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Making the most beautiful fiddles in the world, one of which I am the proud owner of.� He also enjoyed�playing his fiddle, and was known for playing it while out at sea.� There are many pictures of him with his beloved pipe in his mouth. He was a often requested judge at the Fiddle Contest in Weiser, Idaho. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and gardening. After his retirement in 1955, he moved to Wallowa, Oregon, where he, with my Grandmother, Peggy (Bell), whom he met in their hometown of Detroit while home on leave after the war in 1945, raised�their five children:� Greg Gentle, CTRCM, USN, Ret., Gary Jay Gentle, CTACM, USN, Ret., Cathy (Spencer), John C. Gentle, LT, USN, Ret., and Willie.� He passed away in 1997, and per his request, he was buried in his Service Dress Blues. He had full military honors from the local VFW,�I read the Navy Hymn, and my cousin, Luke Spencer played Taps on the bugle.� I am his grandaughter, Robyn Gentle Strayer, CTRC, USN, Ret. His pet name for me was Robynette, until I made Chief, and then he always called me "Chief".�
World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
September / 1945
Description The plan of the Pacific subseries was determined by the geography, strategy, and the military organization of a theater largely oceanic. Two independent, coordinate commands, one in the Southwest Pacific under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur and the other in the Central, South, and North Pacific (Pacific Ocean Areas) under Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, were created early in the war. Except in the South and Southwest Pacific, each conducted its own operations with its own ground, air, and naval forces in widely separated areas. These operations required at first only a relatively small number of troops whose efforts often yielded strategic gains which cannot be measured by the size of the forces involved. Indeed, the nature of the objectivesùsmall islands, coral atolls, and jungle-bound harbors and airstrips, made the employment of large ground forces impossible and highlighted the importance of air and naval operations. Thus, until 1945, the war in the Pacific progressed by a double series of amphibious operations each of which fitted into a strategic pattern developed in Washington.
