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SUBJ/PASSING OF VICE ADMIRAL JOHN A. TYREE, JR., USN (RET)//
RMKS/1.  IT IS WITH GREAT SADDNESS THAT I ANNOUNCE THE 8 APRIL
PASSING OF VICE ADMIRAL JOHN A TYREE, JR., USN (RET).  HE WAS 92.
VICE ADMIRAL TYREE WILL BE BURIED WITH FULL HONORS AT ARLINGTON
NATIONAL CEREMONY, 28 JULY AT 1300.
2.  VICE ADMIRAL TYREE GRADUATED FROM THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY IN JUNE
1933.  AFTER COMMISSIONING, HE SERVED ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT
CARRIERS LEXINGTON AND RANGER.  IN 1935, VICE ADMIRAL TYREE
VOLUNTEERED AND WAS SELECTED FOR THE SUBMARINE SERVICE.  UPON
COMPLETION OF SUBMARINE SCHOOL AND TORPEDO SCHOOL, VICE ADMIRAL
TYREE SERVED IN SUBMARINES S-1, S-21 AND AS ASSISTANT TO THE OFFICER
IN CHARGE OF SUBMARINE DIVISION 8.  AT THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II
IN DECEMBER 1941, HE WAS THE PROSPECTIVE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF USS
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FINBACK (SS-230) AND SUBSEQUENTLY SERVED AS FINBACK'S FIRST
EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY AND TWO
SUCCESSFUL WAR PATROLS IN THE ALEUTIANS AND OFF FORMOSA.
IN MARCH 1943, HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF FINBACK AND LED HER THROUGH
FIVE SUCCESSFUL WAR PATROLS IN THE PACIFIC.  AS FINBACK'S EXECUTIVE
OFFICER AND COMMANDING OFFICER, VICE ADMIRAL TYREE WAS AWARDED THE
NAVY CROSS AND A GOLD STAR IN LIEU OF A SECOND NAVY CROSS FOR
DAMAGING OR SINKING MORE THAN 40,000 TONS OF HOSTILE SHIPPING AND
LEADING A DARING OCEAN SURFACE ENGAGEMENT WHICH DESTROYED A LARGE
ARMED JAPANESE FREIGHTER.  IN JULY 1944, VICE ADMIRAL TYREE RECEIVED
ORDERS AND SERVED IN THE WHITE HOUSE AS ASSISTANT NAVAL AIDE TO
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND PRESIDENT TRUMAN.  AS A MEMBER OF THE
PRESIDENT'S STAFF, HE ATTENDED THE HISTORIC YALTA AND POTSDAM
CONFERENCES.  VICE ADMIRAL TYREE ASSUMED COMMAND OF SUBMARINE
DIVISION 22 IN SEPTEMBER 1949.  OTHER TOURS INCLUDED FORCE
OPERATIONS OFFICER, SUBMARINE FORCE ATLANTIC; SUBMARINE DETAILER,
BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL; AND HEAD, OFFICER DISTRIBUTION CONTROL,
BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL.  HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF USS BOTETOURT
(APA-136) IN JUNE 1954, AND ASSUMED COMMAND OF SUBMARINE SQUADRON 6
IN JUNE 1955.  VICE ADMIRAL TYREE WAS SELECTED TO FLAG RANK IN 1958
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AND SERVED AS COMMANDER TASK FORCE 73; COMMANDER, NAVAL FORCES
KOREA; ASSISTANT CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS (NAVAL RESERVE), OFFICE
OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS; COMMANDER, SOUTH ATLANTIC FORCE;
DEPUTY COMMANDER/COMMANDER SUBMARINE FLOTILLA 2, SUBMARINE FORCE,
U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET; DEPUTY AND CHIEF OF STAFF, U.S. EUROPEAN
COMMAND; CHIEF OF STAFF U.S. EUROPEAN COMMAND; AND NAVAL INSPECTOR
GENERAL.  VICE ADMIRAL TYREE RETIRED IN 1971.
3.  VICE ADMIRAL TYREE'S AWARDS INCLUDE THE NAVY CROSS WITH GOLD
STAR, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, SILVER STAR MEDAL, LEGION OF
MERIT WITH GOLD STAR, BRONZE STAR MEDAL WITH TWO GOLD STARS AND
COMBAT V.
4.  VICE ADMIRAL TYREE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 29 YEARS, NORA
MCDAVID TYREE OF LA JOLLA; TWO DAUGHTERS FROM HIS FIRST MARRIAGE,
JUDITH T. ONOFRIO OF ROCHESTER, MN, AND JOHANNE LIEBIG OF MARIETTA,
OH; TWO STEPCHILDREN, NANCY CURREN OF SAN DIEGO, AND DR. JACK CURREN
OF LA MESA, CA; FIVE GRANDCHILDREN; AND TEN GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
5.  RELEASED BY VADM P. A. TRACEY, DIRECTOR, NAVY STAFF.//
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