Father and Son Generals and Admirals.

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Vice Admiral Fitzhugh Lee III (August 19, 1905 – January 20, 1992) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he saw combat during World War II, earning the Navy Cross twice while serving as captain of the USS Manila Bay (CVE-61). He was a member of the Lee family.

 

 

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All in the Family, All Generals in the Confederate Army.

 

The Bee's

 

Barnard Elliott Bee Jr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnard_Elliott_Bee_Jr.

 

His Brother Hamilton P. Bee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_P._Bee

 

And their Brother in Law Clement H. Stevens.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_H._Stevens

 

Barnard and Clement would not survive the war, both Dying of Wounds.

 

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On 9/18/2021 at 3:30 PM, Slam said:

Regarding the entry above about RADM Chester Nimitz and a Fleet Admiral Nimitz, I believe that they are the same person. Could not find any info that indicated that the WWII Chester Nimitz had a father who was an Admiral.

 

 

Chester W Nimitz (USNA 1905) was a Fleet Admiral.  His son was Chester W Nimitz, Jr (USNA 1936), a submariner, who retired in 1957 and was promoted to Rear Admiral on the retired list upon that retirement based upon combat awards.  Retirement promotions on the basis of combat awards to next highest grade went away in October 1959.

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Brig Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest III, Grandson Of.

 

West Point 1928, Briefly Cavalry then Air Corps, in WWII in the summer of 43, an Observer in England from the stateside 2nd Air Force,. KIA over Kiel Schleswig-Holstein.

 

He should of received the Medal Of Honor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest_III

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NH 75617-KN (Color) Commodore Bryon McCandless, USN (left), and his son,

Commander Bruce McCandless, USN (who retired as a Rear Admiral)

 

 

Commodore Byron McCandless (USNA 1905) NC WWI USS CALDWELL (Navy Cross citation)
DATE OF BIRTH: September 5, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH:  Endicott, Nebraska
HOME OF RECORD:  Florence, Colorado

 

Captain Byron W. McCandless, USN, a circa 1941 photo taken at the US Destroyer Base, San Diego. Capt McCandless was Commanding Officer of Destroyer Base, including the fleet training school

Byron McCandless graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1905. He was awarded the Navy Cross as Commanding Officer of the USS CALDWELL (DD-69) in World War I. He was considered the foremost authority on flags and during World War II was responsible for designing both the FLAG and the SEAL of the President of the United States. His son, RADM Bruce McCandless (USNA 1932), earned the Medal of Honor during World War II. His grandson, also a Naval Academy graduate, became an astronaut and was the first man to fly in space untethered.

 

 

 

Bruce McCandless, the son of Commodore Byron McCandless (1881-1967) was born in Washington, DC on 12 August 1911. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1932. He served in Indianapolis (CA 35) and Case (DD 370). He was serving as communications officer of San Francisco when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on 07 December 1941. On 13 November 1942, during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Japanese gunfire killed Radm. Daniel J. Callaghan and his staff, including Captain Cassin Young and all other officers on the San Francisco's bridge, except Lcdr. McCandless, who took the conn for the rest of the battle. For his conduct, he was awarded the Medal of Honor, and promoted to full Commander.

 

Commander Bruce McCandless, USN
Reading the 30 November 1942 issue of Time magazine, which featured Vice Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr. on its cover.
Photographed while McCandless' ship, USS San Francisco (CA-38), was returning to the United States for repair of damage received during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in that battle.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

 

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, (center)
(Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas)

On board USS San Francisco (CA-38) to visit the two senior ship's officers who had survived the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12-13 November 1942. Photographed at Pearl Harbor, while San Francisco was en route to California for battle damage repairs.

On the left is Commander Herbert E. Schonland, USN, who assumed command after the ship's Captain was killed and led damage control efforts.

On the right is Lieutenant Commander Bruce McCandless, USN, the ship's Communications Officer, who took over the conn and subsequently navigated San Francisco to safety.

Both Schonland and McCandless received the Medal of Honor for their actions during and immediately after the battle.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

 

 

Cmdr. McCandless continued to serve in San Francisco until 1944, when he took command of the destroyer Gregory (DD 802). On 08 April 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa, Gregory was attacked and damaged by four kamikazes; her CO was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry.

Captain McCandless retired on 01 September 1952, with a terminal promotion to the rank of Rear Admiral. He died in Washington, DC, on 24 January 1968, and was buried at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Radm. McCandless was the father of NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II.

 

 

USS McCandless (DE 1084) (1972-1994) was the first ship named in his honor, and that of his father, Commodore Byron McCandless. There is also a street at the U.S. Naval Academy named after Admiral McCandless, as well as the Colorado State Veterans Nursing Home in Florence, Colorado.

(U.S. Navy photo from the U.S. Naval Historical Center)

 

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Another family of Generals.

 

The Babcocks.

 

Joshua Babcock

A Revolutionary War Major General of the Rhode Island Militia, though he he's no action.

 

John Breckinridge Babcock his Great Great Grandson

A Civil War Veteran, an Officer of the 37th New York Infantry and later the 62nd New York Infantry, gets into the regulars post war, Cavalry, 5th Cavarly, for action at Spring Creek, Nebraska., May 16, 1869, he will be awarded the Medal of Honor, though award made in 1897. He stays in and after the outbreak of the Spanish–American War, he was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers in June 1898 but reverted to his Regular Army rank of lieutenant colonel in November of the same year. He was promoted to colonel in February 1901 and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general on August 7, 1903, and retired the next day.

 

Conrad Stanton Babcock West Point 1898 his Son.

https://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/csbabcock.htm

https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/17214

 

Conrad Stanton Babcock, Jr. West Point 1925  his Son. 

