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Point Arnold

Point Arnold is named in honor of  REAR ADMIRAL R. J. "BEAR" ARNOLD, U.S.N. During World War II, Arnold earned the Navy Cross  for extraordinary heroism as supply officer  of the USS YORKTOWN in...

Point Arnold is named in honor of 
REAR ADMIRAL R. J. "BEAR" ARNOLD, U.S.N.
During World War II, Arnold earned the Navy Cross 
for extraordinary heroism as supply officer 
of the USS YORKTOWN in the Battle of Midway. 
Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts 
from 1955 to 1958, 
Arnold served as commanding officer 
of the Naval Supply Center, Oakland, 
from October 1958 until he retired in June 1960.

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