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Edward Latimer Beach, Jr. (April 20, 1918 – December 1, 2002), nicknamed "Ned", was a highly decorated United States Navy submarine officer and best-selling author. During World War II, he participated in the Battle of Midway and 12 combat patrols, earning 10 decorations for gallantry, including the Navy Cross. After the war, he served as the naval aide to the President of the United States and commanded the first submerged circumnavigation. Beach's best-selling novel, ''Run Silent, Run Deep'', was made into the 1958 movie by the same name. The son of Captain Edward L. Beach, Sr., and Alice Fouché Beach, E. L. Beach, Jr., was born in New York City and raised in Palo Alto, California. ==Naval career== Beach was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1935 by Senator Hiram Johnson of California. Beach served as a regimental commander in his first class year. Beach was named as the midshipman who had done the most to promote naval spirit and loyalty in his regiment when he graduated second out of 576 men in his class in 1939.〔''Current Biography'' (1960), p. 21〕〔Beach, ''Salt and Steel'', p. 36〕 Beach was initially assigned to the heavy cruiser USS ''Chester'' (CA-27), before joining the newly recommissioned destroyer USS ''Lea'' (DD-118), which participated in the neutrality patrol in the Atlantic, the escort of the German passenger liner ''Columbus'', the initial American occupation of Iceland, and convoy duty in the North Atlantic.〔〔Beach, ''Salt and Steel'', p. 38 - 58〕 Beach was detached from the USS ''Lea'' in September 1941 to undergo accelerated training at the Submarine Training School at the New London Submarine Base in Connecticut. He completed training, graduating first in his class, in December 1941 shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor.〔〔Beach, ''Salt and Steel'', p. 59〕 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「Edward L. Beach Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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