What is Emmett Hulcy Tidd?
[[File:VADM Emmett Tidd.jpg|right|200px]] Vice Admiral '''Emmett Hulcy Tidd''' (October 6, 1923 &ndash; March 20, 2018) was a retired flag officer of the [[United States Navy]]. He was born in [[Shreveport, Louisiana]].<ref name=Surface>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Emmett Tidd|url=http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/Pages/Bio1_7Jun75-31Jul76.aspx|website=Naval Surface Force|publisher=United States Navy|access-date=7 August 2014|archive-date=23 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223012246/http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/Pages/Bio1_7Jun75-31Jul76.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> He retired in 1976. Tidd enlisted in the Navy Reserve as a seaman apprentice in 1942, and joined the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps while at Oklahoma University.<ref name=Surface/> Tidd assumed command of [[USS Everglades (AD-24)|USS ''Everglades'']], followed by a tour as Chief of Staff and Aide to Vice Admiral [[Elmo Zumwalt]], then serving as [[Commander, Naval Forces Vietnam]].<ref name=Surface/> Following his Vietnam tour, Tidd was assigned to assume command of [[USS Columbus (CA-74)|USS ''Columbus'']]. Tidd died on March 20, 2018 in [[Annapolis, Maryland]] of complications from [[dementia]] at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite web|title=VADM USN Emmett H. (Ret.) Tidd's Obituary on The Capital Gazette|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/capitalgazette/obituary.aspx?n=vadm-usn-emmett-h-tidd-ret&pid=188534370|website=The Capital Gazette|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tidd, Emmett Hulcy}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from dementia]] [[Category:Military people from Louisiana]] [[Category:People from Shreveport, Louisiana]] {{US-bio-stub}}