The Kansas City Times, Sat. Friday 25, 1956
LED TO SEA BY FRIENDS
Pals caused Harold Train to Attend Naval Academy
The Former Westport High Student Had Never Seen an Ocean, but the Life Was His Career
Thirty-Six Years
When Harold C. Train left Westport high school in 1905 for the United States Naval academy he had never seen an ocean nor did he realize the sea was to be his career thirty-six years.
Because of his naval career, Rear Admiral Train, U.S. N., retired, was an honored guest at the mid-year m eeting of th national staff of the Military Order of the World Wars at the Hotel Muehlebach and the Kansas City Club yesterday. It was the first time in about four years that Train had returned to Kansas City and he recalled his first trip away from home for Annapolis.
Doesn't Heed an Uncle
Admiral Train, son of the late Harry D. Train, a Kansas City real estate dealer, received an appointment to the academy because two of his friends were there, not because of any special interest in seamanship. He saw his uncle, Senator William Warner, a Republican, in Congress at the time. Warner, a major in the Union army in the War between the States, recommended that he go to West Point.
"I told him I wanted to go to the naval academy." Admiral Train said, "Herbert Underwood, a friend of mine who lived in the same block and Luther Welsh from Central high school had appointments and I wanted to join them."
Admiral Train attended school with his friends. They parted after graduation, but he met Underwood on several occasions at naval stations and at sea. Underwood retired with the rank of captain. Welsh was killed in 1916 when a bomb accidentally exploded.
The firs seven years after his graduation Admiral Train spent at sea. He became convinced he wanted to make the navy a career. His first action was in the Nicaraguan revolution in 1912, when he was an ensign aboard the old cruiser California.
Later, when only battleships carried the name of states, he was stationed aboard the battleship California as a captain and found himself in combat. He was a captain and was on the ship December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor.
Admiral Train became director of naval intelligence with headquarters in Washington in 1942 and commanded the Panama sea frontier from 1943 until shortly before he retired.
Helped Frame U.N.
He was a member of the American delegation to the 3-power naval conference in Geneva in 1927. He served from 1927 to 1929 on the third fifth and sixth preparatory commissions at Geneva for the reduction and limitation of armament. He was a member of the American delegation to the 5-power naval conference in London in 1930. Train was a delegate to the Dumbarton Oaks conference which was preliminary to the establishment of the United Nations and a naval adviser at the U.N. charter meeting in San Francisco.
The 68-year-old admiral is recovering from a hip fracture suffered in a fall in Washington last July and is using a cane.
Admiral Train and his wife live in Annapolis. He has a brother, Robert L. Train, sr. who lives at 632 East Sixth-third street terrace.
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~Rear Admiral U.S. NAVY
~Husband of May Philipps Train
~Father of:
~Marion L Train Hathaway
~Harriett Cecil Train Wilson
~Jane B Train Flynn
~Harry D Train.
LED TO SEA BY FRIENDS
Pals caused Harold Train to Attend Naval Academy
The Former Westport High Student Had Never Seen an Ocean, but the Life Was His Career
Thirty-Six Years
When Harold C. Train left Westport high school in 1905 for the United States Naval academy he had never seen an ocean nor did he realize the sea was to be his career thirty-six years.
Because of his naval career, Rear Admiral Train, U.S. N., retired, was an honored guest at the mid-year m eeting of th national staff of the Military Order of the World Wars at the Hotel Muehlebach and the Kansas City Club yesterday. It was the first time in about four years that Train had returned to Kansas City and he recalled his first trip away from home for Annapolis.
Doesn't Heed an Uncle
Admiral Train, son of the late Harry D. Train, a Kansas City real estate dealer, received an appointment to the academy because two of his friends were there, not because of any special interest in seamanship. He saw his uncle, Senator William Warner, a Republican, in Congress at the time. Warner, a major in the Union army in the War between the States, recommended that he go to West Point.
"I told him I wanted to go to the naval academy." Admiral Train said, "Herbert Underwood, a friend of mine who lived in the same block and Luther Welsh from Central high school had appointments and I wanted to join them."
Admiral Train attended school with his friends. They parted after graduation, but he met Underwood on several occasions at naval stations and at sea. Underwood retired with the rank of captain. Welsh was killed in 1916 when a bomb accidentally exploded.
The firs seven years after his graduation Admiral Train spent at sea. He became convinced he wanted to make the navy a career. His first action was in the Nicaraguan revolution in 1912, when he was an ensign aboard the old cruiser California.
Later, when only battleships carried the name of states, he was stationed aboard the battleship California as a captain and found himself in combat. He was a captain and was on the ship December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor.
Admiral Train became director of naval intelligence with headquarters in Washington in 1942 and commanded the Panama sea frontier from 1943 until shortly before he retired.
Helped Frame U.N.
He was a member of the American delegation to the 3-power naval conference in Geneva in 1927. He served from 1927 to 1929 on the third fifth and sixth preparatory commissions at Geneva for the reduction and limitation of armament. He was a member of the American delegation to the 5-power naval conference in London in 1930. Train was a delegate to the Dumbarton Oaks conference which was preliminary to the establishment of the United Nations and a naval adviser at the U.N. charter meeting in San Francisco.
The 68-year-old admiral is recovering from a hip fracture suffered in a fall in Washington last July and is using a cane.
Admiral Train and his wife live in Annapolis. He has a brother, Robert L. Train, sr. who lives at 632 East Sixth-third street terrace.
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~Rear Admiral U.S. NAVY
~Husband of May Philipps Train
~Father of:
~Marion L Train Hathaway
~Harriett Cecil Train Wilson
~Jane B Train Flynn
~Harry D Train.
