Coxe, Alexander Bacon, 1910-
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Coxe, Alexander Bacon, 1910-
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Coxe
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Alexander Bacon
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1910-
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Coxe, Alexander Bacon, Jr., 1910-
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Coxe
Forename :
Alexander Bacon
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1910-
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Alexander Bacon Coxe, Jr., was a captain in the United States Navy. Born in Arizona in 1910, he represents the third generation of military officers in his family. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Coxe served aboard battleships, minecraft, and destroyers, in a variety of capacities. During World War II he commanded minelayers and destroyers. In 1958 he commanded Destroyer Squadron 8 out of Newport, R.I. He was at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during the Bay of Pigs invasion.
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Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
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