Col Dean S. Hartley, Jr., USMC (ret.)

VITAL STATISTICS Born: August 3, 1920, Redland (Jesup), GA Married: Ruth Boyd, December 5, 1942 (died March 7, 2002). Children and Grandchildren: Dean S. Hartley III [external link] Theresa Hartley Elise Hartley Patricia H. Partnow [external link] Seth Partnow Alix Partnow Barbara M. Hartley Shannon Gatti McCarthy Erica Gatti Matthew Gatti	Dean S. Hartley, Jr. - Dec 2002
	Ruth and Dean Hartley

SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS Enlisted seaman second class, V-5, June 6, 1941 Marine Fighting Squadron-224 (VMF-224), Guadalcanal (Cactus) 1942 Marine Fighting Squadron-225 (VMF-225), Marianas Asst. G-1 AirFMFPac Asst. G-1 1st Marine Division (cross training two years) Air Field Operations Officer, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miami, FL Commanding Officer Marine Air Maintenance Squadron-33 (MAMS-33), Korea Commanding Officer Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-115 (VMFA-115), Korea Commanding Officer Marine Air Reserve Training Detachment (MARTD) Niagara Falls, NY Head, Enlisted Detail Branch, Headquarters (HQ) USMC Commanding Officer, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352) Asst. C/S Wing Comptroller Deputy Head and Head, Naval Warfare Course, Naval War College Director, Marine Corps Extension School Retired January 31, 1971

See more details, including pictures of airplanes flown in Military Service.  See also Time of the Aces: Marine Pilots in the Solomons, 1942-1944, photograph on page 2, Commander Peter B. Mersky, Marine Corps Historical Center, 1993, and the electronic version at the Naval Postgraduate School website [external].

ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS

Deputy Head and Head, Naval Warfare Course, Naval War College, Newport, RI: 1964-1969

Director Marine Corps Extension School, Quantico, VA: 1969-1971

Department Head and Associate Professor of Aviation, Northeast Louisiana University (renamed University of Louisiana at Monroe [external link]), Monroe, LA: 1971-1988.

EDUCATION

M.A., business & education, Stanford [external link], 1951.
A.B., chemistry, Wofford College [external link], 1941.

MILITARY EDUCATION

Naval War College, Newport, RI, (43 wks) 1961
Amphibious Warfare School MCS, Quantico, VA, (20 wks) 1955
Nuclear Weapons School, Sandia Base, NM, (4 wks) 1952
Navy Postgraduate School (PA&TrngCrs), Monterey, CA, (52 wks) 1951
1st MAIS MCS (Junior Course), Quantico, VA, (16 wks) 1945
Naval Flight School, Jacksonville/Miami, FL, (36 wks) 1942

DECORATIONS

Distinguished Flying Cross with two stars
Air Medal with eight stars
Navy Commendation Medal with Combat "V"
Presidential Unit Citation, 1^st Division Guadalcanal
Navy Unit Commendation
American Defense Service Medal
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with three stars
Victory Medal WW II
National Defense Service Medal
Korean Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Letter of Appreciation (2)

Credited with 4 1/2 air combat kills at Guadalcanal

ARTIST

Col Hartley began sculpting and painting in high school and has continued throughout his life. Several examples are shown in the Artist page.

ORIENTAL ART COLLECTOR

Col Hartley began collecting oriental art with three Japanese swords, collected during World War II. Since that time, he has collected swords, cloisonne, porcelain, pottery, armor, netsuke, prints, and other oriental art. He is considered by many to be an authority on the subject.

He is a Past President of the Japanese Sword Society of the US (JSSUS) [external link], Past President of the Southern California Sword Society (Nanka Token Kai) [external link], Sensei and Honorary Life Member of the Florida Token Kai [external link], and a member of the Dallas Token Kenkyu Kai.

Author

• "Wearing Samurai Armor," a 2.5 minute movie, 1963 or 64.
• "Retempering a blade," reporting on Mr. Fujimura's process, 1964.
• "Letter to Bob Wainwright," concerning year in Japan and other sword matters, 1965.
• "Dr. Homma's Visit to Boston Museum," reporting to the Nanka Token Kai, 1965.
• "The Sword Appraisal System," reporting to the Nanka Token Kai, 1965.
• "The Shape of the Sword," in The Book of the Sword, edited by Randolph B. Caldwell, published by Token Kenkyu Kai, Dallas, TX, 1972.
• "The Wandering Arms of Japan," by Dean Hartley and Thomas B. Buttweiler, in Northern California Japanese Sword Club Token TaiKai '76 Lectures, published by the Northern California Japanese Sword Club, San Francisco, CA, 1976.
• "The Japanese Sword - Symbol of a Culture," in Profile of Ouachita, July/August, Volume 2, No. 2, 1979.
• "Oriental Porcelains," in Profile of Ouachita, September/October, Volume 2, No. 3, 1979.
• "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Collecting Japanese Swords...," for the Florida Token Kai, published by the Japanese Sword Society of the US [external link], 2003.

Museum Exhibits

• Arms and Armor of Ancient Japan at the Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park in Los Angeles, CA in 1964.
• Masur Museum of Art Oriental Art Objects Exhibit at the Masur Museum of Art in Monroe, LA, in 1973.
• Oriental Apparel - Collection of Col. Dean Hartley at the Masur Museum of Art in Monroe, LA, in 1986.

Subject of Articles

He has also been the subject of articles on oriental art:

• "Sword Maker and Art Collector," Torii Teller, Iwakuni Weekly, June 7, 1965.
• "Samurai Sword Collector," The New Bedford Sunday Standard-Times, December 15, 1968.
• "The Swords of Samurai," The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, VA, April 25, 1970, Town & Country Section.
• "Displaying Japanese Armor," 2007.
• "A Lesson in Japanese Swords," 2008.