The grandnephew of President
Taft, Ingalls was the only ace of the United
States Navy during World War I. Before enlisting
in 1917, he was a pre-med student at Yale where
he was an active member of the school's flying
club. Attached to British squadrons throughout
the war, he flew the D.H.4 and Sopwith Camel
in combat scoring six victories. After the
war, he received a degree in the law from Harvard
in 1923 and was elected to the Ohio legislature
in 1926. A strong advocate for the fully deployable
carrier task force, Ingalls served with the
United States Navy throughout World War II,
retiring with the rank of Rear Admiral. He
later became vice-president of Pan American
airlines, was the president and publisher of
the Cincinnati Times-Star and vice-chairman
of the Taft Broadcasting Company. In 1958,
he returned to the practice of law. |
