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Commander Richard Wainwright, Jr. (September 15, 1881 – March 28, 1944), was an officer in the United States Navy during World War I who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the 1914 Veracruz action. ==Biography== Born in Washington, D.C., the son of Evelyn Wotherspoon and Richard Wainwright. He was the grandson of Sarah Franklin Bache and Richard Wainwright. He was the great-grandson of Richard Bache, Jr., who served in the Republic of Texas navy and was elected to serve in the Texas legislature and Sophia Burrell Dallas, the daughter of Arabella Maria Smith and Alexander J. Dallas an American statesman who served as the U.S. Treasury Secretary under President James Madison. He was also great-great-grandson of Sarah Franklin Bache and Richard Bache, and more notably he was the great-great-great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin as well as a nephew of George Mifflin Dallas, the 11th Vice President of the United States, serving under James K. Polk. His uncle was Admiral Seaton Schroeder. He was appointed "at large" from the District of Columbia to the United States Naval Academy and graduated from there in 1902. For his two-year required Midshipman sea duty, he served on board and , where he was commissioned an Ensign in May 1904. In December 1905, he returned to sea on board then transferred to . Remaining at sea, Wainwright received orders to , where he served during that ship's participation in the voyage of the Great White Fleet around the world from 1907 to 1909.〔 Richard Wainwright married Alice Sorrel Blech (1882-1965) in 1910. At the time, Miss Blech was social secretary for First Lady of the United States Helen Taft, wife of then President Taft. The couple had at least one child, Richard Wainwright III (1911-1936). In 1911, his assignment supported the early development of naval aviation, and he was recognized as an aviation expert alongside Captain Washington Irving Chambers. He detached from there in May 1911 to attend the summer session at the Naval War College. After completing the summer course, Wainwright received orders to the battleship . While leading a landing party from that ship in battle at Veracruz, Mexico, he earned the Medal of Honor for his outstanding conduct on April 21-22, 1914.〔 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「Richard Wainwright (Medal of Honor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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