US Navy Rear Admiral. Triebel graduated from Peoria High School in 1924 and next attended Bradley College for one year before entering the Naval Academy where he graduated in 1929. While serving on the Submarine, U.S.S. Shark's shakedown cruise they visited Panama. While ashore he and other crewmen ran into trouble with some locals and Triebel had his throat cut, but recovered. His first command during World War II was the Submarine U.S.S. Snook launched in August of 1942. During the period from April 1943 to November of 1943 Triebel was credited with the sinking of fourteen enemy ships. His next assignment after the U.S.S. Snook was duty at the Bureau of Ordnance. Triebel was awarded three Navy Crosses for his wartime service. In the list of the ten most successful submarine skippers of WWII he is number nine, credited with sinking over 28000 tons of Japanese shipping, and he was awarded the Navy cross with two gold stars representing second and third awards.
US Navy Rear Admiral. Triebel graduated from Peoria High School in 1924 and next attended Bradley College for one year before entering the Naval Academy where he graduated in 1929. While serving on the Submarine, U.S.S. Shark's shakedown cruise they visited Panama. While ashore he and other crewmen ran into trouble with some locals and Triebel had his throat cut, but recovered. His first command during World War II was the Submarine U.S.S. Snook launched in August of 1942. During the period from April 1943 to November of 1943 Triebel was credited with the sinking of fourteen enemy ships. His next assignment after the U.S.S. Snook was duty at the Bureau of Ordnance. Triebel was awarded three Navy Crosses for his wartime service. In the list of the ten most successful submarine skippers of WWII he is number nine, credited with sinking over 28000 tons of Japanese shipping, and he was awarded the Navy cross with two gold stars representing second and third awards.
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