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Donald Finley, QM3
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Finley, Miles Rush, Jr., CAPT USN(Ret).
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Home Town New Orleans, LA
Last Address 3890 Nobel Dr San Diego, CA
Date of Passing Jan 07, 2010
Location of Interment Buried at Sea, Pacific Ocean
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My Mother and Father lived a long happy life together and in retirement traveled around the world to many countries.
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Capt Miles R Finley, Jr, USN (Ret.) Passed away on January 7, 2010. He had Alzheimer's disease. His wife, Barbara F (McCann) Finley, preceded him in death. She passed Thanksgiving morning , November 23, 2006 of complication due to diabetes.
My father graduated from the Naval Academy Class of 1943 which was graduated early in June 1942. He served as commanding officer on several ships, and staff officer on several staff duty locations. I remember Dad taking me as a small boy to sea on day exercise cruises. There were dependent cruises also.
Dad took command of the USS Shields (DD-596) on July 15,1950 through April 2, 1952. He commissioned her as a regular duty ship from a reserve duty ship. Her home port as a reserve ship was on the Sacramento River in Sacramento, CA. Dad brought her down the river to the San Francisco Bay and out under the Golden Gate Bridge and off to the Pacific for duty.
Some 20 years later, I was just about to finish my 6 year enlisted reserve duty obligation. I was doing weekend a month drilling duty in San Diego, CA. The Navy assigned me to the USS Shields (DD-596) in 1970. I served on her as a QM3 until 1972. She was to be decommissioned. I then was reassigned for my last few months. I was discharged in 1972. The USS Shields (DD-596) was decommissioned in 1972. It was fun to talk to Dad about our times aboard the USS Shields (DD-596). I will remember many of the "Sea Stories" Dad would tell.
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American Defense Service Medal - 1939
Name of Award American Defense Service Medal
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Star in Lieu of the following Clasps
Fleet Clasp for US Navy, US Marine Corps and US Coast Guard for service on the high seas while regularly attached to any vessels of the Atlantic, Pacific, or Asiatic fleets as well as vessels of the Naval Transport Service and vessels operating directly under the Chief of Naval Operations
Base Clasp for US Navy and US Marine Corps for service outside the continental limits of the United States (service in either Alaska or Hawaii qualified
Sea Clasp for US Coast Guard for all other vessels and aircraft, not qualifying for the Fleet Clasp, which regularly conducted patrols at sea
Foreign Service Class for US Army for military service outside the continental limits of the United States, including service in Alaska.
Year Awarded 1939
Last Updated: Mar 18, 2023
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