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	56k	John Francis Burnes, born 1883 in Binghamton, N.Y., joined the U.S. Marine Corps 1904. Shortly before the war, he was appointed machine gunner, and commissioned June 1917. He was sent to France, where his gallant service in battle won him the Distinguished Service Cross. "In the attack on the Bois de Belleau 12 June 1918 he was badly wounded but completed disposition of his platoon under violent fire. The injuries which he sustained in the performance of this self-sacrificing duty later caused his death." Image of the Battle of Belleau Wood.		Robert M. Cieri
	145k	Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	266k	Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of John Dickey.		Ed Zajkowski
	97k	USS Percival (DD-298), USS Somers (DD-301) and USS John Francis Burnes (DD-299) circa early 1920's possibly in Bremerton, WA. From the collection of Aijiro Tashiro.		Stephen Tashiro
	121k	USS John Francis Burnes (DD-299), Photographed during the 1920s, probably in San Diego Harbor, California. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo #: NH 52317		Robert Hurst
	135k	Destroyers moored together at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, circa 1925 The ships present include (from right to left): USS Somers (DD-301); USS Farragut (DD-300); USS John Francis Burnes (DD-299); USS Percival (DD-298); and USS Stoddert (DD-302). The outboard destroyer (furthest to the left) can not be identified. Photograph from the Albert Chamberlain photo album, donated by Colonel Carl Mahakian, USMCR, 1975. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	59k	From the collection of CDR August Billig, USS Decatur (DD-341), USS Somers (DD-301), USS John Francis Burnes (DD-299), USS Farragut (DD-300), USS Percival (DD-298), USS Wiliam Jones (DD-308) and USS Zeilin (DD-313) circa the early 1930's.		Bruce Billig

CDR Frank Nathaniel Eklund    May 1 1920 - ?
LCDR William Frederick (Bull) Halsey Jr.    ? 1921 - ? (Later FADM)
LCDR Murphy John Foster    ? 1923 - ?
LCDR Charles Henry Morrison    Sep 30 1923 - ?
CDR Joseph Baer    May 24 1926 - Jun 26 1928
LCDR William Woodruff Meek    Jun 26 1928 - Feb 25 1930

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