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Twining (3230 words) |
 | Twining turned on her searchlight as a marker for the aircraft and rescued survivors of planes which had gone down in the darkness. |
| Twining continued her support of the invasion of Tinian through the end of the month, steaming on station between Tinian and Saipan and occasionally firing at Japanese targets on the island. |
| Twining departed Eniwetok on 15 September to rendezvous with Rear Admiral Gerald F. Bogan's Fast Carrier Task Group and thereafter devoted most of her effort for the rest of the war to protecting aircraft carriers. |
| Twining, General Nathan Farragut (1897-1982) (1184 words) |
| Twining was ordered to Fort Crockett, Texas, in March 1932, and was assigned to the Third Attack Group as a squadron commander; that August he joined the 90th Attack Squadron and a month later, the 60th Service Squadron at the same base. |
| Twining was sent to the South Pacific as chief of staff to Maj. Gen. |
| On Aug. 15, 1957, Twining was formally sworn in as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by President Eisenhower in the Cabinet Room of the White House. |
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