April 1919 Proceedings—In “The United States Coast Guard: Its Military Necessities,” Captain F. S. Van Boskerck, U.S. Coast Guard, wrote, “All officers of the Coast Guard, from first lieutenant down, should be given experience on board capital ships, scout cruisers, destroyers, submersibles, and mine vessels; captains of that service should be required to take the course at the Naval War College, as done by some voluntarily in the past. The Navy is a conservative service; the Coast Guard may be regarded as ultraconservative. Therefore, there should be a getting together for a meeting of the minds.”
April 1969 Proceedings—“The USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) is in the history books as flagship of the jeep carrier hunter-killer group that boarded and captured the German submarine U-505,” Rear Admiral D. V. Gallery, U.S. Navy (Ret.), wrote in “. . . Nor Dark of Night.” “The Guadalcanal has another, earlier claim to fame,” her former skipper continued. “It involved more blood, sweat, and tears than the capture, and it probably affected the Battle of the Atlantic at least as much. She is the ship that broke the ice on around-the-clock flight operations in the U.S. Navy in 1944.”
April 1994 Proceedings—In “The Imperative of Honor,” Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence, U.S. Navy (Ret.), wrote, “Military officers are expected to place the interests of their nation and the welfare and safety of their subordinates above their own concerns. Individuals who are entrusted with this special responsibility must possess the finest traits of personal character. Honor and integrity, in particular, must be in the heart and soul of the military officer. As a major source of commissioned officers in the naval service, the U.S. Naval Academy strives to inculcate these qualities in its midshipmen.
A. Denis Clift
Golden Life Member