The Kansas City Times, Sat. Friday 25, 1956
LED TO SEA BY FRIENDS
Pals caused Harold Train to Attend Naval Academy
The Former Westport High Student Had Never Seen an Ocean, but the Life Was His Career
Thirty-Six Years
When Harold C. Train left Westport high school in 1905 for the United States Naval academy he had never seen an ocean nor did he realize the sea was to be his career thirty-six years.
Because of his naval career, Rear Admiral Train, U.S. N., retired, was an honored guest at the mid-year m eeting of th national staff of the Military Order of the World Wars at the Hotel Muehlebach and the Kansas City Club yesterday. It was the first time in about four years that Train had returned to Kansas City and he recalled his first trip away from home for Annapolis.
Doesn't Heed an Uncle
Admiral Train, son of the late Harry D. Train, a Kansas City real estate dealer, received an appointment to the academy because two of his friends were there, not because of any special interest in seamanship. He saw his uncle, Senator William Warner, a Republican, in Congress at the time. Warner, a major in the Union army in the War between the States, recommended that he go to West Point.
"I told him I wanted to go to the naval academy." Admiral Train said, "Herbert Underwood, a friend of mine who lived in the same block and Luther Welsh from Central high school had appointments and I wanted to join them."
Admiral Train attended school with his friends. They parted after graduation, but he met Underwood on several occasions at naval stations and at sea. Underwood retired with the rank of captain. Welsh was killed in 1916 when a bomb accidentally exploded.
The firs seven years after his graduation Admiral Train spent at sea. He became convinced he wanted to make the navy a career. His first action was in the Nicaraguan revolution in 1912, when he was an ensign aboard the old cruiser California.
Later, when only battleships carried the name of states, he was stationed aboard the battleship California as a captain and found himself in combat. He was a captain and was on the ship December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor.
Admiral Train became director of naval intelligence with headquarters in Washington in 1942 and commanded the Panama sea frontier from 1943 until shortly before he retired.
Helped Frame U.N.
He was a member of the American delegation to the 3-power naval conference in Geneva in 1927. He served from 1927 to 1929 on the third fifth and sixth preparatory commissions at Geneva for the reduction and limitation of armament. He was a member of the American delegation to the 5-power naval conference in London in 1930. Train was a delegate to the Dumbarton Oaks conference which was preliminary to the establishment of the United Nations and a naval adviser at the U.N. charter meeting in San Francisco.
The 68-year-old admiral is recovering from a hip fracture suffered in a fall in Washington last July and is using a cane.
Admiral Train and his wife live in Annapolis. He has a brother, Robert L. Train, sr. who lives at 632 East Sixth-third street terrace.
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
~Rear Admiral U.S. NAVY
~Husband of May Philipps Train
~Father of:
~Marion L Train Hathaway
~Harriett Cecil Train Wilson
~Jane B Train Flynn
~Harry D Train.
LED TO SEA BY FRIENDS
Pals caused Harold Train to Attend Naval Academy
The Former Westport High Student Had Never Seen an Ocean, but the Life Was His Career
Thirty-Six Years
When Harold C. Train left Westport high school in 1905 for the United States Naval academy he had never seen an ocean nor did he realize the sea was to be his career thirty-six years.
Because of his naval career, Rear Admiral Train, U.S. N., retired, was an honored guest at the mid-year m eeting of th national staff of the Military Order of the World Wars at the Hotel Muehlebach and the Kansas City Club yesterday. It was the first time in about four years that Train had returned to Kansas City and he recalled his first trip away from home for Annapolis.
Doesn't Heed an Uncle
Admiral Train, son of the late Harry D. Train, a Kansas City real estate dealer, received an appointment to the academy because two of his friends were there, not because of any special interest in seamanship. He saw his uncle, Senator William Warner, a Republican, in Congress at the time. Warner, a major in the Union army in the War between the States, recommended that he go to West Point.
"I told him I wanted to go to the naval academy." Admiral Train said, "Herbert Underwood, a friend of mine who lived in the same block and Luther Welsh from Central high school had appointments and I wanted to join them."
Admiral Train attended school with his friends. They parted after graduation, but he met Underwood on several occasions at naval stations and at sea. Underwood retired with the rank of captain. Welsh was killed in 1916 when a bomb accidentally exploded.
The firs seven years after his graduation Admiral Train spent at sea. He became convinced he wanted to make the navy a career. His first action was in the Nicaraguan revolution in 1912, when he was an ensign aboard the old cruiser California.
Later, when only battleships carried the name of states, he was stationed aboard the battleship California as a captain and found himself in combat. He was a captain and was on the ship December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor.
Admiral Train became director of naval intelligence with headquarters in Washington in 1942 and commanded the Panama sea frontier from 1943 until shortly before he retired.
Helped Frame U.N.
He was a member of the American delegation to the 3-power naval conference in Geneva in 1927. He served from 1927 to 1929 on the third fifth and sixth preparatory commissions at Geneva for the reduction and limitation of armament. He was a member of the American delegation to the 5-power naval conference in London in 1930. Train was a delegate to the Dumbarton Oaks conference which was preliminary to the establishment of the United Nations and a naval adviser at the U.N. charter meeting in San Francisco.
The 68-year-old admiral is recovering from a hip fracture suffered in a fall in Washington last July and is using a cane.
Admiral Train and his wife live in Annapolis. He has a brother, Robert L. Train, sr. who lives at 632 East Sixth-third street terrace.
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
~Rear Admiral U.S. NAVY
~Husband of May Philipps Train
~Father of:
~Marion L Train Hathaway
~Harriett Cecil Train Wilson
~Jane B Train Flynn
~Harry D Train.
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