serviceyears branch death_date awards placeofburial_label battles birth_date rank article_title name
1927 & ndash ; 1957 25px united states navy 1996 silver star place of burial world war ii 1905 rear admiral oscar h. dodson
 oscar h. dodson
oscar h. dodson

oscar h. dodson -lrb- 1905 -- 1996 -rrb- was a rear admiral in the united states navy , who served during world war ii .
after retiring from the navy , dodson became a professor of history , and was a noted numismatist .
