Clark commanded the Fast Carrier Task Force (TF 77) during theKorean War. He was later promoted toVice Admiraland rose to command the7th Fleet.
Clark retired on December 1, 1953 with the rank ofAdmiral. His awards included theNavy Cross, theNavy Distinguished Service Medal, theSilver Star, theLegion of Merit, theNavy Commendation Medaland theKorean Order of Military Merit.
Admiral Clark died on July 13, 1971 atSt. Albans, New York. He is buried inArlington National Cemetery.
Clark\'s flag lieutenant was historianClark G. Reynolds\' uncle. Reynolds was chosen to co-author Clark\'s autobiography.[6]
Admiral Joseph Clark
Of the 889 men aboard, 113 werekilled or missing and approximately 30 others died of their wounds. Thesurvivors were rescued from the water byHeermann,John C.Butler,Raymond,andDennis”
References to CMDR George W. Stroup Jr. USNR (Ret.) areimmediately found on Ancestory.com, USSStLo.com, and in other places such areference to his disgust with George Stroup III during 1966 and his draft deferment– this article was found in the Rice University Newspaper where his son hadstudied; it referenced Stroup being from Tulsa, OK and also a fighter pilotduring WW2.
