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Australian War Memorial
Forrest Royal was a gifted new rear admiral who participated in the Leyte landings and other operations in the Philippines and skillfully landed Australian troops on Borneo before dying on his flag bridge from a coronary thrombosis.
| 1893 |
Born in New York |
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| 1915 |
Ensign |
Graduates from Naval Academy |
| 1919 |
Lieutenant |
Commander, DD Harding |
| 1924 |
Master of science, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, ordnance engineering |
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| 1924 |
AD Dobbin |
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| 1930 |
CA Chester |
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| 1932 |
Aide, Chief of Naval Operations |
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| 1936 |
Commander |
Commander, DD Porter |
| 1938 |
War College senior course |
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| 1939 |
U.S. Naval Mission to Brazil |
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| 1941-10-1
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Captain |
Commander, CL Milwaukee |
| 1943 |
Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff |
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| 1944-6 |
Rear
admiral |
Commander, Amphibian
Group 6 |
| 1945-6-18 |
Dies of heart attack |
References
Morison
(1958)
Pettibone
(2006)
Tuohy (2007)
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