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"Cy" Ginder was an early Navy aviator who participated in
the International and Schneider Cup air races in 1925. He commanded Enterprise
in mid-1943 before being promoted to command
of a carrier task group,
Task Group 58.4,
during
the Marshalls campaign.
However, in March 1944, Ginder's chief of staff was killed in an air
accident. Ginder, who till then was considered a first-rate officer,
suffered a mental breakdown
as a result, remaining in his cabin and
showing interest only in editing the ship's newspaper. Mitscher was forced to replace
him with "Jocko" Clark in
April 1944.
| 1925 |
Lieutenant |
|
| 1940-11-15
|
Commander
|
Commander, AV Curtiss |
| 1943-4-16 |
Captain |
Commander, CV Enterprise |
| 1944-1 |
Rear
admiral |
Commander, Carrier Division 4 |
| 1944-4 |
Carrier Transport Squadron, Pacific Fleet |
|
| 1945 |
Commander, 2 Fast Carrier Task
Force |
References
Arlington National
Cemetary Website (accessed 2009-2-17)
CV6.org
(accessed 2009-2-17)
Morison (1951)
Naval
Historical Center (accessed 2009-2-17)
Pettibone (2006)
Tuohy (2007)
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