LT Walter Sherman Gifford, Jr., USNR
December 15, 1917 – July 31, 1944
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Ten Sailors gave their lives during the Vietnam War in the defense of their country while flying over the South China Sea on 12 December, 1971.
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First Overt Act (25)
Captain Edwin T. Layton probably gave a better summation of why we had Pearl Harbor than any historian has provided in the years since the end of World War II. As Layton explained to the Army Pearl Harbor Board in 1944: “Our people were not charged up to go fight until after Pearl Harbor was hit.” (26)
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In late 1940, Lieutenant Commander Edwin T. Layton assumed duty as Fleet Intelligence Officer, United States Fleet.
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Key Personnel Assignments in Hawaii
On 15 November 1940, Captain Ellis M. Zacharias assumed command of the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). Prior to taking this assignment Zacharias was District Intelligence Officer, Eleventh Naval District.
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