In 1941, he was the first commander of the USS Long Island, the Navy's first escort aircraft carrier.
As the air operations officer to Admiral Ernest J. King[?], he assisted with the planning for the Doolittle Raid, and was the one who proposed the use of both the B-25 Mitchell bombers and the Hornet (CV-8) for the raid.
He was then appointed to be the first commanding officer of the Essex (CV-9).
He was the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air)[?] from 6 March 1947 to 20 January 1948.
He commanded the 2nd Task Fleet[?] after 1948, and was the Vice Chief of Naval Operations[?] from 1951 to 1956.
An oral history recorded in 1964 is in the Butler Library at Columbia University.
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