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Home Town Perth Amboy, NJ
Last Address Died Friday at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington. Admiral Will, was a resident of New York City and had a home in Deerfield Valley, Virginia.
Date of Passing May 08, 1981
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Admiral John Mylin WILL, Sr., USN Ret.
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Legion of Merit Awarded for actions during the Cold War The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Vice Admiral John M. Will, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commander, Military Sea Transportation Service, from July 1956 to June 1959. Under his sound direction, the Military Sea Transportation Service provided timely logistic support during the Lebanon crisis in 1958, while continuing to meet its other commitments in all parts of the world. In September 1957, to insure two-ocean access to the DEW-LINE sites, he personally directed photographic reconnaissance missions over the waterways in search of likely routes for the passage.
General Orders: All Hands (October 1959) Action Date: July 1956 - June 1959 Service: Navy Rank: Vice Admiral
Chain of Command LCDR John M. Wills, Commander USS Porpoise (SS-172), 13 Jan 1939 - 31 May 1939. Staff Submarines Scouting Force.
Other Memories Resident Inspector of Naval Material at Fairbanks-Morse Company, Beloit, Wisconsin. He supervised the development, and construction of the first opposed piston-type submarine propulsion engines. In 1937 he assumed command of the submarine PORPOISE.
