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Calaveras native promoted to Admiral

Submitted by Sloane DellOrto on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 14:54.

The first native Californian promoted to admiral in the U.S. Navy hailed from landlocked Calaveras County. Theodore Vogelgesang, born at Petersburg in 1869, was appointed rear admiral in 1922.

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