Inscription
Rhodes Scholar, mentioned on page 274 of "War Plan Orange: The U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897-1945" By Edward Miller as a member of the war plans staff.
Quote from the memoir "The Mighty B" by CAPT Thomas B Inglis of the cruiser Birmingham, Published June, 1945 in Shipmate, the Naval Academy alumni magazine:
"Meanwhile, on the bridge, I found myself growing faint despite all my efforts to carry on. I was forced to turn over tactical command of the group to Captain Alexander of the Reno and called for my Gunnery Officer Comdr Francis Duborg who was the senior unwounded officer, to take the con. He, incidentally, felt his life was charmed. At the time of the explosion, he was standing on the upper bridge between two enlisted men, one of whom was killed outright and the other fatally injured; but the Gunnery Officer had received not a scratch."
Gravesite Details
RADM USN, 1929 graduate of U S Naval Academy, Where he was a member of the 1928 football team
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