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He was also an elector for California in the 19 presidential elections (see U.S. Grant was a delegate-at-large for California at the Republican National Conventions in 18. He also became a leading citizen, who pushed for the creation of a city park, that would become Balboa Park. Grant continued to speculate in real estate. Hinde and Grant served on the boards of directors of multiple banks and invested in many companies and business ventures together. During his time in San Diego, Grant became a close associate of Charles T. San Diego voters helped finance $700,000 for the $1.5 million needed to construct the hotel after Grant lacked the funds to do so. In 1905, he razed the old hotel and built a new one, the U.S. He wanted to run the hotel and name it after his father. In 1895, he bought the Horton House hotel. He purchased property throughout San Diego. Grant set up a law practice, then gave it up to invest in real estate. The Grants moved into a three-story house in San Diego in 1893. His younger brother, Jesse Root Grant, was already living in San Diego. Grant's mother suggested moving to California. When Buck was back on his feet financially, he bought Merryweather Farm in Salem Center, Westchester County, New York. Ward was convicted of fraud and served 10 years in prison. The firm went bankrupt, and the Grants lost everything. The Grants thought that they would share one-half of the profits from the firm, but realized that Ward was only interested in using the Grant name for his own interests. Grant and his father each put $100,000 in the firm and asked veterans and millionaires to invest. He partnered in a banking and brokerage firm with Ferdinand Ward. This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia ( view authors).Grant then worked in private practice and became wealthy. Ulysses Simpson Grant Sharp, Jr Find-a-grave entryĬommander in Chief of the United States Pacific Fleet.Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996. Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War. Grant Sharp Jr., Vietnam War Admiral, 95 New York Times obituary, December 18, 2001 Maxwell AFB, AL: Air Command and Staff College, Air University, 1988. Admiral Sharp, Air Power and Victory: A Critical Analysis of Strategy for Defeat, Vietnam in Retrospect, by Admiral U.S.G. Strategy for Defeat: Vietnam in Retrospect. ↑ The Imperturbable Admiral, TIME Magazine August 14, 1964.Grant Sharp, 95 Admiral, Vocal Critic of Vietnam Strategy Los Angeles Times, December 17, 2001. He was survived by his second wife two children, one a retired Navy Rear Admiral a sister four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. He was buried in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. In 1987 he married the former Nina Blake.Īfter suffering a fall in October 2001, Sharp's health steadily declined until he died on December 12, 2001, at his home in San Diego. His first wife, Patricia, whom he married in 1930, died in 1986. He wrote an article in Reader's Digest in 1969 titled We Could Have Won in Vietnam Long Ago, and in 1978 his book Strategy for Defeat: Vietnam in Retrospect was published. policy in the Vietnam War, lecturing frequently and writing articles. Sharp was featured on the August 14, 1964, cover of TIME Magazine.Īfter retiring from the Navy, Sharp was a critic of U.S. strategy in the war, namely massive military action, differed sharply with the Johnson administration's preference for a gradual buildup of forces. increased its presence in Vietnam after the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. During his tenure, due to the Tonkin Gulf Incident, the U.S. He served as deputy chief of naval operations for policy and planning in the early 1960s.Īfter receiving his fourth star, Sharp took command of the Pacific Fleet in 1963, followed by command of Pacific Command. By the Korean War, he was commanding a destroyer squadron, assisting in the planning of the Inchon landing. He is also a 1950 graduate of the Naval War College.ĭuring World War II, he commanded the destroyer USS Boyd in the Pacific Theater, earning two Silver Stars. Raised in Fort Benton, Montana, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1927. Grant, who had married his father's aunt. Sharp was born in Chinook, Montana, and named for Ulysses S.