Adm. Alfred M. Pride Dies; Pioneer of Naval Aviation

From: The Washington Post | Date: December 28, 1988| Author: Bart Barnes | Copyright information

Alfred Melville (Mel) Pride, 91, a retired four-star admiral who was a pioneer in Navy aviation and a former commander of the 7th Fleet in the Pacific, died of cardiac arrest Dec. 24 at his daughter's home in Arnold, Md.

Adm. Pride was also a former chief of the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics and a former commander of naval air forces in the Pacific.

During World War II, he was commanding officer of the light aircraft carrier Belleau Wood, and in that capacity directed air strik...

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