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ICE ADMIRAL JOHN JENNINGS BALLENTINE was named Commander of the Sixth Fleet, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediter- ranean, on November 3, 1949, succeeding Admiral Forrest P. Sherman. He served in the Mediterra- nean area previously as Commander of Carrier Di- vision ONE. Born in Hillsboro, Ohio, October 4, 1896, Ad- miral Ballentine was graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, in 1917. Since 1920, when he received his designation, he has served in Naval aviation. At the outbreak of World VVar II, he was serving as Executive Officer of the aircraft carrier USS RANGER. On December 24, 1941 he was ordered to take command of the carrier USS LONG IS- LAND. Later, from May until December, 1942, he served as Chief of Staff and Aide to the Commander, Carriers, Atlantic Fleet, and on May 25, 1943, he took command of the newly constructed 27,000 ton aircraft carrier USS BUNKER HILL. In February 1944 Admiral Ballentine reported for duty as Deputy and Chief of Staff and Aide to the Commander, Aircraft, Pacific Fleet, at Pearl Har- bor, T. H., serving in that duty until October 1944. On his return to the United States, he served from November 1944 until june 1945 as Com- mander, Fleet Air, Seattle, Wasliington. After brief duty in the THIRD Fleet as Com- 5.:.,' - . .. af, VICE ADMIRAL JOHN J. BALLENTINE United. p States Navy , yiy, f I 4 Coinimainder, I Sixth Fleetf mander Carrier Division SEVEN, in the USS BON HOMME RICHARD from June until August 1945, Admiral Ballentine was assigned duty as Fleet Liai- son Officer for Commander in Chief Pacific at Head- quarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Pow- ers, Pacific. He landed at Atsugi Airport on 30 August in the airborne occupation of Japan escort- ing General of the Army Douglas MacArthur to the surrender ceremonies on the battleship MIS- SOURI on 2 September 1945. In January 1946 Admiral Ballentine reported to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, for duty as Assistant on the Military Staff Committee of the Security Council, United Nations, and was designated Chief of Staff and Deputy to Admiral Richmond K. Turner, USN, Representative of the Chief of Naval Operations, on the Military Staff Committee of the Security Council of the United Nations. He continued those duties when Admiral Turner was relieved by Admiral H. K. Hewitt, USN, in March 1947 until detached in July 1947. He made a five months cruise in the Mediterra- nean in USS MIDVVAY in the winter of 1947-48 and made a similar cruise with the SIXTH Fleet in USS ROOSEVELT in 1948-49. He served as a Member of the General Board, Navy Department, NVashington, D. C., before taking command of the Sixth Fleet.
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CAPTAIN T H HEDERMAN United States Navy Former Chle of Staff Commander Slxth Fleet AI'1AIN T HENRY HLDLRMAN La Jolla California was raduated from the U S tain ol the baseball team and later served as coach He has spent the greater part ol his sea duty in destroyers and commanded USS DOWNES 1940 41 During IVorld VVar II he commanded Destroyer Squadron 61 in Task Force 58 and led his squadron into lower Tokyo Bay one month before apan capitulated destroying a ' f I . .C , ' c 1 . . Naval Academy in 1923, where he was cap- in - . ' J . n , . Q Japanese convoy attempting to sneak out. In 1946-47 he headed the Fleet Training Group, San Diego, and the following year was Commander Destroyer Flotilla ONE in the Pacific Fleet. Captain Hederman holds the Navy Cross and Legion of Merit with combat A CAPTAIN R. L. CAMPBELL United States Navy Chief of Stayff Commander Sixth Fleet MPAPTAIN ROBERT LoRD CAMPBELL, Imlay City, Michigan, graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 19241. Following graduation he served on the USS PENNSYLVANIA, USS ROBERT SMITH, and the USS PREBLE. Later he was Aide and Flag Lieutenant on the staiI of Commander Cruiser Division THREE. In 1935 he assumed command of the USS RAIL, later commanded the USS SE- QUOIA and the USS TRIPPE. His next sea assignment was as navigator olf the USS ALABAMA. He participated in the Gilbert Islands and the lXIarshall Islands campaigns. Alfter various assignments with Destroyer Squadrons and shore duty lic was ordered to duty as Cliicl' ol' Stall, Com- mander SIXTH FLEET. . ,..-... .,...,..,,,.. .. ...gamma ,..L...L .L QL.-..,,Qe..,..f,..+..1.f....................t..,...r.
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