 Rising in rank throughout the war, he would act as Executive Officer and Operations Officer in different squadrons before being given command of his own squadron, VF-80, the eponymous "Vorse's Vipers".Vorse ended the war as commander of Air Group 80 and ultimately achieved rear admiral rank before his retirement in 1959.Vorse was born 9 August 1914 to Albert Ogden Vorse and Emma Yarnall Vorse.