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• Hij is geboren op 23 juni 1896 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
• Beroep: Generaal.
• Hij is overleden op 13 december 1962, hij was toen 66 jaar oud.
• Hij is begraven op 17 december 1962 in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego, San Diego County, California.Bron 2
• Een kind van Nicholas Lambert RIDDERHOF en Anna Andersdotter

Gezin van Stanley Emanuel RIDDERHOF

Hij is getrouwd met Dorothy Mercer MAROT.Bron 3

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Notities over Stanley Emanuel RIDDERHOF

Stanley Emanuel Ridderhof (June 23, 1896 – December 13, 1962) was a highly decorated naval aviator of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of brigadier general. A veteran of many conflicts, Ridderhof enlisted in the Marine Corps during World War I and received commission soonafter. He then served in Nicaragua and received Navy Cross, the UnitedStates military's second-highest decoration awarded for valor in combat. During World War II, he served various assignments in the Pacific theater and received Distinguished Flying Cross and other decorations.

Stanley E. Ridderhof was born on June 23, 1896, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but his family moved to California where he enrolled the OccidentalCollege in Los Angeles. However United States' entry into World War I changed his plans and Ridderhof dropped the college in summer 1917 and enlisted as private in the Marine Corps. He attended the boot camp at Quantico, Virginia, and subsequently was selected for the Officer Candidates School there. While at the candidate school, he also played for Marine Corps football team. Ridderhof was commissioned second lieutenant in December 1918 and was ordered to the Mare Island Navy Yard for garrison duty. While there, he was a member of Marine football team which defeated the Army's Camp Lewis eleven in the Rose Bowl Game of 1918. Ridderhof also received Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal for his enlisted service.[1][2]

Following the war, Ridderhof remained in the active service and was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant on January 2, 1919. He was appointed instructor at the candidate school and served in this capacity until early 1920. Charmed by the aviation, he applied for pilot training inJanuary 20, 1920 and was ordered for the instruction to the Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. Ridderhof completed the aviation training in summer of that year and was designated Naval aviator on June 7, 1920.He subsequently sailed to the Pacific area and served with the first detachment at the air station on Guam in 1921.[1]

During the following years, he served with the various aviation units and received letter of commendation for dropping supplies from a plane to three marooned civilians during a flood in the Richmond, Virginia area in 1924. Ridderhof received second letter of commendation for safely landing a plane, which had developed serious engine trouble and was imminently in danger of burning. He was later transferred to Hawaii and attached to the newly commissioned Marine Corps Air Station Ewa.

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