DURING WWII, Captain Henry Farrow served aboard the destroyer USS Robert Smith, and the destroyer USS Edsall. During WWII, he served as commander Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Five in the Solomon Islands campaign, and as commanding officer of the destroyer USS Robert Smith in the Iwo Jima & Okinawa campaigns. During the Korean War, he was commanding officer of the USS Seminole, which participated in the invasion of Inchon, Korea.