Crommelin, John Geraerdt, Jr., RADM

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Final Rank
Rear Admiral Upper Half
Last Designator
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
Last Designator Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1949-1950, Pentagon Navy Command Center (NCC), Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) CNO
Service Years
1923 - 1950
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Home State
Alabama
Alabama
Year of Birth
1902
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Montgomery, AL
Last Address
Montgomery, AL
Date of Passing
Nov 02, 1996
 
Location of Interment
Greenwood Cemetery - Montgomery, Alabama

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Last Known Activity:


After his military service, John Crommeline operated part of his family plantation, named Harrogate Springs, in Elmore County, raising a variety of crops. He also ran unsuccessfully for various public offices. He was a candidate in the Democratic Presidential primary in New Hampshire in 1968 and also repeatedly announced himself as a candidate for the United States Senate. The National States Rights Party, advocating white supremacy, nominated him for Vice President in 1960.

   
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Legion of Honor
Awarded for Actions During World War II
Service: Navy
Rank: Captain
General Orders: Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 346 (January 1946)
Synopsis: Captain John G. Crommelin, Jr., United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the
United States as Chief of Staff of a carrier combat task group from 1 January 1944 to 8 August 1944.

   
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Central Pacific Campaign (1941-43)/Battle of Tarawa
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The Battle of Tarawa (US code name Operation Galvanic) was a battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, fought from November 20 to November 23, 1943. It took place at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, located in what is now the nation of Kiribati. Nearly 6,400 Japanese, Koreans, and Americans died in the fighting, mostly on and around the small island of Betio.

The Battle of Tarawa was the first American offensive in the critical central Pacific region. It was also the first time in the war that the United States faced serious Japanese opposition to an amphibious landing. Previous landings met little or no initial resistance. but this time the 4,500 Japanese defenders were well-supplied and well-prepared, and they fought almost to the last man, exacting a heavy toll on the United States Marine Corps. The U.S. had suffered similar casualties in other campaigns, for example over the six months of the Guadalcanal Campaign, but in this case the losses were incurred within the space of 76 hours.
   
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Mar 16, 2020
   
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  313 Also There at This Battle:
  • BEHRMANN, LOUIS, CPO, (1941-1947)
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