Admiral Arleigh A. Burke: 1923-1961 

 Gunnery expert who achieved fame as Commander of Destroyer Squadron 23 in defeating the Japanese in the Southwest Pacific theater at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay and the Battle of Cape St. George, sinking numerous Japanese ships. As Chief of Staff to Task Force 58, assisted in planning and executing victories in Hollandia, Saipan, Battle of the Philippine Sea, Battle of Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He was the head of Op-23 during the controversies of the late 1940’s, Commander Cruiser Division Five during the Korean War, and a United Nations delegate to the truce talks in Korea. The longest serving Chief of Naval Operations (six years), he ensured the development of missile weapon systems and nuclear power propulsion systems for both the surface and the subsurface forces.