4/6/1916: Enlisted United States Navy

Graduated Signal School, Newport, Rhode Island

Assigned US Naval War College

Assigned USS PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38), Signalman First Class

Assigned USS ORIOLE (AM-7), North Sea mine sweeping

Assigned USS MADDOX (DD-168), picket duty for NC4 flight

March 20, 1920, discharged as QM1c

1920, employed with South Pacific Steamship Company, second mate

1923: Brooklyn, NY, manager of automobile dealership

JD, Brooklyn Law School

NYC Police Department, navigation instructor

US Marine Corps, Reserves, 1st Lieutenant

c.1934: returned to Rhode Island

Captain, Rhode Island First Light Infanty

July 1940: Recalled to active duty, Local Defense Force, Boston, MA, commissioned lieutenant

April 1941: Naval Mine Warfare School, Yorktown, VA. Assigned USS BULLFINCH (AM-66)

1941: CO, USS ACME (AMc-61), Mine Division 27

12/10/1942: CO, USS EXCEL (AM-94), east coast minesweeping and patrol

8/9/1943 to 12/27/43: XO USS BELLE GROVE (LSD-2) Navy Commendation Medal for amphibious landings on Makin Island.

1943-1944: Naval War College: instructor, amphibious tactics and justice, President of Court Martial Board

1944-1945: CO, USS LENOIR (AKA-74), participated in Okinawa landings and Hiroshima occupation landings

Jan 1946-1951: Staff Legal Officer, Atlantic Reserve Fleet, New York City

Feb 1951- July 1955: Office of the Judge Advocate General, Washington, D.C., assigned to Federal Voting Assistance Act

May 1957: Transfer to Retired List

Marcus L Whitford