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Rear Admiral John Geraerdt Crommelin, Jr. (October 2, 1902 – November 2, 1996) was a prominent American naval officer and later a frequent political candidate who championed white supremacy. ==Early life and naval career== Born in Montgomery, Alabama as eldest of five brothers, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1923. He grew up in Montgomery and in Elmore County, Alabama. He saw combat at the Pacific during World War II. All of his brothers also graduated from the US Naval Academy and two of them were killed in action during World War II. Crommelin earned a reputation as a courageous and skillful naval aviator, and the nickname "bomb-run John". He served as an executive officer as well as air officer aboard the ''Enterprise'' and was chief of staff aboard the carrier ''Liscombe Bay'' when it was sunk in the Makin Island campaign off the Gilbert Islands. In 1946, Captain Crommelin was given command of the light carrier . In 1949 he was transferred to Navy headquarters in The Pentagon at the rank of captain during the period of time of military budget reductions and unification of the command of the services. While in Washington Captain Crommelin became a vocal critic of military politics, warning of the dangers of concentrating military authority in the hands of a few, despite being in active service. He publicly complained that the Defense Department was scuttling naval air power and showing improper favor to the Air Force, and that "a Prussian General Staff system of the type employed by Hitler" was being imposed on the armed forces under unification. During this Revolt of the Admirals, he made public some of the confidential correspondence of top Navy commanders who were critical of the Defense Departments designs to defund the Navy. Crommelin's opposition to the civilian political authority decisions to reduce the Navy and increase reliance on the Air Force placed him in a politically untenable position. Crommelin was publicly reprimanded by Navy CNO Forrest P. Sherman and was transferred to San Francisco, California. Crommelin was furloughed by Admiral Sherman at half pay, beginning early in 1950. Crommelin retired from active duty with the rank of Rear Admiral in May 1950, after 30 years of service. He went to operate a part of his family plantation, named Harrogate Springs, in Elmore County, raising a variety of crops. , the twenty-eighth ship of the ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' class of guided-missile frigates, is named for the Crommelin brothers, although inclusion of John G. is presently considered politically incorrect although his photograph appears with his brothers on the military website. Despite his later efforts to influence the politics of the Department of Defense, he is still recognized as a naval hero. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John G. Crommelin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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