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Dahlgren 



Admiral Harold R. Stark, at the rank of Captain, was Commander of the Naval Proving 

 Ground, Dahlgren, from November 1 925 until September 1 928 during Dr. Thompson's 

 tenure as Chief Physicist.* 



* Admiral Stark later served as Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance (1934-1937) and then as Chief 

 of Naval Operations (1939-1942). He was assigned as Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces in 

 Europe in 1942 and was in charge of all U.S. naval forces assigned to British waters and to the 

 Atlantic coastal waters of Europe, including those assigned through him to the Allied forces for 

 the Normandy landings in June 1944. 



