Background
Moon, Don P. was born on April 18, 1894 in Kokomo, Indiana, United States. Son of Barnabas C. and Ellen Pearl (Bennett) Moon.
Portrait photograph, taken circa 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives collection
ear Admiral Don P. Moon, USN, Commander, Eleventh Amphibious Force, Group II At the Amphibious Training Base, Algiers, Algeria. Photo is dated 24 March 1944, but may have been taken earlier. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives collection
Moon, Don P. was born on April 18, 1894 in Kokomo, Indiana, United States. Son of Barnabas C. and Ellen Pearl (Bennett) Moon.
Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy, 1916. Student United States Naval Academy Post Graduate School, 1920-1921. S.M. Entertainment, University of Chicago, 1922.
Student United States Naval War College, junior course, Newport, Rhode Island, 1932-1933, senior course, 1937-1938.
Commissioned ensign, United States Navy, 1916, advancing through the grades to rear admiral, 1944. Served in United States Ship Arizona, 1916-1920, United States Ship Colorado, 1923-1925, United States Ship Nevada, 1926, United States Ship John Ford (destroyer), 1934-1937. In design section, in charge patent section, Bureau of Ordnance, 1927.
Officer in charge drafting room Naval Gun Factory, 1928-1929. Destroyer squadron gunnery officer, Pacific, 1929-1932. Commander destroyer division, Pacific and Atlantic Fleets, 1940-1941.
Commander destroyer squadron, Atlantic Fleet, operating in connection with N. African invasion, part of time in British Home Fleet and in support of Russian Convoys, 1941-1942. In planning section of commander in chief, United States Fleet, 1943. Commissioned rear admiral and assigned sea duty, 1944.
Member Naval Academy Alumni Association, Naval Institute (since 1916).
Married Sibyl Peaslee Hall, September 28, 1920. Children: Meredith Whittier, Don Pardee, David Peaslee, Peter Clayton.