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Admiral Herbert Gladstone Hopwood (November 23, 1898 - September 15, 1966) was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who served as commander in chief of the United States Pacific Fleet from 1958 to 1960. ==Early career== Born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania to Kendrick Hopwood and Anna Williams, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1919. His first assignments were to the battleships and during the last months of World War I. Between the wars, he served aboard the transport in the Asiatic Station, the battleship , the destroyer , the fleet replenishment oiler , and the heavy cruiser . He commanded the destroyer from 1928 to 1929, commanded the destroyer from 1938 to 1939, and served as executive officer of the destroyer tender from 1939 to 1940. Staff assignments included tours as an instructor in ordnance and gunnery at the Naval Academy; as aide to the commandant of the Fourth Naval District; and afloat as flag lieutenant on the staffs of Commander Destroyers, Battle Force and Commander Scouting Force. From the beginning of World War II to June 1944, he served in the Bureau of Naval Personnel, with additional duty on the Joint Chiefs of Staff Planning Staff. As Director of Planning and Control in the Bureau of Naval Personnel, he implemented the program that dramatically expanded the Navy to meet wartime personnel requirements, and was promoted to captain.〔 He went to sea as commanding officer of the light cruiser from August 14, 1944 to early 1945, participating in the capture of Peleliu, Anguar, and Ngesebus; and the recapture of Corregidor and Mariveles.〔〔(USS Cleveland CL-55 Reunion Association - ''Our Navy'' 1944 )〕 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「Herbert G. Hopwood」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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