Mush morton biography of donald

          Mush Morton, the famous Commanding Officer of USS WAHOO (SS ).

        1. Mush Morton, the famous Commanding Officer of USS WAHOO (SS ).
        2. As an on-the-air broadcaster, Don was twice named Billboard Magazine "Radio Personality of the Year." His first novel, THE FOREVER SEASON, received the Alabama.
        3. Dudley "Mush" Morton was one of the best, and most controversial, WWII sub drivers of the war.
        4. The remarkable true story of Dudley “Mush” Morton, the most admired—and feared—submarine commander of World War II Mush Morton was a warrior without peer.
        5. Here, for the first time, is the life and legend of a heroic, dynamic, and ultimately divisive submarine commander who fought the war on his own terms, and.

          6. Dudley "Mush" Morton was one of the best, and most controversial, WWII sub drivers of the war.!

          Dudley Walker Morton was born in Owensboro, Kentucky on July 17, 1907 to Mr. and Mrs. William Dix Morton.  He attended the Miami High School, Miami, Florida and entered the U.S.

          Naval Academy as a Midshipman from the Fourth Florida District in 1926.  He was on the Varsity Football Team and Varsity Wrestling Squad all four years and was variously called "Mush", "Mushmouth" and "Dud" by his classmates.  Graduated and commissioned Ensign on June 5, 1930, he subsequently advanced to the rank of Commander.

          After graduation he was ordered to the USS SARATOGA for passage to the West Coast where he had duty in connection with the fitting out of the USS CHICAGO at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard.  He served in her from ship's commissioning on March 9, 1931 until June, 1933 when he reported to the Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut for instruction.  Upon completion of that course in December, 1933 he was ordered to the Asiatic Station where he served in the USS