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- Albert Collins Burrows1905 - 1984
Facts and Events
| Name[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] |
Albert Collins Burrows |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][2][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] |
23 Sep 1905 |
Arkansas |
| Residence[18] |
1910 |
Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma |
| Residence[16] |
1920 |
Shawnee Ward 2, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma |
| Education[8] |
1928 |
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland |
| Marriage |
Abt 1929 |
(her 2nd husband)
to Edith Margaret Shaffer |
| Military[7] |
1 Jan 1930 |
California |
| Other[17] |
29 Jun 1932 |
San Francisco, CaliforniaDeparture |
| Other[17] |
5 Jul 1932 |
Honolulu, HawaiiArrival |
| Military[11] |
1 Jul 1938 |
California |
| Residence? |
1941 |
District of Columbia, USALt. Burrows, U S Navy |
| Military[5] |
From 1943 to 1944 |
South Pacific Ocean |
| Military[6] |
From 1943 to 1944 |
South Pacific Ocean |
| Military[4] |
3 May 1945 |
Ada, Oklahoma |
| Military[9] |
From 1945 to 1946 |
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| Residence[20] |
1952 |
Rochester, New York, USA |
| Military? |
29 Jun 1958 |
Great Lakes, Lake, Illinois, USARetirement after 30 yrs service. Cmdr of Great Lakes Naval Training Station |
| Other[10] |
14 Jul 1959 |
Chicago, Illinois |
| Residence? |
Feb 1984 |
Pima County, Arizona, USAper SSDI |
| Death[1][2] |
24 Feb 1984 |
Tucson, Arizona? |
| Alt Death[13][14][15][19] |
24 Feb 1984 |
Virginia |
| Burial[1] |
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Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia |
| Alt Burial[19] |
Feb 1984 |
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USAArlington National Cemetery |
Note: He retired as a Captain in 1958 but in 1959 he was addressed in Pres. Eisenhower's letter as "Admiral," which is also the rank given on his official grave marker. No indication yet found of when this (post-retirement?) promotion took place. Do not have exact date, but it was not uncommon during that period for 0-6's (Navy captains) to be promoted to Rear Admiral (lower half) upon retirement. (Source: personal conversations, as my uncle and father were personal friends)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Find A Grave.
From marker: R Admr US Navy World War II Navy Cross Silvber Star Albert Collins Burrows
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service).
Last residence: Tucson, Arizona.
- Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving or Departing at Honolulu, Hawaii, 1900–1954
NARA A3422, Roll 124, p. 106.
Manifest of Outward-Bound Passengers
S.S. Matsonia, departed San Francisco 29 Jul 1932, arrived Honolulu 5 Jul 1932.
Burrows, Albert 26 yrs
Burrows, Edith 28 yrs
- ↑ Ada [Oklahoma] Weekly News
3 May 1945.
Washington, April 30.---Commander Albert Collins Burrows, Shawnee, Okla., has been awarded the Gold Star in lieu of the third Silver Star medal for gallantry in action as commanding officer of a submarine.
- ↑ Military Times, Hall of Valor <http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=19882>.
Albert Collins Burrows.
Date of birth: September 23, 1905
Date of death: February 24, 1984
Place of Birth: Shawnee, Oklahoma
Home of record: Shawnee, Oklahoma
Rank: Commander
Albert Burrows graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1928. He retired as a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy.
[NOTE: See website for full details on the circumstances of each of these awards.]
Awarded Navy Cross, 8 Jul 1943, "for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. WHALE (SS-238), during the Fourth War Patrol of that submarine in the period 10 May 1943 to 21 June 1943, in waters of the shipping lanes between Japan, Truk, and Saipan."
Silver Star, 17 Aug 1943, "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while as Commanding Officer of a United States submarine, in action against enemy Japanese forces."
Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star, 4 Feb 1944, "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while as Commanding Officer of the Submarine U.S.S. WHALE (SS-238), on War Patrol in enemy-controlled waters."
Gold Star in lieu of a Third Award of the Silver Star, [no date listed listed, but after 30 Sep 1944], "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while as Commanding Officer of a United States Submarine, during a War Patrol in enemy-controlled waters from 1 July 1944 to 30 September 1944."
- ↑ uboat.net Allied Warship Commanders <http://uboat.net/allies/commanders/3416.html>.
