William P. Lawrence
Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
Died when: 75 years 323 days (910 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
William Porter "Bill" Lawrence (January 13, 1930 – December 2, 2005), was a decorated United States Navy vice admiral and Naval Aviator who served as Superintendent of the U.S.
Naval Academy from 1978 to 1981.Lawrence was a noted pilot, the first Naval Aviator to fly twice the speed of sound in a naval aircraft, and one of the final candidates for the Mercury space program.
During the Vietnam War, Lawrence was shot down while on a combat mission and spent six years as a prisoner of war, from 1967 to 1973.
During this time, he became noted for his resistance to his captors.
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