Theodore Stark Wilkinson
Theodore Stark "Ping" Wilkinson wanda ya rayu (Disamba 22, 1888 – Fabrairu 21, 1946) ya kasance mataimakin Admiral na sojojin ruwan Amurka a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu . Ya kuma sami lambar yabo saboda ayyukansa a Veracruz, Mexico .Bayan ya halarci Makarantar St. Paul a Concord, New Hampshire, inda rubuce-rubucensa da wallafe-wallafen makaranta suka nuna sha'awar farko game da yakin ruwa da na amphibious, [1] Wilkinson ya shiga Kwalejin Naval na Amurka a 1905 kuma ya sauke karatu na farko a cikin aji na 1909. Ya yi aiki na tsawon shekaru biyu na aikin teku sannan doka ta buƙaci kafin a ba da izini, a cikin jiragen ruwa USS Kansas (BB-21) da kuma USS South Carolina (BB-26), kafin ya karbi takardar sa hannu a ranar 5 ga Yuni, 1911. Ya yi rajista a Jami'ar George Washington, Washington, DC, yana shiga Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, kuma an ba shi umarni a ƙarƙashin kulawar Ofishin Jakadancin Navy (BuOrd). Wilkinson ya ba da rahoto ga jirgin ruwa USS Florida (BB-30) ranar 25 ga Yuli, 1913, don aikin teku. A lokacin da yake cikin wannan tsoro, Ens. Wilkinson ya jagoranci Kamfanin 2d na Florida a cikin aiki yayin saukowa a ranar 21 da Afrilu 22, 1914, a Veracruz, Mexico . Domin gwanintarsa da jajircewarsa na wannan rukunin sojojin saukar jiragen ruwa da kuma bajekolinsa na "fitaccen hali da bayyani", ya sami lambar yabo ta girmamawa[2] .
Theodore Stark Wilkinson | |
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Rayuwa | |
Haihuwa | Annapolis (en) , 22 Disamba 1888 |
ƙasa | Tarayyar Amurka |
Mutuwa | Norfolk (en) , 21 ga Faburairu, 1946 |
Makwanci | Arlington National Cemetery (en) |
Yanayin mutuwa | accidental death (en) (Nutsewa) |
Karatu | |
Makaranta | United States Naval Academy (en) |
Sana'a | |
Sana'a | hafsa |
Kyaututtuka | |
Aikin soja | |
Fannin soja | United States Navy (en) |
Digiri | admiral (en) |
Ya faɗaci |
Yakin Duniya na I Yakin Duniya na II |
Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya da shekaru tsakanin yaƙi
gyara sasheA ranar 4 ga Agusta, an tura shi zuwa jirgin ruwa mai sulke USS Tennessee (ACR-10), kuma bayan kwana biyu ya tashi zuwa gabas a cikinta a hayin Tekun Atlantika . Tennessee da USS North Carolina (ACR-12) an umurce shi zuwa ruwan Turai don kwashe Amurkawa da suka makale a nahiyar ta yakin duniya na daya .[3] A ranar 3 ga Satumba, ya zama mataimaki ga hafsan sojan ruwa a Paris kuma bayan wata daya ya bar wannan mukamin ya shiga North Carolina a cikin Bahar Rum . Daga baya, matashin jami'in yana da yawon shakatawa na aikin teku: na farko a matsayin mataimaki, zuwa Kwamandan, 2d Division, Atlantic Fleet, sa'an nan kuma a matsayin mataimaki ga kwamandan na 7th Division.[4]
Manazarta
gyara sashe- ↑ Empty citation (help)
- ↑ B., Edmonds, John (1950). St. Paul's School in the Second World War. Alumni Association of St. Paul's School. OCLC 924853056
- ↑ Joint Committee of the US Congress, Hearings on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack," Part IV (Dec. 14-21, 1945), pp. 1913-15, 1926, 2030-31
- ↑ Joint Committee Report, July 20, 1946, p.234