 English was then ordered to the Basic School at the Philadelphia Navy Yard for basic officer training, which he completed in June 1939.During his time at the school, English had the opportunity to work with many great names of modern Marine Corps history, when Leonard B. Cresswell, Chesty Puller, Roy M. Gulick, Howard N. Kenyon or Russell N. Jordahl served as his instructors.Also many of his classmates became general officers or had very distinguished career later