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Walter S. DeLany
Walter S. DeLany (21 January 1891 – 21 September 1980) was a United States Navy vice admiral. During a 41-year naval career, he served in the United States occupation of Veracruz, World War I, World War II, and the Cold War. In retirement, he was Deputy Administrator for Mutual Defense Assistance Control in the United States Department of Defense and United States Department of State, president of the Naval Historical Foundation, and an officer of the Navy Relief Society. Biography Early life Walter Stanley DeLany was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, on 21 January 1891, the son of Irvin F. DeLany and the former Mary E. Dunkle. He attended Reading Senior High School before his appointment from Pennsylvania to the United States Naval Academy in 1908. While a midshipman at the Naval Academy, he was a cheerleader and a member of the class basketball and lacrosse teams. He graduated on 7 June 1912. Naval career Early career DeLany was commissioned as an ensign on his gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading ( ; Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Reddin'') is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city had a population of 95,112 as of the 2020 census and is the fourth-largest city in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Allentown. Reading is located in the southeastern part of the state and is the principal city of the Greater Reading Area, which had 420,152 residents as of 2020. Reading is part of the Delaware Valley, also known as the Philadelphia metropolitan area, a region that also includes Philadelphia, Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, Camden, and other suburban Philadelphia cities and regions. With a 2020 population of 6,228,601, the Delaware Valley is the seventh largest metropolitan region in the nation. Reading's name was drawn from the now-defunct Reading Company, widely known as the Reading Railroad and since acquired by Conrail, that played a vital role in transporting anthracite coal from the Pennsylvania's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
