Goat Locker Plank Owner

ACRM/LCDR Henry B. Poole III USN-ret

Lifetime Plank Owner

July 5 - November 11 1932: NavTraSta Newport, RI; basic training, Apprentice Seaman

November 25, 1932 - April 7, 1933: N.O.B. Norfolk, VA; Radio School, (was already a commercially licensed radio operator, so was put to work teaching, partly code and partly technical)

May 19 - June 16, 1933: USS Brooks (DD-232), San Pedro, CA

June 16, 1933 - January 29, 1934: USS California (BB-44), Pacific Fleet Flagship; flag radioman-striker,

January 29 - February 24, 1934: USS Chaumont (AP-5)

February 24 - August 13, 1934: New London, CT; Submarine School

September 12, 1934 - May 2, 1936: ComSubRon 3, NavSub Base Coco Solo, Canal Zone; Assigned to Base maintenance and made a number of trips out to sea in the S-11, S-12 and S-48 boats, to check on equipment performance.

November 5, 1932: advanced to Sea2c

November 8, 1933: advanced to SNRM

November 22, 1934: advanced to RM3c

March 4, 1936: advanced to RM2c

June 30, 1936: Honorable Discharge, Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA

January 24, 1942: Reenlisted as RM2, NRS Salt Lake City, UT

January 29, 1942: NAS Norfolk, VA, April 1, 1942 advanced and designated as ARM1c (Aviation Radioman), assigned to help form a new squadron (VP-93) of patrol planes (PBY5).

February 26, 1943 - March 27, 1944: VP-93 deployed to Argentia Newfoundland and then to Greenland. March 1, 1943 squadron designation changed to Headquarters Squadron, Fleet Air Wing Twelve, Bombing Squadron 126, (VB-126) NAS Key West, FL

April 1, 1943: advanced to ACRM (AA), July 2, 1944: advanced to ACRM (T)

June 10 - December 31, 1944: HEDRON FAW 7, PATSU 7

January 30 - May 22, 1945: HEDRON 5-1, FAW 12, NAS Key West, FL, given a temporary commission as Ensign

May 31 - December 31, 1945: NAF Glynco, GA

January 1 - April 14, 1946: NATechTraCen Ward Island, Corpus Christi, TX. Discharged as ACRM re-enlisted immediately into the USNR as Ensign

April 14, 1946 - February 21, 1952: VEC 13-23, Great Falls, MT

February 21, 1952 - June 17, 1954: USS Adirondack (AGC-15)

June 17, 1954: U.S. Naval Advanced Naval Base, Bremerhaven, Germany

January 1, 1947: advanced to LTJG

July 15, 1951: advanced to LT

October 1, 1956: advanced to LCDR

July 1 1966: Mandatory retirement from Reserve as LCDR, after being passed over for promotion

December 16, 2005: After 91 years, visits to 35 countries, and all 50 states, received final orders to the staff of the Supreme Commander.