and the captains of `` Amalfi '' and the battleship greeted United States Navy Admiral Charles J. Badger at Naples on his flagship , .
Edward Clyde Benfold ( January 15 , 1931 – September 5 , 1952 ) was a United States Navy hospital corpsman third class who was killed in action while attached to a Marinemilitary.military_servicerifle company during the Korean War .
William David Halyburton , Jr. , ( October 2 , 1924 – May 10 , 1945 ) was a United States Navy hospital corpsman who was killed in action during World War II while assigned to a Marinemilitary.military_servicerifle company .
After its capture by Naval and Marinemilitary.military_service, the island hosted a fleet of PT boats for a year which included John F. Kennedy 's PT-109 , as well as other ancillary facilities .
George E. Wahlen ( August 8 , 1924 – June 5 , 2009 ) was a United States Army major who served with the United States Navy as a hospital corpsman attached to a Marinemilitary.military_servicerifle company in World War II and was awarded the U.S. military 's highest decoration for valor , the Medal of Honor , for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Iwo Jima .
Henderson is credited with thwarting attempts by President Andrew Jackson to combine the Marinemilitary.military_servicewith the Army in 1829 .
Rear Admiral Sir Arthur Rullion Rattray ( 1891 – 10 August 1966 ) was a British naval officer who served in the Royal Indian Marinemilitary.military_serviceand also on attachment to the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during World War I , where he was credited with five aerial victories , to become an ace .
Captain Guy Beresford Kerr `` Griff '' Griffiths ( 6 June 1915 – 12 July 1999 ) was a Royal Marinemilitary.military_service.
The top scoring fighter ace with 17 victories was Commander Stanley Orr , the Royal Marinemilitary.military_servicewas Ronald Cuthbert Hay with 13 victories .
In September 2009 , it was announced that Parker would succeed Royal Marinemilitary.military_serviceGeneral Sir Jim Dutton as Deputy Commander of ISAF in Afghanistan .