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Captain Lawrence H. Martin, II. S. N. apt. mi I awrence II. Martin, I 5N, m bora ihc l-ili of July, 1908 in Lancaster ounty, SmithviUe, Pennsylvania. iiit completion l hit high school i-dii- . .iii. .11 be entered ili - Naval tcadem) in ami was .iimii--iiiii.(| an Ensign in the I 8. Navy, ill.- 3rd of Jim.- 1926. • aptain Martin ! duties in the Bed bare been prirnarif) io Ordnance and Gunnery, ■erring in the battleship Pennsylvania and Oklahoma bom 1926 to L930. He wu or der ed i the deetro) er I pekur in 1930 and ■erved ai Torpedo I Officer and Engineer Of- Bcer, Manning an I. in torpedoes and the Red I ■. in Engmeering for the rear ( . 2- 33. For the nexl rear be attended Post Graduate In ► l Line Course and served a- an iii-lrn l..r at tin- Fire Control Sd I. Washington, D. .. in L935. The f «r ? w g three rears were npenl ai Gunner) Officer in tin- destroyer I 5S Monaghan, and horn there be went t the Department t Ord nance and Gunner) at the I . S. Naral . idem] a- an instructor. In I ' Mti I,, w,i- issigned ai Squadron Gunner) and i tperationi Mficer on the x tall ..i omDesRonl IIKI I . and issumed com maud .i the destroyer I SS Imk in L942. During but t nr of dut) i n the Earn, I ap- tain Martin participated in air action off Bougainville and Salameu I .«•«■ RabauL IF- .i - also in the la-k l. r«»- under dmiral Kinkaid during the Third v a .. action ..ti Guadalcanal on November 1 1-1.1. 1942. In January, 1943, tin (1ml. »a« a--i md to {.atr-.l operationi it the Weal I oast ..I ..iilh iinrna and I ' anaina. Iii 1944, Iroin March to November, be placed the destroyer I sx l ur incommia ■ion a ( Commanding Mficer, and in Noi em ber snnumrd command of Destroyer l)i i- uon I- with the I N F X a tri b e i at division flagship. In tlii- capacity, be participated in all landings in tin- Philippine Islands until March, 1945. For bit service in tin- Correg idor [aland and Marivekn Ba) landings, iptain Martin wai awarded the Bronac Star Medal miIi Combat . kfter Bpending two yean in the llurcau of Ordnance, Washington, D. ... he aa -limed ccanmand of DesRon IT in a-.l ... Japan. In June i i 1948 be was ordered to the Bureau ol Naval Personnel where be served ai I aptaina Detail Officer tor one rear and was then assigned duties as IF-ad of the Officer Distribution Branch in the Bureau of Naval Personnel. He served in tin- capacit) until ordered to the Helena, n the 2nd of lugust, 1951, I aptain Martin relieved ( aptain IF 0. Larson an bmmanding Officer of the Helena. This change i ( Command took place during a lull in tin- bombardment ol Wonsan. Im- nndiatil after taking I oininand. Captain Martin brought the eight and li r im h nn- f tlir cruiser back into tin- thick of the lioinliardiniiit. I aptain and Mr-. Martin the former Ethel Robbin now make their borne in LaJoUa, ( alifbrnia. Tln have on - -« n. I an rem - . age 1 F
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