Albert Collins Burrows, USN
Born 23 Sep 1905 Shawnee, Oklahoma
Submarine USS WHALE (239)
20 Feb 1943:
WHALE's Commanding Officer, Lt. Cmdr. John Behling Azer, was relieved by Lt. Cmdr. Albert C. Burrows.
28 Feb 1943:
USS WHALE (Lt.Cdr. A.C. Burrows) left base for her 3rd war patrol. She was to patrol between the Marianas and Japan.
6 Apr 1943:
USS WHALE (Lt.Cdr. A.C. Burrows) ended her 3rd war patrol at Midway.
10 May 1943:
USS WHALE (Lt.Cdr. A.C. Burrows) left Midway on her 4th war patrol. She was to patrol in the Saipan aera.
26 May 1943:
USS WHALE (Lt.Cdr. A.C. Burrows) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese auxiliary gunboat Shoei Maru (3580 GRT) about 17 nautical miles north-northwest of Rota Island, Mariana Islands in position 14º17'N, 144º54'E.
21 Jun 1943:
USS WHALE (Lt.Cdr. A.C. Burrows) ends her 4th war patrol at Pearl Harbor.
8 Aug 1943:
While on her 5th war patrol USS WHALE (Lt.Cdr. A.C. Burrows) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese ammunition ship NARUTO MARU (7148 GRT) northwest of the Mariana Islands in position 24º12'N, 142º52'E. WHALE survives a counterattack by the escorting Japanese destroyer ASANAGI.
7 Sep 1943:
USS WHALE (Lt.Cdr. A.C. Burrows) ended her 5th war patrol at Pearl Harbor. She then underwent a major overhaul.
25 Dec 1943:
USS WHALE (Lt.Cdr. A.C. Burrows) left base for her 6th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol the shipping lanes between Tokyo and Truk.
16 Jan 1944:
USS WHALE (Lt.Cdr. A.C. Burrows) torpedoed and sank the Japanese transport ship DENMARK MARU (5869 GRT) about 400 nautical miles southeast of Okinawa in position 23º09'N, 135º14'E. She also finished off the Japanese troop transport TARUSHIMA MARU (4865 GRT, torpedoed earlier that day by USS SEAWOLF) in position 22º50'N, 135º40'E.
3 Feb 1944:
USS WHALE (Lt.Cdr. A.C. Burrows) ends her 6th war patrol when she returned to Midway.
9 Feb 1944:
Lt. Cmdr. Albert C. Burrows was relieved as Commanding Officer by Lt. Cmdr. James B. Grady.
- ↑ Register of the commissioned and warrant officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps: January 1, 1930. (Washington: G.P.O., 1930)
p. 170.
Albert Collins Burrows, ensign.
Date of rank: 7 Jun 1928.
Present duty or station: California.
- ↑ e-yearbook.com <http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/United_States_Naval_Academy_Lucky_Bag_Yearbook/1928/Page_130.html>
p. 130, 1928.
Lucky Bag Yearbook, 1928
ALBERT COLLINS BURROWS Shawnee, Oklahoma "Acey" is our foremost proponent of the power of words and has repeatedly proven his ability to handle them. Witticisms and superlative adjectives flow as freely from his exquisitely chiseled mouth as does the oil from a gusher of his native state. We shall long remember his funeral peroration at the Burial of Math; his eloquent flow and gift of mimicry have lessened the tedium of many a field day at sea. Slow to get started, "Acey" is irresistible underway and behind a lot of surface nonsense hides a clear, cool mind and a capacity for quick, sound judgment. That, and a personality which has made him a host of friends, will carry him far. Outside of Math his Academic worries have been nil. However, due to temperament, we'll say, his class standing is about five times lower than it should be. Although busy working his way through a tangled heap of integral signs his first two years, he found time to make the Plebe Water Polo team and write occasionally for the Log. "Now here's the way I look at it . . ." Water Polo (2, 1); Class Water Polo (J); Features Editor Log (1); Lucky Bag Staff (2, 1); Masquerader Cast (/); Pep Committee (/); Class Supper Committee; King Master Gymkhana (/).
