Background
Michaelis was born on March 4, 1917, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Michaelis was born on March 4, 1917, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Michaelis graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1940 and was assigned to the United States Ship Pennsylvania.
He would marry Rose Schiche of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, with whom he had three children. After surviving the attack on Pearl Harbor he would become an aviator. Later in World World War II he was assigned to what would become Attack Squadron 12, which he would eventually be given command of.
Following the war he was involved in the development of nuclear weapons and was assigned to the United States Ship Hornet.
Later he would serve on the staff of the Commander, Naval Air Forces, and with the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Associated Independent Recording). He was Executive Officer of the United States Ship Randolph before being given the command of the United States Ship Tolovana.
Following this he would work with the Chief of Naval Operations and would become the second Commanding Officer of the United States Ship Enterprise, the world"s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, during the Vietnam War. Later he served as Commander, Naval Air Force United States. Atlantic Fleet, and Chief of the Office of Naval Material.
He retired in 1978.