CAPTAIN JESSE R. WALLACE
Here is an interesting little tidbit concerning Captain Jesse R. Wallace, the last
Commanding Officer of the USS Augusta:
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
Washington 25, D. C., 16 Feb 1944.
To: Captain Jesse R. Wallace, U. S. Navy.
Via: The Judge Advocate General.
Subj: Orders as counsel to assist examining officer.1. You are hereby directed to report to Admiral Thomas C. Hart. U. S. Navy,
Retired, as counsel to assist him in the examination of such members of the
U. S. naval forces thought to have knowledge of facts pertinent to the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, T. H., on 7 December 1941, which
examination was directed by my precept of 12 February 1944./s/ FRANK KNOX,
Secretary of the Navy.This information contributed to us by George D. Nelson & copied ffrom the webpage
on the Pearl Harbor attacks: http://ibiblio.org/pha/pha/hart/hart-00.html