Radford commanded Princeton, and four destroyers to act as a covering force for Lee's Marines, who built an airfield on the islands.

Radford commanded the force in this duty until V-J Day, the end of the war in the Pacific.

Radford was promoted to rear admiral on 25 July 1866, and commanded the European Squadron during 1869 – 1870.

On 21 July 1943, Radford was given command of Carrier Division Eleven, which consisted of the new Essex class carrier as well as the light carriers USS Independence and.

For this operation, Radford was given command of Task Group 50. 2, the Northern Carrier Group, which consisted of, Belleau Wood and.

Radford returned to Pearl Harbor on 7 October 1944, where he was appointed as commander of the First Carrier Task Force in Carrier Division Six.

The Radford men's Rugby club team won the Division II National Championship in 2003 and 2008.

Radford took command of the Aviation Training Division in Washington, D. C. on 1 December 1941, seven days before the attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II.

Consolidated into the New River Railroad Company, with Kimball as President, these lines became the basis for Norfolk and Western's New River Division, which was soon built from New Kanawha ( near East Radford ) up the west bank of the New River through Pulaski County and into Giles County to the mouth of the East River near Glen Lyn, Virginia.

* Radford Highlanders, the sports teams ( most of which compete at the NCAA Division 1 level ), fans, students and alumni of Radford University, in southwest Virginia, US

Major excavations beginning with C. A. Ralegh Radford's work in the 1930s on and around the site of the 12th century castle have revealed that Tintagel headland was the site of a high status Celtic monastery ( according to Ralegh Radford ) or a princely fortress / trading settlement dating to the 5th and 6th centuries ( according to later excavators ), in the period immediately following the withdrawal of the Romans from Britain.

Radford agreed to investigate in depth a case from any period in history, around the world, " that presented the gold standard for evidence ".

Initially, in 1962, around 500 experienced mining workers, and their families, accepted the NCB incentive of tied new houses complete with furnishings to move from the area of the recently closed Radford Mine on the North West side of nearby Nottingham.

The county covered an area of around and contained the city of Coventry and the surrounding villages of Ansty, Asthull, Biggin, Binley, Caludon, Exhall, Foleshill, Harnell, Horwell, Radford, Stoke, Styvechale, Walsgrave, Wood End and Wyken.

This operation successful, admiral Chester W. Nimitz sent Task Force 15, with Lexington, under rear admiral Charles A. Pownall, and Radford and Pownall steamed for Tarawa Atoll to strike it.

The next operation Radford took part in was Operation Galvanic, campaign into the Gilbert Islands which with the objective of capturing Tarawa as well as Makin Island and Apamama Atoll.

Returning from Tarawa, Radford was reassigned as Towers ' chief of staff, where he assisted in planning upcoming operations, including Operation Flintlock, the invasion of the Marshall Islands.

Until recently, Radford University in Virginia used the title “ media studies ” for a department that taught practitioner-oriented major concentrations in journalism, advertising, broadcast production and Web design.

* Wickes class destroyers ( Lamberton ; Radford ; Montgomery ; Breese ; Gamble ; Ramsay ) for the Navy in 1918

Pat Mason, Glen Koelling, Bob Swanson and Vilma Radford claimed Patterson never repaid loans they made to him for a bigfoot movie Roger was planning.

Radford alone had corroborative evidence: a $ 700 promissory note " for expenses in connection with filming of ' Bigfoot: Americas Abominable Snowman.

The family lived in the back of Haven Banks, where Cooper attended Mount Radford School for Boys, and helped his parents run their ice cream van, which attended fairs on the weekend.

Bell used Michael Radford who later became noted for the films Nineteen Eighty-Four, White Mischief and Il Postino.

Bisset is the larger of the two, located on the New River, it stretches. Bisset Park was named for David Bisset, a major contributor and overseer of parks and recreation in Radford.

Riverview is used mainly for soccer practices and like its name suggests is also located on the river and in the west end of Radford.

The park is used by Radford High School for biology classes.

In 1859, the city was named for its many oak trees by pioneer William Radford.

In the Year 1920, the school was taken over by Radford Normal School, later changed to Radford State Teachers College and used as a training school for prospective teachers.

In 1973-74, we had “ student assistants ” from Radford University for the first time.

He became best known for his role as a supporting character, Caldicott, in the 1938 film version of The Lady Vanishes, a role he repeated in three further films, alongside Basil Radford as his equally cricket-obsessed friend, Charters.

* Hope, Henry Radford, “ The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz ”, New York, Plantin press, printed for the trustees of the Museum of Modern Art, 1954.

* Ashida Kim, believed by many to be Caucasian author and self proclaimed ninja Radford Davis ( alternate pen name Christopher Hunter ), who wrote numerous books on ninjutsu during the ' 70s and ' 80s, noted for refusing to provide details about his teachers, or the lineage of the martial art in which he claims expertise.

Originally founded in 1910, Radford offers comprehensive curricula for undergraduates in more than 100 fields, and graduate programs including the M. F. A., M. B. A. and specialized doctoral programs in health-related professions.

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia has authorized three doctoral programs at Radford, in counseling psychology, physical therapy and nursing practice.

Eight Radford professors have received Virginia ’ s highest honor for faculty since the inception of the state ’ s Outstanding Faculty Award in 1986.

One of them, Radford anthropology professor Donna Boyd, was named 2006 U. S. Professor of the Year for master ’ s level universities and colleges by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching.

Radford was founded in 1910 by Dr. John Preston McConnell as a women's college as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Radford.

Radford offers 19 NCAA varsity sports for men and women.

For several months in 2004, she had a recurring role in The Bill as villainess Irene Radford.

Between the 1920s and 1930s, Radford alternated between sea duty with several aircraft squadrons, fleet staffs, and tours in the states with the Bureau of Aeronautics.

For several months, this around-the-clock work took up all of his time, and Radford later noted walking to work was his only form of exercise for several months.

Radford spent several weeks observing flight operations and carrier tactics for various ships operating out of Hawaii.

The New River Valley is also home to several institutions of higher learning including Virginia Tech, Radford University and New River Community College.

* Radford High School ( disambiguation ), any of several public secondary schools

* USS Radford, any of several United States Navy warships with the name