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'''Jack William Wintle''' (born [[18 April]] [[1908]] at [[Pittsburg, Kansas]]-1942) was appointed a [[midshipman]] at the [[United States Naval Academy|Naval Academy]] on [[14 June]] [[1928]] and graduated on [[2 June]] [[1932]]. He reported for duty in {{USS|California|BB-44}} on the 30th and completed a three-year tour of duty in the [[battleship]] before being transferred to [[submarine tender]] {{USS|Bushnell|AS-2}}. That assignment lasted 17 months. |
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On [[7 August]] [[1936]], he reported to the [[Puget Sound Navy Yard]] to help supervise the fitting out of {{USS|Perkins|DD-377}}; and he remained in the [[destroyer]] after she went into commission on [[18 September]] [[1936]]. In the summer of 1939, Lt. (jg.) Wintle received postgraduate instruction at the Naval Academy before reporting for duty at the [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]] to help prepare {{USS|Du Pont|DD-152}} for recommissioning and service on the [[Neutrality Patrol]]. His tour of duty in that destroyer, one of the first in the Atlantic Squadrons to be fitted with [[sonar]], ended in August 1940 when he was sent to [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], where he served almost two years instructing [[NROTC]] midshipmen. |
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Late in April 1942, he reported to the [[Bureau of Navigation]] in Washington where he learned that his next assignment was to be aide and flag lieutenant to the Commander, South Pacific Area and South Pacific Force. On [[15 June]] [[1942]], Wintle received his promotion to [[lieutenant commander]] and, four days later, reported for duty in his new assignment in the South Pacific. |
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==Service Aboard the San Francisco== |
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Lt. Comdr. Wintle served under Rear Admiral [[Daniel J. Callaghan]], Chief of Staff to the Commander South Pacific Area and South Pacific Force, through the early months of the bitter struggle for [[Guadalcanal]] in late 1942. Late in October 1942, when Rear Admiral Callaghan went to sea as the commander of a [[cruiser]]-[[destroyer]] force, Wintle joined him in his [[flagship]] {{USS|San Francisco|CA-38}} as a member of his staff. |
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==Awarding of the Navy Cross== |
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On the night of 12 and [[13 November]], Callaghan's force met a Japanese raiding force built around battleships [[Japanese battleship Hiei|Hiei]] and [[Japanese battleship Kirishima|Kirishima]]. During the confused melee off [[Savo Island]], San Francisco suffered a terrific pounding from enemy ships-and briefly lost power completely. At that point, several Japanese [[salvo]]s scored on her superstructure, obliterating her flag and navigating bridges. All but one member of the admiral's staff were killed, and Lt. Comdr. Wintle was among the casualties. For this sacrifice, Wintle was awarded the [[Navy Cross]], posthumously. |
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==References== |
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*[http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/escorts/de25.htm Wintle] |
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[[Category:1908 births]] |
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[[Category:1942 deaths]] |
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[[Category:People from Crawford County, Kansas]] |
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[[Category:United States Naval Academy graduates]] |
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[[Category:United States Navy officers]] |
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[[Category:American military personnel killed in World War II]] |
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[[Category:Navy Cross recipients]] |
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