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About John Spinning Phillips
Commanding Officer of the USS Neosho, AO 23 before and during Pearl Harbor attack and followed by the Battle of Midway in which the ship was lost.
He retired as a Real Admiral. Naval Academy graduate.
Source:
navymemorial.org
Rate/Rank
RADM
Service Branch
USN 6/1918 - 00/1947
Born
02/28/1895
ALEXANDRIA, VA
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE
NAVAL SCIENCE & TACTICS, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
CO, USS NEOSHO AO-23
STAFF, U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, MD
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
NAVY CROSS
SILVER STAR
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
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John Spinning Phillips's Timeline
| 1895 |
February 28, 1895
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Alexandria, VA, United States
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| 1975 |
December 17, 1975
Age 80
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Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
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