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Revision as of 16:08, 24 January 2017
Admiral Edward Clifford Kalbfus (November 24, 1877 – September 6, 1954) served in the United States Navy.
Life & Career
Kalbfus was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 19 January, 1905 with commission backdated to 18 December, 1904.[1] Kalbfus was promoted to the rank of Captain on 3 June, 1921.Template:USOfficeReg1922
Kalbfus was appointed to the staff of the Naval War College on 27 May, 1927.[2] He earned a reputation as a "celebrated teacher of strategy" although his great bulk meant that, in the words of Edward S. Miller, "cahirs where known to collapse under him".[3]
See Also
Bibliography
- Miller, Edward S. (1991). War Plan Orange: The U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897-1945. 2007 Paperback ed. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
Service Records
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| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of U.S.S. Trenton 19 Apr, 1924[4] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ "The Navy Gazette". Army and Navy Register. 21 January, 1905. Vol. XXXVII, No. 1,310, p. 23.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1928. p. 12.
- ↑ Miller. War Plan Orange. p. 137.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 14-15.
