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"Black Jack" Reeves was among the older officers who took flight training as a career
enhancing move, graduating from flight school
at the age of 48. He commanded Wasp when war broke out in
the Pacific. He later commanded Task Group 58.1 in the Marshalls and TG 58.3 in the
Marianas campaign. He was a
cool disciplinarian and effective leader,
calm but tough and aggressive.
| 1889-12-22 |
born in New Jersey |
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| 1911 |
Ensign |
Graduates from Naval Academy |
| 1916 |
DD Sampson |
|
| 1918 |
Lieutenant |
DD Maury |
| 1919 |
Flag secretary, Naval Forces,
Eastern Mediterranean |
|
| 1923 |
CL Concord |
|
| 1926 |
Lieutenant
commander |
Commander, DD Worden |
| 1927 |
Materiel division, Office of the
Chief of Naval Operations |
|
| 1928 |
Commander, DD Parrott |
|
| 1931 |
Navy Department |
|
| 1936 |
Flight training |
|
| 1936 |
Commander |
Executive officer, CVL Langley |
| 1937 |
Commander, Fleet Air Base Pearl Harbor |
|
| 1940-4-25 |
Captain
|
Commander, CV Wasp |
| 1942-5 |
Rear
admiral |
Commander, Alaska Sector,
Aleutians |
| 1943-7-16 |
Commander, Carrier Division 2 |
|
| 1944-9 |
Commander, Western Carolines Sub
Area |
|
| 1945-1 |
Head, Naval Air Transportation
Service |
|
| 1948 |
Chief, Naval Air Training |
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| 1950-5-1 |
Retires |
References
Morison
(1953)
Naval
Historical Center (accessed 2009-2-13)
Pettibone (2006)
Tuohy (2007)
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