Theodore Stark Wilkinson

Theodore Stark Wilkinson
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Annapolis (en) , 22 Disamba 1888
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa	Norfolk (en) , 21 ga Faburairu, 1946
Makwanci	Arlington National Cemetery (en)
Yanayin mutuwa	accidental death (en)  (Nutsewa)
Karatu
Makaranta	United States Naval Academy (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	hafsa
Kyaututtuka	gani Medal of Honor Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Aikin soja
Fannin soja	United States Navy (en)
Digiri	admiral (en)
Ya faɗaci	Yakin Duniya na I Yakin Duniya na II

Theodore Stark "Ping" Wilkinson wanda ya rayu (Disamba 22, 1888 – Fabrairu 21, 1946) ya kasance mataimakin Admiral na sojojin ruwan Amurka a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu . Ya kuma sami lambar yabo saboda ayyukansa a Veracruz, Mexico .Bayan ya halarci Makarantar St. Paul a Concord, New Hampshire, inda rubuce-rubucensa da wallafe-wallafen makaranta suka nuna sha'awar farko game da yakin ruwa da na amphibious, Wilkinson ya shiga Kwalejin Naval na Amurka a 1905 kuma ya sauke karatu na farko a cikin aji na 1909. Ya yi aiki na tsawon shekaru biyu na aikin teku sannan doka ta buƙaci kafin a ba da izini, a cikin jiragen ruwa USS Kansas (BB-21) da kuma USS South Carolina (BB-26), kafin ya karbi takardar sa hannu a ranar 5 ga Yuni, 1911. Ya yi rajista a Jami'ar George Washington, Washington, DC, yana shiga Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, kuma an ba shi umarni a ƙarƙashin kulawar Ofishin Jakadancin Navy (BuOrd). Wilkinson ya ba da rahoto ga jirgin ruwa USS Florida (BB-30) ranar 25 ga Yuli, 1913, don aikin teku. A lokacin da yake cikin wannan tsoro, Ens. Wilkinson ya jagoranci Kamfanin 2d na Florida a cikin aiki yayin saukowa a ranar 21 da Afrilu 22, 1914, a Veracruz, Mexico . Domin gwanintarsa da jajircewarsa na wannan rukunin sojojin saukar jiragen ruwa da kuma bajekolinsa na "fitaccen hali da bayyani", ya sami lambar yabo ta girmamawa .

Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya da shekaru tsakanin yaƙi

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A ranar 4 ga Agusta, an tura shi zuwa jirgin ruwa mai sulke USS Tennessee (ACR-10), kuma bayan kwana biyu ya tashi zuwa gabas a cikinta a hayin Tekun Atlantika . Tennessee da USS North Carolina (ACR-12) an umurce shi zuwa ruwan Turai don kwashe Amurkawa da suka makale a nahiyar ta yakin duniya na daya . A ranar 3 ga Satumba, ya zama mataimaki ga hafsan sojan ruwa a Paris kuma bayan wata daya ya bar wannan mukamin ya shiga North Carolina a cikin Bahar Rum . Daga baya, matashin jami'in yana da yawon shakatawa na aikin teku: na farko a matsayin mataimaki, zuwa Kwamandan, 2d Division, Atlantic Fleet, sa'an nan kuma a matsayin mataimaki ga kwamandan na 7th Division.