Dixie Kiefer\'s reputation for durability began at the U.
S.
He earned the Distinguished Service Medal at the Coral Sea and the Navy Cross at Midway, where--as his ship was sinking--he.
Kiefer\'s first World War II assignment was executive officer of the carrier Yorktown.
After anti-submarine duty in World War I, he became a pioneer of naval aviation and had an elbow shattered by a plane that buzzed him as a joke.
Naval Academy, where he broke an ankle and shattered a kneecap while playing football.
Dixie Kiefer\'s reputation for durability began at the U.
S