Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf, 1909-1948

Served aboard California, Preble, Denver Whipple, San Diego, Hannibal and Saratoga. Sunk by U-boat aboard President Lincoln in WWI.  Served aboard Seattle, Patricia, Niagara, Birmingham.  Commanded Decatur, navigator of New York, exec West Virginia, commanded Houston.  Commanded western Atlantic convoy escorts at start of WWII.  Then became battleship cruiser support commander for Marshalls, Truk-Palaus, Marianas, Peleliu, and Leyte Gulf.  Capped the Japanese “T” at Surigao Strait, destroying the Japanese southern strike force earning the Navy Cross. Wounded off Okinawa.

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