Frederick J. Harlfinger II

Early life and education Born in Albany, New York, He attended the Cathedral Academy, which was a Roman Catholic high school in Albany. Harlfinger was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1931, graduating in 1935. He later studied at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces from August 1954 to May 1955.

Harlfinger was given command of the submarine in May 1943. He assumed command of in February 1944, In August 1955, he became the first postwar naval attaché in Bonn, West Germany. Harlfinger was subsequently awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit by the West German government. and was awarded the Legion of Merit for this assignment.

Harlfinger next served as director of Command Support Programs in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations until his retirement in March 1974. and he received a Navy Distinguished Service Medal for this final assignment. She was the daughter of Clarke Blance (September 30, 1886 – October 9, 1954), a U.S. Army Medical Corps physician who served during both World War I and II and retired as a colonel in 1947. The couple had two sons, two daughters