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William Adams Hodgman -LRB- January 31 , 1884 -- February 9 , 1967 -RRB- was a United States Navy captain and diplomat .. United States Navy. United States Navy. captain. Captain ( United States )#U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Public Health Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He served on a number of ships , and briefly as the 23rd Naval Governor of Guam .. Naval Governor of Guam. Naval Governor of Guam. During World War I , he commanded the USS Roe , for which he received the Navy Cross .. World War I. World War I. Navy Cross. Navy Cross ( United States ). After leaving the Navy , he served as commercial attache to several countries , notably to Hungary , where he gained notoriety for striking a duke at a party .. commercial attache. Attache. Hungary. Hungary