Featured Help With Early 1950s Military Brass

Picked up these 3 signed 8 x 10s today. They're very nice. But, it seems like the owner kept them in a box in the garage for years. Still they're cool.

Since none of them signed their name legibly, I can't seem to find them. I even tried asking AI who the rear admiral of SC-USN in 1951 was? It had no idea. I believe it told me there were no rear admirals or something stupid like that.

I was considering keeping them. But, I think they'd be better off in a military collection.

Any help in identifying these guys would be appreciated.

Rear Admiral 1


Rear Admiral 2


Military 3 (What would his title be? Would his uniform tell?)


THANK YOU!

 

REAR ADMIRAL J. L. HERLIHY, SC, USN:

 

Robert F. Batchelder

https://www.history.navy.mil/our-co...series/nh-series/80-G-428000/80-G-428046.html

 

1st guy's a ghost.......

 

USN Supply Officer , Lieutenant Junior Grade...

 

There is a street in Brooklyn in his name. Or at least the same name

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/355730555154

Stephen Reuben Edson
https://www.history.navy.mil/conten...odernbios/e/edson-stephen-reuben-redacted.pdf

 

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/inquirer/name/sidney-greenwald-obituary?id=11562545
Sidney David Greenwald

 

https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/fo...othing-factory-dating-navy-enlisted-uniforms/
"Naval Clothing Depot Brooklyn (created in july 1933) was closed in january 1951."

 

I'm banging my head trying to find anything on any of these people, and you identified two immediately. THANK YOU!

These have probably been in storage since 2003. It's incredibly sad how such personal things end up being trashed. These were in fairly simple, but nice frames, and the backs are covered in dots of foxing/stains.

THANK YOU for identifying the last rear admiral.

Hopefully these will find a good home.

 

I see that the Rear Admiral in the last photo was a Rotarian. That's when it was a good ol' boys club. I'm a Past President of my club.