An interesting career as you'll see, served in some capacity unknown in the 6th Marine Division on Okinawa where his hit.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132358997/conrad-stanton-babcock

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11 minutes ago, patches said:

Another family of Generals.

 

The Babcocks.

 

Joshua Babcock

A Revolutionary War Major General of the Rhode Island Militia, though he he's no action.

 

John Breckinridge Babcock his Great Great Grandson

A Civil War Veteran, an Officer of the 37th New York Infantry and later the 62nd New York Infantry, gets into the regulars post war, Cavalry, 5th Cavarly, for action at Spring Creek, Nebraska., May 16, 1869, he will be awarded the Medal of Honor, though award made in 1897. He stays in and after the outbreak of the Spanish–American War, he was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers in June 1898 but reverted to his Regular Army rank of lieutenant colonel in November of the same year. He was promoted to colonel in February 1901 and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general on August 7, 1903, and retired the next day.

 

Conrad Stanton Babcock West Point 1898 his Son.

https://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/csbabcock.htm

https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/17214

 

Conrad Stanton Babcock, Jr. West Point 1925  his Son. 

An interesting career as you'll see, served in some capacity unknown in the 6th Marine Division on Okinawa where his hit.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132358997/conrad-stanton-babcock

And to add.

 

This lady Actress Barbara Babcock is related to them all, Daughter of Conrad Stanton Babcock, Jr, yes indeed, she was born at Fort Riley Kansas

 

Here she is in one of her more well known roles, as Philana, the cruel wife of the head of the planet Platonius in the 1968 episode of Star Trek Plato's Stepchildren LOL

[R Leonard]

On 4/27/2023 at 1:13 AM, patches said:

Not Father and Son or Grandfather and Grandson, but Brothers, yes two Brothers who were eventually of General Grade at the same exact time.

 

The Gerow Brothers, Leonard and Lee.

 

 

From just down the road in Petersburg VA and both graduates of the Virginia Military Institute, classes of 1911 and 1913, respectively.

 

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Rear Admirals  Thomas Oliver Selfridge,  Sr.  (1804-1902) and his son,  Thomas O., Jr.   (1836-1924).  They were the first father and son admirals in the US Navy to be concurrently alive, with both having been on active duty during the Civil War.  They are pictured separately and together (left and center) in 1902 at Newport, RI shortly before the death of the elder Selfridge.    Army 1LT   Thomas E. Selfridge (1882-1908), USMA 1903, and a classmate of Douglas MacAthur,  was the grandson of  Thomas, Sr. and  nephew of  Thomas,  Jr.   With the permission of President Theodore Roosevelt,  Lt. Selfridge  was recruited in 1907 by Alexander Graham Bell,  seen pictured with him,  to be one of "Bell's Boys", along with Glenn Curtiss and a handful of other pioneer aeronautical engineering luminaries to comprise the Aerial Experiment Association (AEA), which was chaired by Alexander Graham Bell, best known as the inventor of the telephone.   Selfridge designed Red Wing, the AEA's first powered aircraft. On March 12, 1908, the Red Wing, piloted by Frederick W. Baldwin, raced over the frozen surface of Keuka Lake near Hammondsport, New York, on runners, and managed to fly 318 feet (97 m) before crashing. Red Wing was destroyed in a crash on its second flight on March 17, 1908, and only the engine, built by Glenn Curtiss, could be salvaged.  On September 17, 1908,  owing to his close friendship with Bell and position in the AEA as its U.S. government representative,  Selfridge was a passenger in a 1908 Wright Military Flyer piloted by Orville Wright at an air exhibition at Ft. Myer, VA.  The Flyer, carrying 320 pounds,  the most weight up to then,  circled Fort Myer 4+1⁄2 times at a height of 150 feet (46 m). Halfway through the fifth circuit, at 5:14 in the afternoon, the right-hand propeller broke, losing thrust. This set up a vibration, causing the split propeller to hit a guy-wire bracing the rear vertical rudder. The wire tore out of its fastening and shattered the propeller; the rudder swiveled to the horizontal and sent the Flyer into a nose dive. Wright shut off the engine and managed to glide to about 75 feet (23 m), but the craft hit the ground nose-first.  Both men were thrown forward against the remaining wires, and Selfridge struck one of the wooden uprights of the framework, fracturing the base of his skull. He underwent neurosurgery, but died three hours later without regaining consciousness.  He's buried at Arlington, a stone's throw from the crash site,  with an impressive memorial.  Orville Wright suffered severe injuries, including a broken left femur, several broken ribs, and a damaged hip, and was hospitalized for seven weeks.   

 

The Porter class destroyer leader, USS Selfridge (DD357) was named for both RADMs Selfridge.   Note the errors on the ship's builder's plaque.   USS Selfridge was present during the attack at Pearl Harbor, and returned anti-aircraft fire and got underway about 1 in the afternoon after the attack.    She earned four battle stars during WW2 and was severely damaged at the  Battle of Vella Lavella in the Solomons on October 6, 1943, when a Japanese torpedo blew off and mangled her bow,  but was repaired stateside at Mare Island and returned to service.   Note the sailors sitting in the twisted wreckage of one of the destroyer's forward  5"/38 twin guns.    Ain't history fun?

 

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Forgot to mention,  Lt. Thomas E.  Selfridge was the first person ever to die in the crash of an airplane, civilian or military.

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West Pointers All Generals All

 

William L. Sibert

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Sibert

And his Two Boys

 

Franklin C. Sibert

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_C._Sibert

Edwin L. Sibert

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_L._Sibert

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Both West Pointers

 Joseph W.Stilwell Sr

 

 

Joseph W. Stilwell Jr