Forrest Royal (DD 872) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1951

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THE USS FORREST RDYAL I -2-



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REAR ADMIRAL FORREST B. ROYAL The FORREST ROYAL is named for a distinguished naval of- ficer, the late Rear Admiral Forrest Betton Royal, United States Navy. Admiral Royal was born in New York City on February 10, 1893. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1911 and graduated in June 1915. During his naval career, Admiral Royal carried out all of the duties that fall to a line officer of the Navy. He served on battleships, cruisers and destroyers, including service afloat during World War I. He had numerous tours of duty ashore in- cluding tours of duty in the Office of Naval Operations and the Bureau of Ordnance. He also completed a post graduate course of study in ordnance and attended the Naval War College. Just prior to World War II, he was a member of the Naval Mission to Brazil. At the beginning of the late war, Admiral Royal, then a Captain, was in command of the USS MILWAUKEE . He was appointed a Rear Admiral in March 1944 and ordered to the Pacific as Group Commander of Amphibious Forces. For his exceptionally meritorious services in this capacity in the assault operations against the enemy Japanese-held islands of Leyte and Luzon in the Philippines, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. He was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a second Distingui shed Service Medal for his excep- tionally meritorious services in the amphibious operations against the Japanese in the Central and Southern Philippines, the Sulu Archipeligo and Borneo. In addition to the Distinguished Service Medal, Admiral Royal wore the following awards: — The Victory Medal with Atlantic Fleet Clsp for World War I. American Defense Service Medal. Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal and a Brazilian Decoration . Admiral Royal died in the Asiatic Area of coronary thrombosis on June 18, 1945. -4-

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