USS Gillis (DD-260/AVD-12) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Commodore John P. Gillis and Rear Admiral James Henry...
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War. Gillis was born in Wilmington, Delaware. As a teenager, he moved to Illinois in 1819 with his family but later came back to Delaware. Gillis was appointed...
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American Civil War. Born in Ridgway, Pennsylvania, Gillis was the son of U.S. Congressman James L. Gillis and his second wife Cecelia Ann Berray. He graduated...
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Leslie E. Gehres (section C.O. of USS Franklin)
the next five years, Gehres served aboard destroyers USS Tingey, USS Gillis, USS Aulick and USS Jacob Jones. In June 1924, Gehres was transferred to the...
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Gillis may refer to: Gillis (name), list of people named Gillis Gillis (surname), list of people with this surname Belgium Sint-Gillis (Saint-Gilles, Belgium)...
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"Kiska Blitz." During these bombing strikes the aircraft were serviced by USS Gillis at Nazan Bay, Atka Island. Efforts to use the PBYs as horizontal bombers...
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USS James M. Gilliss (AMCU-13/YMS-262) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass named after James Melville Gilliss, a US naval officer credited...
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Dwayne Hickman (section The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis)
Show and the title character in the 1960s sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. He was the younger brother of actor Darryl Hickman, with whom he appeared...
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College of San Mateo). Anderson served in the United States Navy aboard the USS Gillis in the Aleutian Islands, during World War II. In 1947, Anderson married...
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USS G-1 (SS-19½) USS G-2 (SS-27) USS G-3 (SS-31) USS G-4 (SS-26) USS G. H. McNeal (SP-312) USS G. L. Brockenborough (1862) USS G. W. Blunt (1856) USS Gabilan...
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reconnaissance aircraft spotted the tenders at Nazan Bay. Since both USS Casco and USS Gillis had largely expended their stocks of ammunition, bombs and aviation...
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Destroyers for Bases Agreement USS Turner (DD-259) (1919) USS Gillis (DD-260) (1919) Battle of Okinawa 1 of 8 Farragut class USS Farragut (DD-348) (1934) Attack...
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USS James M. Gilliss may refer to one of the following United States Navy ships: USS James M. Gilliss (AMCU-13) (also AGS-13, AGSC-13, MHC-13), laid down...
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"Kiska Blitz." During these bombing strikes the aircraft were serviced by USS Gillis at Nazan Bay, Atka Island. Efforts to use the PBYs as horizontal bombers...
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training on the F-4 Phantom II. He was then assigned to VF-151, aboard the USS Coral Sea which was deployed to the Vietnam War from April 1967 to February...
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four sister ships which included USS Adirondack, USS Housatonic and USS Juniata. Ten days later Captain John P. Gillis took command of the ship and she...
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Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a young naval aviator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. He and his radar intercept officer, Lieutenant (junior grade)...
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Biderman denounced Gillis, tore the flag from his hands, and taunted secessionists to try to take the flag back. No one tried. Because Gillis' flag was seized...
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Museum ships USS Cassin Young (DD-793) - Boston National Historical Park, Charlestown, MA USS Charrette (DD-581) - Thessaloniki, Greece USS Edson (DD-946)...
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Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a young naval aviator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, who with his radar intercept officer, LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw...
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Norfolk-based aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. In mid-February 2019, Cruise and the production crew were sighted on board USS Theodore Roosevelt at NAS...
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James Melville Gilliss (redirect from James M. Gillis)
His parents were George Gilliss, a federal employee, and Mary (Melville) Gillis. In 1827, at age fifteen, he joined the United States Navy as a midshipman...
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on younger brother Dwayne Hickman's CBS sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, playing Dobie's older brother Davey in three episodes: "The Right Triangle"...
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Dangerous (2008) as Captain Greer In the Electric Mist (2009) as Sheriff Gillis Maneater (2009) as Tripper Mason Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans...
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Industry Daily, Australia's Canberra class LHDs Kerr, Amphibious Ambitions Gillis, Interview. Landing Helicopter Dock Project – Canberra Class, pp. 28–9 Borgu...
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said "Give me a letter." He flew the F6F Hellcat off the aircraft carrier USS Essex with Fighter Squadron 15 (VF-15), the famed "McCampbell Heroes." A...
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and signed autographs for the men on board the ships. While on board the USS Ashland, he autographed one sailor's cowboy hat. He also visited troops during...
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2018, voice vote) Assistant Secretary of Defense (Sustainment) Jordan Gillis March 30, 2020 (Confirmed March 26, 2020, voice vote) Director of Cost Assessment...
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training hologram and the real Vice-Admiral Janeway (commanding the USS Dauntless and USS Voyager-A) in the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy. When Voyager...
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