 2, 1944."
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation
The citation follows in part: "For meritorious service as Operations Officer of the USS WISCONSIN during combat operations against North Korean and Chinese Communist forces in the Korean area from November 21 1951 to March 30, 1952. Discharging his many responsibilities as Operations Officer, Commnander Superfine displayed outstanding leadership, mature judgment and keen foresight in planning the many gun strikes successfully executed by the ship. Thoroughly understanding the many complex problems involved in combat operations of a battleship, he showed unusual ability in furnishing vital information to the many gun stations which inflicted heavy damage to enemy installations..."
