A Sailor's Life (eBook, ePUB)
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'A Sailor's Life' is the memoir of a military man who spent his youth on Kentucky farms and first saw the ocean on his first Naval Academy midshipman cruise to Paris. As in song, 'How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm, After They've Seen Paree?,' he never returned to the farm. Captain P.A. 'Tony' Lilly, Jr. (USN (Ret.) was born in Marysville Hospital, California on December 29, 1917. He was raised in Kentucky from which he was appointed to the Naval Academy and graduated with the class of 1941 on February 8, 1941. He spent World War II in destroyers USS Stack (DD-406), USS Bush (DD-529) and U...
'A Sailor's Life' is the memoir of a military man who spent his youth on Kentucky farms and first saw the ocean on his first Naval Academy midshipman cruise to Paris. As in song, 'How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm, After They've Seen Paree?,' he never returned to the farm. Captain P.A. 'Tony' Lilly, Jr. (USN (Ret.) was born in Marysville Hospital, California on December 29, 1917. He was raised in Kentucky from which he was appointed to the Naval Academy and graduated with the class of 1941 on February 8, 1941. He spent World War II in destroyers USS Stack (DD-406), USS Bush (DD-529) and USS Steinaker (DD-893) in both the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters. He was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds suffered while on 'picket station' in Surigao Straits, Philippines. He commanded the USS Dufilho (DE-423) and USS Uhlmann (DD-687) in the Korean War, the USS Lindenwald (LSD-6), USS Gridley (DD-21) and Destroyer Squadron 25. He also served in OPNAV, BUPERS, United Nations, Comphiblant Staff, Cincpacfleet Staff, and as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Seventh Fleet during the Vietnam War. His decorations include two Legions of Merit, Bronze Star with combat 'V', Vietnam Service Medal with one silver star, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Korea), Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device, American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with one silver star and one bronze star, Victory Medal (World War II), Navy Occupation Service Medal, China Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korea Service Medal with four bronze stars, United Nations Service Medal, Philippine Liberation ribbon with two bronze stars, and several Presidential Citations. Following retirement from the Navy in March 1970, he became Harbor Master of Maui County, Hawaii, where he was responsible for state harbors on Maui, Molokai and Lanai. He retired a second time in 1980. He was married to Virginia Lilly with whom he had four children, Maile, Sheila, Michael and Anthony
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