Doyle (FFG 39) - Naval Cruise Book

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DOYLE, the man... ViceAdmiraUames Doyle was bom in Jamaica, tiew York and graduated from the United States Fiaval Academy in 1919. He received the degree of Juris Doctor with distinction from George Washington University Law School in 1929. Thereafter, he served at sea in battleships and destroyers, and ashore in the Judge Advocate Generals office. In World War II, he received the Legion of Merit as Operations Officer of the South Pacific Amphibious Force during the Solomon Islands campaign. Later he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for gallantry in command of the light cruiser PASADEriA (CI 65) during final strikes against Japan. As Commander Amphibious Group 1 during the Korean War, Admiral Doyle was personally responsible for the flawless execution of the amphibious phase of the invasion on Inchon in 1950. Admiral Doyle s naval attack force put 13,000 Marines ashore on a forbidding coastline, together with all their weapons and equipment. Despite being hampered by extraordinary tides and currents of the Yellow Sea, lack of suitable landing beaches, mud banks, and islands which restricted the long approach to Inchon, the First Marine Division with attached Army and Korean units landed and moved on into the Korean mainland. Rarely had so small a force entered so large a land mass under such difficult conditions. Later, when the Chinese Communist entered north Korea from across the Yalu River and entrapped U.S. ground forces. Admiral Doyle commanded the liungnam withdrawal, an amphibious landing in reverse. In an operation characterized by ingenuity and superb naval gunfire support, the 1st Marine Division, 3rd and 7th Infantry Divisiorts, and 100,000 civilians were evacuated under the sweep of heavy enemy gunfire without a single casualty. For these masterful exploits. Admiral Doyle was awarded the navy Distinguished Service Medal and the Army ' s Silver Star. After retirement in 1953, Admiral Doyle practiced law in Austin, Texas and was active in civic affairs before moving to San Francisco, California in 1979. Admiral Doyle is suwived by two sons. Vice Admiral James U. Doyle Jr. USn Retired, and John J. Doyle of San Francisco, California; two sisters, Mary Lesser of Garden City, new York, and Marianne Jurich of Bellevue, Washington; two granddaughters, a grandson, and a great granddaughter.

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Shifting Colors The Historical account of aVialiant Mariner ' s Mediterranean Voyage. . . I USl USS DOYLE (rrG-59) I 30 December 1986- 30 June 1987

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COAT OF ARMS Azure a Hon rampant with a fishtail or grasping a trident point up argent. Upon a wreath of the colors a chevron reversed couped or interlaced with a mullet, points balled argent, charged with a pentagram parted and colored in the manner of the Korean Taeguk and charged with a gold mullet, all encircled by a wreath of laurel vert. Dark blue and gold are the colors traditionally used by the Navy and represent the sea and excellence. The creature, half lion and half fish, with a Neptune trident symbolizes Admiral Doyles military prowess and his accomplishments in amphibious operations. The stars, laurel wreath, and V refer to some of Admiral Doyles decorations and awards, the Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal and Legion of Merit. The reference to the Korean Taeguk commemorates Admiral Doyles masterful exploits during the Korean War, especially the Inchon in- vasion and the Hungnam Withdrawal.