Lieutenant General Alan Shapley ( Alan Herreshoff; February 9, 1903 – May 13, 1973) was a United States Marine Corps officer who survived the sinking of the USS Arizona during the World War II attack on Pearl Harbor, and went on to serve with distinction in the Pacific Theater and later in the Korean War. He was awarded the Silver Star for his gallantry on December 7, 1941, and later the Navy Cross for his extraordinary heroism during the Battle of Guam. His last command was as the commanding general of the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific. The general, who competed in football, basketball and track at the United States Naval Academy, was active in athletics throughout his career. He coached and played on the All-Marine Corps football teams of 1927 and 1928, refereed U.S. Fleet boxing events for three years, and coached or participated in football, basketball, baseball and boxing at most of his duty stations before World War II. Early life Alan Shapley was born on February 9, 1903, in Manhattan, New York, to the marriage of Charles Frederick Herreshoff II (1876–1954) and Elizabeth Harrison McCormick (1886–1938). His mother divorced his father August 1, 1912, in Philadelphia, and – on November 6, 1912, on Mare Island, California – married Lloyd Stowell Shapley (1875–1959), a naval officer, who, among other things, went on to serve as the 26th Naval Governor of Guam, from April 7, 1926, to June 11, 1929. Alan's early schooling was in Vallejo, California. He was graduated from the Peddie School at Hightstown, New Jersey, in 1922. He then entered the Naval Academy, where he was a star football player. He graduated from the Academy on June 2, 1927, receiving his commission as a Marine second lieutenant. Many of his classmates from the Naval Academy became general officers later: George W. Anderson Jr., Glynn R. Donaho, John C. Munn, Herbert D. Riley, John Thach, Clarence E. Coffin, Samuel H. Crittenden Jr., Marion L. Dawson, Timothy F. Donohue, Thomas J. Hamilton, Herbert L. Hoerner, William P. Chilton, Alexander M. Kowalzyk, William L. Knickerbocker, Leland R. Lampman, William H. Leahy, William F. Royall, Willard A. Saunders, Brooke Schumm, Francis M. McAlister, David F. O'Neill, Henry R. Paige, Samuel S. Jack, Jack P. Juhan, Walter L. J. Bayler, Joseph W. Earnshaw, Harold D. Hansen, Archie E. O'Neil, George H. Potter, Richard P. Ross Jr., Miles S. Newton and Earl S.