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  • Paul D. Stroop
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  • Vice Admiral Paul D. Stroop (1904 – 17 May 1995) was an officer of the United States Navy and a Naval Aviator. He held numerous high-ranking staff positions in aviation from the 1930s onward, including World War II service on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, he held various sea commands. From 1959-1962, he oversaw the development of the Navy's aerial weapons, including early guided missiles, as Chief of the Bureau of Naval Weapons. During the later 1960s, he commanded Naval air forces in the Pacific.
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serviceyears
  • 1926
Birth Date
  • 1904
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death place
  • Coronado, California
Name
  • Paul D. Stroop
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  • Vice Admiral Paul D. Stroop on Okinawa in 1957
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  • Place of burial
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death date
  • --05-17
Rank
  • 35
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abstract
  • Vice Admiral Paul D. Stroop (1904 – 17 May 1995) was an officer of the United States Navy and a Naval Aviator. He held numerous high-ranking staff positions in aviation from the 1930s onward, including World War II service on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, he held various sea commands. From 1959-1962, he oversaw the development of the Navy's aerial weapons, including early guided missiles, as Chief of the Bureau of Naval Weapons. During the later 1960s, he commanded Naval air forces in the Pacific.