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Admiral Marc Andrew "Pete" Mitscher (January 26, 1887 – February 3, 1947) was a pioneer in naval aviation who became an admiral in the United States Navy, and served as commander of the Fast Carrier Task Force in the Pacific during the latter half of World War II. ==Early life and career== Mitscher was born in Hillsboro, Wisconsin on January 26, 1887, the son of Oscar and Myrta (Shear) Mitscher.〔http://www.hillsborowi.com/images/mitscher%20marker.jpg〕 Mitscher's grandfather, Andreas Mitscher (1821–1905), was a German immigrant from Traben-Trarbach. During the western land boom of 1889, when Marc was two years old, his family resettled in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where his father, a federal Indian agent, later became that city's second mayor.〔http://www.tulsaworld.com/webextra/itemsofinterest/centennial/centennial_storypage.asp?ID=070705_1_A4_Acapt11844〕 His uncle, Byron D. Shear, would also become mayor. Mitscher attended elementary and secondary schools in Washington, D.C.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Biographies in Naval History: Admiral Marc Andrew Mitscher, USNR )〕 He received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland in 1904 through Bird Segle McGuire, then U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mitscher, Marc Andrew (1887-1947) )〕 An indifferent student with a lackluster sense of military deportment, Mitscher's career at the naval academy did not portend the accomplishments he would achieve later in life. Nicknamed after Annapolis's first midshipman from Oklahoma, Peter Cassius Marcellus Cade, who had "bilged-out" in 1903, upperclassmen compelled young Mitscher to recite the entire name as a hazing. Soon he was referred to as "Oklahoma Pete", with the nickname shortened to just "Pete" by the winter of his youngster year.〔Taylor p. 21〕 Having amassed 159 demerits and showing poorly in his class work, Mitscher was saddled with a forced resignation at the end of his sophomore year. At the insistence of his father, Mitscher re-applied and was granted reappointment, though he had to re-enter the academy as a first year plebe.〔 This time the stoic Mitscher worked straight through, and on June 3, 1910, he graduated 113th out of a class of 131. Following graduation he served two years at sea aboard , and was commissioned ensign on March 7, 1912. In August 1913, he served aboard the on the West Coast. During that time Mexico was experiencing a political disturbance, and ''California'' was sent to protect U.S. interests and citizens. 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「Marc Mitscher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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