Bidspirit auction | USN Submariners Medals, Uniform &

USN Submariners Medals, Uniform & Document Archive - This lot is part of a large archive of items belonging to Captain Leif Tollefson -United States Navy. He was a career Navy man, and spent most of his time on submarines during his career. He served at sea in all pay grades E-2 through E-7 and O-1 through 0-6. He was promoted to Chief Torpedoman's Mate in 1943, to Ensign in 1944, and through all grades to Captain in 1965. His 35 years of active duty service were continuous from 1940 until 1975, with many years at sea, mostly in submarines. In addition to a tour as Officer-in- Charge of a Landing Ship Tank during the campaign at Okinawa, his commands included short tours in USS LCS 1, USS LSM 160, and full tours in command of USS ROCK (SSR 274), USS OGLETHORPE (AKA 100), and Submarine Division 21. He also had staff assignments in Material, Personnel, Operations, Plans, Training, and Administration. His last tour of duty was on the Staff of the Chief of Naval Education and Training in Pensacola. His many decorations included World War II service awards, Meritorious Service Medals, and Commendation Awards with the Combat ”V”. This group consists of his award plaque / frame detailing his service from December 1940 through January 1971 presented at Pensacola Florida, has his ribbon bar and insignia present. Also comes with a large archive of documentation including photos from WWII forward, manuals and paperwork too numerous to list, mess uniform with medals (photos of him wearing uniform), zippo lighters, pins, nice bronze submariners belt buckle and other personal items A really nice large archive of items identified to a career Navy submariner. More items will be listed in succession from this group. More research required.