| 词条 | Don P. Moon |
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| name = Don Pardee Moon | image = File:DonPardeeMoon.jpg | caption = RADM Don P. Moon | birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|4|18}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|8|15|1894|4|18}} | placeofburial_label = Place of burial | placeofburial = Arlington National Cemetery | birth_place = Kokomo, Indiana | death_place = Aboard the USS Bayfield, Naples, Italy | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance = {{flag|United States of America}} | branch = United States Navy | serviceyears = 1916–1944 | rank = Rear Admiral | unit = | commands = {{USS|John D. Ford|DD-228|6}} | battles = World War I World War II | awards = Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit | relations = | laterwork = }} Don Pardee Moon (April 18, 1894 – August 5, 1944) was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy, who fought in the invasion of Europe. He was born in Kokomo, Indiana, United States. He married and had four children. BiographyMoon entered the United States Naval Academy and later graduated fourth in the Class of 1916, being particularly efficient in gunnery. He was assigned to the battleship {{USS|Arizona|BB-39|3}} and while there developed several instruments to improve gunnery. He later served in the battleships {{USS|Colorado|BB-45|3}} and {{USS|Nevada|BB-36|3}} before returning to shore duty in 1926. By 1934 he was commanding officer of the Asiatic Fleet destroyer {{USS|John D. Ford|DD-228|3}}. He was later put in command of a destroyer division in 1940 and became a captain in 1941. He took part in the invasion of North Africa in 1942. In 1944 he was promoted to rear admiral. He commanded Exercise Tiger, a rehearsal for D-Day in which three LSTs were torpedoed and sunk by German E-boats near Slapton Sands. During the June 6, 1944 invasion of Normandy he directed the landings on Utah Beach from the attack transport {{USS|Bayfield|APA-33|3}}. For three weeks the Bayfield was in position off Utah beach and officers and men were on four hour rotating shifts for this entire time. Shortly afterwards the Bayfield was sent to Naples for the invasion of Southern France. However, on August 5, 1944, Moon shot himself with his .45 caliber pistol. His suicide was blamed on battle fatigue. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.[1] He was survived by his wife Sibyl, and his four children, Meredith, Don, David, and Peter. MemorialsMoon was depicted on a 2004 postage stamp issued to mark the 60th anniversary of D-Day by Sierra Leone.[2] See also{{Portal|Biography|United States Navy}}References1. ^{{Cite web |url= http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/dpmoon.htm |title=Don Pardee Moon, Rear Admiral, USN |work=arlingtoncemetery.net |accessdate=6 September 2010}} 2. ^{{Cite web |url = http://store.coolstamps.com/endeavor/product/40826.html |title = D Day June 6, 1944 / Eisenhower / Moon / Kirk / Taylor / Bradley / Huebner |work = store.coolstamps.com |accessdate = 6 September 2010 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081120052944/http://store.coolstamps.com/endeavor/product/40826.html |archivedate = 20 November 2008 |df = }}
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|author= |title=Career's End |date=1944-08-21 |work=Time Magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,932748,00.html?promoid=googlep |accessdate=2008-08-10 }}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Moon, Don Pardee}} 14 : 1894 births|1944 deaths|People from Kokomo, Indiana|United States Navy admirals|United States Naval Academy alumni|Naval War College alumni|American military personnel of World War I|American naval personnel of World War II|United States Navy World War II admirals|American military personnel who committed suicide|Suicides by firearm in Italy|Burials at Arlington National Cemetery|Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States)|Recipients of the Legion of Merit |
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