McGonagle, William Loren

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1925 Nov. 19 Born, Wichita, Kansas 1942 Sept. 1944 June Graduated, Coachella Valley Union High School, Indio, California 1944 July 1945 Nov. Student, University of Redlands, Redlands, California 1947 June A.B. in History, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 1947 1950 Served in the destroyer USS Frank Knox and minesweeper USS Partridge and served in the minesweeper USS Kite during the Korean War 1947 June Commissioned, in the rank of Ensign 1951 Sept. 1951 Dec. U.S. Naval School (Electronics), San Francisco, California 1952 Jan. 1953 July U.S. Naval Advance Base, Bremerhaven, Germany 1959 Jan. 1961 June Assistant Professor of Naval Science, Naval Weapons, Leadership, and Naval Operations 1959 June 1961 June B.S. in Education, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 1963 July 1 Promoted to Commander 1966 April 1967 Sept. Commanding Officer of the technical research ship USS Liberty 1967 June 8 Israeli naval and air attack on the American naval intelligence ship USS Liberty; Received Purple Heart and Medal of Honor 1967 Oct. Promoted to the rank of Captain, Commanded the new ammunition ship Kilauea Led the NROTC Unit at the University of Oklahoma 1969 Aug. 1971 May Commanding Officer and Professor of Naval Science, Chief Navy Division Awarded meritorious Service Medal (Gold Star in lieu of Award) 1974 Aug. 1 Retired from active duty 1999 Mar. 3 Died, Palm Springs, California

From the guide to the William Loren McGonagle papers, 1947-1999, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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