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ici: Amrlk.-xi. .loim ji:NNiNc:s 15.-xLL11Nr1Nn 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, O-rtober 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 iVorld IVar II, he was serving as Executive Ollicer 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 19-14 until .lune 1945 as Com- mander, Fleet Air, Seattle, I-Vashington. After brief duty in the THIRD Fleet as Com- VICE ADMIRAL JOHN J. IBAIQLENTINE V United States Navy , A Commander, Sixth Fleet 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 Oliice 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 MIDIVAY 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, IfVashington, D. C., before taking command of the Sixth Fleet.