![]() By nomination of the President on November 28, 1967, and subsequent approval of the Senate, he was promoted to Rear Admiral in the Reserve to rank from January 1, 1968. Commander, JCommander, NovemCaptain, February 1, 1962. RADM Sobel advanced in rank from Lieutenant (jg), May 2, 1942, to Lieutenant, JanuLieut. CAPT John Natwig, USCG, the regular Captain of the Port of Chicago commended the exercise while the then CAPT Sobel served as his counterpart for the Reserve. The Coast Guard Cutter Courier was sent in to serve as the operating base. In addition to various two-week periods of active duty aboard ship, he has attended the Naval War College, Newport, R.I., and the National War College, Washington, D.C.ĭuring the summer of 1967, the five units of the Coast Guard Reserve in the Chicago area were mobilized for a simulated Port Security exercise. Since then he has served continuously in Coast Guard Reserve activities, and is presently commanding a Coast Guard training unit at the armed Forces Training Center, Forest Park, Ill. ![]() At that time he established and then commanded the Coast guard Organized Reserve Training Unit (ORTAUG 09-592) at the Naval Armory, Evanston, Ill., until June 1953. 9-2) in Chicago from July 1949 to December 1950. He commanded a Voluntary Training Unit (No. While returning to his civilian post, he still maintained a commission in the Reserve. During the closing months of the war and until August 1946, he served as Executive Officer of the cargo ship USS Eridanus (AK-92) with the Pacific Amphibious Forces. From June 9143 to February 1954, he served first as Executive Officer and then as Commanding Officer of LST 24 in the amphibious landings at Guam, Morotai and Leyte in the Pacific. His first war-time assignment was as Assistant Captain of the Port of Chicago for seven months, followed by a brief stint as Captain of the Port of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Coast Guard Reserve with a commission as Lieutenant (jg) on May 2, 1942, during World War II. ![]() After 31 years of association, he left that post in July 1967 to take his present positions as Vice President of Henry Crown and Company, Chicago, and Chairman of the Executive Committee and Director of the Great Lakes Towing Company, Cleveland, Ohio. In civilian life Sobel rose from laborer trainee in May 1936 to Vice President in charge of marine operations at the Material Service division of General Dynamics Corp., Chicago. Sobel was born on August 14, 1914, at Chicago, Ill., and graduated from New Trier High School at Winnetka, Ill., in 1932 and then attended the University of Michigan for two years.
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