Post-World War II Career
Following the war, he was assigned to Coast Guard headquarters in Washington, serving as Supply Division Chief, Program Planning Division Chief, Planning and Budgets Division Chief, and Assistant Chief of the Planning and Control Division. In 1950, President Harry S. Truman appointed him as Assistant Commandant of the Coast Guard with rank of Rear Admiral. The following year, he was given addition duties as Coast Guard Chief of Staff. He was appointed as Commandant in 1954, succeeding Vice Admiral Merlin O'Neill. In 1958, he was appointed to a second four-year term as Commandant. Two years later, in 1960, he was promoted to Admiral under a reorganization law, which required that the Commandant hold the rank of Admiral. In 1961, he became the first recipient of the Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal.
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