Who is this admiral

View attachment 14055 Yes finally, I think he may be Turner, the ear is strictly the same...
(I hope you understant everything, I make some mistakes in english)

 

and so are most of the medals. I assume some additional medals were earned between both pics. Also not all recalls can be seen on the first picture. I'll try to look for more details

 

I think there was a lot of potatoes and pastries when he was eating at the army, he looks thiner after


tie wearing is the same too!

well; the guy who asked me the question to find this admiral wants me to go to Us Navy museum to be sure.
I'm going to DC in october to see my children, I think I'll have a little bit time to.

could you tell me was was Turner doing in 1944 ?
I still wonder why he is in museum in Normandy if he has never been there
Domi

 

From this:
C. Turner Joy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
or this:
Joy, Charles Turner
I think he would have been in DC for at least the first few months.
This doesn't list him as having the Navy cross
Valor awards for Charles Turner Joy | Military Times Hall of Valor
Which was mentioned earlier



Some more pictures of him here:
US People--Joy, Charles Turner (1895-1956)

 

Found a list of naval acadamy graduates at:
List of United States Naval Academy alumni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Going through it I found:
Walter Schindler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He recieved both a navy cross and a silver star but I didn't find a picture of him.
If it's a bronze star rather than a sliver star
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Edmund_Beatty,_Jr.
might be a candidate. AS might:
James H. Flatley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
back to the mix of navy cross and silver star here are some more possible candidates:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Higgins_(admiral)
Edmond Konrad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bernard A. Clarey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The latter is listed as having the Philippine liberation medal as well as others mentioned.

 

hi
thank you for all these information, I send them to my french correspondant on 39/45 forum
good evening (for me)

 

I'm not sure about Clarey - he has the Navy DSM, which the man in the OP's photo doesn't have. While it is possible he earned it after the photo was taken, Clarey had 5 of them -- surely he must have earned at least one by the time the photo was taken?

According to the "Home of the Heroes" website, here is a list of all admirals that received the Navy Cross during WW2. This list seems to be missing a few names, so I am going to assume that these are the men that held flag rank when the recieved the medal (ie: did not recieve the medal before they became an admiral).

Walden L Ainsworth, RADM
Wilder D Baker, RADM
Daniel E Barbey, RADM
Russell S Berkey, RADM
Gerald F Bogan, RADM
Robert B Carney, RADM
Joseph J Clark, RADM
Robert W Hayler, RADM (3 Navy Crosses)
Henry K Hewitt, (1 NC in WW1, 1 in WW2)
Charles P Mason, RADM
Aaron S Merrill, RADM
Marc A Mitcher, VADM (3 Navy Crosses)
Alfred E Montgomery, RADM
Ralph A Ofstie, RADM
Jesse B Oldendorf, RADMg
John D Price, RADM
Theodore D Ruddock, RADM (2 Navy Crosses)
Frederick C Sherman, RADM (1 NC in WW1, 2 in WW2)
Clifton A F Sprague, RADM
Thomas L Sprague, RADM
Raymond A Spruance, ADM (NC)
Felix B Stump, RADM (2 Navy Crosses)
Mahlon S Tisdale, RADM (1 NC in WW1, 1 in WW2)
Richmond K Turner, RADM
George L Weyler, RADM
Lloyd J Wiltse, RADM
Carleton H Wright, RADM

Of these, Wilder D Baker seems to be the only one that has any similarities:

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h83000/h83696.jpg

However, I am 90% sure these aren't the same men. I'm working on finding a list of officers that received both the NC and SS - hopefully I can find something.

EDIT: In my opinion, the man in the photo was likely a captain, and retired after obtaining the lowest rear admiral rank. It is unusual for a flag officer not to have the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, which means he was likely not an admiral long enough to recieve it (or he held small commands during his time as an admiral that didn't warrant the medal). This means that finding his identity would be much more difficult.

 

I started going through the list of Captains who recieved the NC (and then google-searching their names with "admiral" to see if they ever held the rank, and if they did, then tried to find a photo). This might find our person, but will take a lot of time. I started, but don't have the time to finish.

Out of the few names I did check, the only match is Robert J Archer -- he was in the PTO, and retired as a RADM.

If anyone wants to carry on the search, here is the list I've been using: http://www.homeofheroes.com/members/02_NX/indexes/06_ncross_wwii-listAll.html

 

I think it looks like Ofstie.

View attachment 14071

The medals match, the nose, chin and jaw match.

The only thing is the mystery admiral isnt wearing wings, and I don't think Ofstie was in Europe.

 

Tristain, I think you may be right. I don't know how I missed that. Here is an older photo of Ofstie from a similar angle as the unknown admiral.



They only problem with this is that Ofstie was a naval aviator, and he had the DSM -- which the other admiral does not.