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VICE ADMIRAL JOHN J BALLENTINE Unlted States Navy Commander, Szxth Fleet ICE ADMIRAL JOHN JENNINGS BALLENTINE was named Commander of the Sixth Fleet, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, on November 3, 1949, succeeding Admiral Forrest P. Sherman. He served in the Mediterranean area previously as Commander of Carrier Di- vision ONE. Born in Hillsboro, Ohio, October 4, 1896, Admiral Ballen- tine 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 War II, he was serving as Executive Ofhcer of the aircraft carrier USS RANGER. On December 24, 1941 he was ordered to take command of the carrier USS LONG ISLAND. Later, from May until De- cember, 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 air- craft 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 Harbor, T. H., serving in that duty until October 1944. On his return to the United States, he served from No- vember 1944 until June 1945 as Commander, Fleer Air, Seattle, Wasliington. After brief duty in the THIRD Fleet as Commander Car- rier Division SEVEN, in the USS BON HOMME RICHARD from june until August 1945, Admiral Ballentine was as- signed duty as Fleet Liaison Officer for Commander in Chief Pacific at Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Pacific. He landed at Atsugi Airport on 30 August in the airborne occupation of japan escorting General of the Army Douglas MacArthur to the surrender ceremonies on the battleship MISSOURI 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 Mediterranean in USS MIDWAY in the winter of 1947-48 and made a similar cruise with the SIXTH Fleet in USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT in 1948-49. He served as a Member of the General Board, Navy De- partment, Wasluington, D. C., before taking command of the Sixth Fleet. 7 .Q 1 L .L.22..22 . 4 'II , r - - V 0702-4 -,-- fn-fd Z.. .-sn'