Albany (CG 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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'r w' F Y 3 Cpl. Mink, Capt. Homer, Rear Admiral LaRocque, LTJG Webber, L!Cpl Parmelee The two star flag of Rear Admiral Gene R. LaRocque, United States Navy, has flown from the ALBANY after truck for the major- ity of this cruise. Admiral LaRocque as Com- mander Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla Twelve has been commander of CTG 60.2 and direct- ed ALBANY's training and operations since ALBANY j oined 60 .2 after the bomb recovery operations at Palomares, Spain. Admiral LaRocque was a new Ensign aboard the U. S. S. MacDonough at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. After his immediate personal involve- ment in World War II, he remained in the Pacific and carried out the fight against the Japanese in eleven maj or naval engagements . Seeing all his wartime service aboard destroyers, Admiral LaRocque was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Navy Com- mendation Medal for action against the enemy. After World War II he continued his professional education at the General Line School, the Naval War College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. lnterspersed with this schooling he served on the staff of the Commander Train- ing Command, as a member of the staff at the Naval War College and in the office of Strategic Planning in the Office of Naval Operations and the staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He has also commanded three destroy- ers, a destroyer division, served as opera- tions officer of a destroyer Flotilla and was Chief of Staff to Commander Cruiser- Destroyer Flotilla Six. He was serving as Commanding Officer of the U. S. S. Providence QCLG-65 when selected for Rear Admiral, and upon his being promoted to that rank he assumed his present duties. The Admiral, Mrs. LaRocque, the former Sarah M. Fox of Seattle, Washington, and their three teen-age children live in Norfolk, Virginia.

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