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Home Town Peoria, Ill.
Last Address Salt Lake City, Utah.
Date of Passing Apr 08, 2012
Location of Interment Utah State Veterans Cemetery - Bluffdale, Utah
Dr. HMCM (SS) KEITH MARVIN TRACY
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., UDT/frogman, submariner, USN (Ret.)
Aug 24, 1926 - Apr 08, 2012
Keith M. Tracy: "Doc" Keith Marvin Tracy, 85, passed away April 8, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born August 24, 1926 in Peoria, Illinois to Charles E. and Emily Anderson Conger Tracy. Served in the US Navy during WWII (Frogmen). Married Eleanor Ruth Breckenridge June 14, 1947 in Willington, DE. BS class of 1950 from University of Delaware. After teaching in New Jersey, worked as District Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of America, Valley Forge Council, Philadelphia, PA. Returned to the Navy during the Korean Conflict and served again with Navy Frogmen then in Diesel Submarines until 1962. Served with US Navy Hospital Corps for 17 years while with Submarines until April 1971 when he retired.
Doc had returned to college, U of U. while on active duty and, with the help of his wife, completed a masters in 1966 and PhD in 1968. See the Navy ALL HANDS November 1968. In 1977-78 completed a second masters degree at U of U. Worked with the State Office of Education as specialist for Health Occupations Training until retiring in 1991. Keith enjoyed hunting, fishing, family camping, reading and music.
Survived by his wife of 65 years, Eleanor; children: Cathy Louise, Littleton, CO; Charlotte T. Souders, Westbridge, VA; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by son, Keith. The family would like to extend a special thanks at Mt. Olympus Rehab Center and VA Hospital for their loving care of Keith. Graveside service were held Friday, April 13, 2012, at Utah Veterans Memorial Park.
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.
