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Lynch Jr, Frank Curtis (Tiny) (NC x 3), CAPT.
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Was critically injured in an automobile accident in Columbo, Ceylon on May 25, 1953 while Commanding Officer of USS Allen Sumner (DD-692)
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.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1943
To Month/Year
December / 1943
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories 24 Aug, 1943 USS Harder (Cdr. S.D. Dealey) departs Pearl Harbour for her 2nd war patrol. Once again she is ordered to patrol off Honshu, Japan. 9 Sep, 1943 USS Harder (Cdr. S.D. Dealey) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Koyo Maru (3010 GRT) off the south coast of Honshu, Japan in position 35º30'N, 140º40'E. (see map) 11 Sep, 1943 USS Harder (Cdr. S.D. Dealey) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese troop transport Yoko Maru (1050 GRT) south of Mikura Island, Japan in position 33º48'N, 139º37'E. (see map) 19 Sep, 1943 USS Harder (Cdr. S.D. Dealey) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Kachisan Maru (814 GRT) off the south coast of Honshu, Japan in position 33º25'N, 135º38'E. (see map) 22 Sep, 1943 USS Harder (Cdr. S.D. Dealey) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant tanker Daishin Maru (5957 GRT) and the Japanese army cargo ship Kowa Maru (4520 GRT) off the south coast of Honshu, Japan in position 34º46'N, 140º55'E. (see map) 30 Sep, 1943 USS Harder (Cdr. S.D. Dealey) sinks the Japanese trawler Shosei Maru No.3 with gunfire in the North Pacific in position 34º10'N, 150º45'E. (see map) 8 Oct, 1943 USS Harder (Cdr. S.D. Dealey) ends her 2nd war patrol at Pearl Harbour.
