[5] VA-105 was deployed on the carrier Kitty Hawk for combat operations in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.

[4] Promoted to rear admiral, he was given command of Carrier Group One from August 1987 to December 1987 and Joint Task Force Middle East from January 1988 to April 1989.

[7] Less "went so far as to identify the [target], the [Iranian] frigate Sabalan, as its captain had ordered the cold-blooded machine-gunning of survivors of sunken tankers.

"[7] Operation Earnest Will, which had been launched in the wake of Resolution 598, was successfully completed on 28 September 1988 after the Iranian government had earlier decided to sue for peace in the Iran-Iraq War.

[7][8] Less was the Commander when on 3 July 1988, USS Vincennes, mistook Iran Air Flight 655 for an Iranian F-14 and shot it down over the Strait of Hormuz.