Marion Case Cheek

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Admiral Marion Case Cheek, USN(R) (October 18, 1888 – June 20, 1969) was a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy Reserve. During World War II, he served as an intelligence officer in the Pacific. After retiring from the Navy, he worked for the Central Intelligence Agency.

[edit] World War II

As a Lieutenant Commander at the outbreak of World War II, he received the Navy Cross "For distinguished service in the line of his profession as Intelligence Officer of the Sixteenth Naval District in the city of Manila" during which he volunteered for a number of assignments which brought him under enemy fire.

He was sent to Corregidor and later to Australia along with a million pesos of Philippine government funds.

Promoted to Commander, he became part of Admiral William F. Halsey's Third Fleet staff and part of its unofficial "Dirty Tricks Department," which also included Rear Admiral Robert Bostwick Garney, Commander Harold Stassen, Captain Ralph E. Wilson, Captain Leonard J. Dow, and Commander Horace D. Moulton.

During his time with the Third Fleet he was awarded the Legion of Merit twice and the Bronze Star. He was promoted to Captain on August 1, 1943

Captain Cheek returned to his role in the reserves as a Commander after the war, but was promoted to Captain on July 25, 1949, with relative precedence to his previous promotion to Captain, and Rear Admiral on November 10, 1949.

[edit] Post-war career

He went to work for the Central Intelligence Agency where he received the Intelligence Medal of Merit for his service. He retired from government service in 1958.

He is buried at San Francisco National Cemetery.