- ↑ uboat.net Allied Warship Commanders <http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/8025.html>
13 Aug 1945.
Captain, destroyer tender USS SHENANDOAH (AD 26), 13 Aug 1945 - [sometime in 1946]. He was its commissioning officer and apparently its only commanding officer. He took command with the rank of captain.
- ↑ The Presidential Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
Volume XX - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace. Part VII: Berlin and the Chance for a Summit; March 1959 to August 1959. Chapter 18: "These extremist approaches.", 14 Jul 1959.
Document #1241; July 14, 1959
To Albert Collins Burrows
Series: EM, WHCF, Official File 101-J
Dear Admiral Burrows:{1}
Thank you for your note of the tenth. I am delighted that you believe my casual, but nonetheless deeply felt, remark at the last press conference was effective. I don’t want to sound unduly prejudiced, but I doubt that any man, trained as you and I were in the service of our country, could act with any motivation other than that of the "public good."{2}
With best wishes, Sincerely
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NOTES:
1. Burrows (USN, ret.) was president of the Profit Sharing Research Foundation in Chicago. During World War II he had commanded submarines and submarine divisions 12 and 13 in the Atlantic Submarine Force.
2. During Eisenhower's July 8 news conference a reporter had asked if the frequent use of the President's veto power would boomerang and result in a negative public image of the presidency. Eisenhower had replied that he was "not thinking so much of public image" as he was "the public good" (see Public Papers of the Presidents: Eisenhower, 1959, pp. 506 - 16). Burrows had written (same file as document) that the remark had filled him with "great and very real pride." The answer had "at once struck down the puffery of how would it look? And how will it sound?" and was "the very essence of honest dedication to the good of all."
- ↑ Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps : July 1, 1938.
Active List, p. 15:
Burrows. Albert C, Lt, comdg USS S-28
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Ships' Roster of Officers (Submarines), p. 232:
S-28
S753 Lt. A. C. Burrows, comdg
4889 Lt. (jg) J. M. Clement, commun
5356 Lt. (jg) E. N. Blakely
- ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - 1993-2002 White Pages. Little Rock, AR, USA: Acxiom Corporation.Original data: 1993-2002 White Pages. Little Rock, AR, USA: Acxiom Corporation.).
Residence date: 1996 1997 2000 2001 2002 Residence place: Washington, District of Columbia _APID: 1,7339::17060779
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator).
Birth date: 09/23/1905 Birth place: Death date: 02/24/1984 Death place: VA _APID: 1,8750::3805583
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security D)
Number: 444-40-8746; Issue State: Oklahoma; Issue Date: 1956-1957.
Birth date: 23 Sep 1905 Birth place: Death date: Feb 1984 Death place: Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States of America _APID: 1,3693::8369319
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator).
Birth date: 09/23/1905 Birth place: Death date: 02/24/1984 Death place: VA _APID: 1,8750::482422
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625)
Year: 1920; Census Place: Shawnee Ward 2, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1485; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 229; Image: .
Birth date: abt 1906 Birth place: Oklahoma Residence date: 1920 Residence place: Shawnee Ward 2, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma _APID: 1,6061::49487750
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Honolulu, Hawaii, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1900-1959.
Birth date: abt 1906 Birth place: Arrival date: 5 Jul 1932 Arrival place: Honolulu, Hawaii Departure date: 29 Jun 1932 Departure place: San Francisco, California _APID: 1,1502::559657
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624)
Year: 1910; Census Place: Shawnee Ward 2, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .
Birth date: 1906 Birth place: Arkansas Residence date: 1910 Residence place: Shawnee Ward 2, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma _APID: 1,7884::156226278
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current. (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories (Beta). (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory titl).
_APID: 1,2469::1330075036
- Lake, Indiana, United States. Hammond Times. (Hammond, Indiana).
- Daily News (Huntingdon, Pennsylvania).
- Ancestry.com. San Antonio Express (San Antonio, Texas). (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - San Antonio Express. San Antonio, Texas, United States Of America. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper.Original data: San Antonio Express. San Antoni).
_APID: 1,51969::494648321
- Ancestry.com. San Mateo Times And Daily News Leader (San Mateo, California). (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - San Mateo Times And Daily News Leader. San Mateo, California, United States Of America. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper.Original data: San Mateo).
_APID: 1,51978::494648322
- Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States. The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas). (Galveston, Texas).
_APID: 1,51466::494648321
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