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Charles L. Carpenter
Rear Admiral Charles L. Carpenter (July 31, 1902 – February 21, 1992) was a Naval officer and a holder of the Navy Cross and a Purple Heart. His career encompassed combat action in Nicaragua. He was involved in all three Theaters of Operations in World War II and naval combat in the Pacific. He commanded attack transports during the war and an animal research vessel in the post-World War II-era Operation Crossroads series of atomic bomb tests. He earned nine Overseas Service Bar, Service Bars, the U.S. Navy Command at Sea insignia, Combat Command Insignia, and foreign decorations from the governments of Nicaragua, Peru, and Spain.Richard V. Sabatini, ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' Staff Writer: "Charles L. Carpenter, 89, A Retired Rear Admiral", ''Philly.com'', http://articles.philly.com/1992-02-24/news/26039149_1_carpenter-navy-cross-navy-officer, 24 Feb 1992.Military Times: ''Charles Lorain Carpenter'', Military Times Hall of Valor, http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Greensburg is a city in and the county seat of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, and a part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The city lies within the Laurel Highlands and the ecoregion of the Western Allegheny Plateau (ecoregion), Western Allegheny Plateau. The city is named after Nathanael Greene, a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. The population was 14,976 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located southeast of Pittsburgh, Greensburg is a major business, academic, tourism, and cultural center in Western Pennsylvania. It is evident as the city's population doubles during work hours. In 2007, Greensburg was ranked as one of the "Best Places to Retire" in Pennsylvania by ''U.S. News & World Report''. History After the end of the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War, an inn was built along a wagon trail that stretched from Philadelphia west over the Appalachian Mountains to Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania), Fort P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
