Annapolis (AGMR 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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445060 7045544914 7 644462 715 W ammcmclmg 0 9 gm, 1967 1:0 1 761 may CAPTAIN W1ll1am F CASPER of Roselle Park N J began h1s naval career as a quartermaster 1n 1942 After a year and a half 1n that rate he was selected for Navy sponsored un1vers1ty tra1n1ng In 1946 Capta1n CASPER was graduated from Yale Un1vers1ty and was comm1ss1oned 1n the rank of Ens1gn Follow1ng the second World War Capta1n CASPER was on lnactlve duty untll the Korean confl1ct broke out He then served 1n several destroyer and destroyer d1v1s1on staff blllets ln Task Force 77 Follow1ng Korea Capta1n CASPER stud1ed Command Commun1cat1ons at the U S Naval Post Graduate School Monterey Cal1forn1a From 1954 1956 he was ass1gned as Ass1stant Commun1cat1ons Off1cer on the staff of Commander Amph1b1ous Forces Un1ted States Atlant1c Fleet Capta1n CASPER reported aboard USS PETERSON QDE 1525 for duty as Executlve Off1cer 1n 1956 Two years later he attended the Command and Staff Course at the Naval War College at Newport Rhode Island and 1n 1960 he assumed h1s f1rst command USS TOM GREEN COUNTY QLST 11595 homeported 1n Yokosuka Japan After two years 1n TOM GREEN COUNTY Capta1n CASPER served 1n several b1llets 1n the Washlngton area 1nclud1ng duty w1th the Naval Operatlons and the Defense Commun1cat1ons Engmeerlng Off1ce Capta1n CASPER returned to sea as Command1ng Off1cer USS GEORGE K MACKENZIE QDD 8265 1n October 1965 and subsequently assumed com mand of ANNAPOLIS on 9 January 1966 Capta1n CASPER'S next duty statlon IS at Naval Sh1p Systems Command Wash1ngton D C 1n the Afloat Commun1cat1ons Management Off1ce 7 ' l f 7 f I f 9 0 5 , o Q, ' 9 ' 9 ' 9 ' 9 . Q 9 9 ' ' , 0 I 9 9 , 7 l . , . , 9 . , n U 9 9 o og ' I

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aptczm 7905544014 Q 7044 mmmwlcaq Offccm CAPTAIN W1ll1am J WACKER the son of Mr and Mrs w1111am WACKER of 5216 S Myrtle Avenue Seattle Washmgton attended school 1n Seattle 1nc1ud1ng the Un1vers1ty of Wash1ngton and earned h1s Bachelor of Sc1ence Degree from the Un1vers1ty of Maryland at College Park Maryland H e Jolned the Navy's V5 program on June 25 1945 and was comm1ss1oned an Enslgn and Naval Av1ator slmultaneously on August 16 1945 at C orpus Chr1st1 Texas Dur1ng World War II the Capta1n flew w1th Bomber Squad ron 12 from the USS SARATOGA and later w1th F1ghter Bomber Squadron 15 and F1ghter Bomber ZCA operatlng from var1ous carr1ers 1n the P3Clf1C Theatre 1nclud1ng the USS BOXER and the USS ANTIETAM durmg wh1ch t1me he was awarded the Presldentlal Un1t C1tat1on Two and one half years of the Korean Confl1ct were spent p1lot1ng R5D's and R6D's for Naval Transport Squadron Three and part1c1pat1ng 1n a1r l1ft and evacuatlon transport operatlons 1n Korea The squadron operated out of Naval A1r Statlon Moffett F1eld Cal1f S1nce Korea the Capta1n has had duty at NATTU Glenv1ew Ill1no1s the Seaplane tender GARDINER'S BAY Heavy Attack Squadron EIGHT based at Wh1dbey Island Washmgton D C He has studled at the U S Naval Po st Graduate School the A1r Un1vers1ty Maxwell A1r Force Base and the Naval Warfare Course of the Naval War College He served as Executlve Offlcer of the ASW Carr1er KEARSARGE fr om prov1ded ASW support for the sh1ps 1nvolved 1n the F1rst and Second Gulf of Tonkm Inc1dents Capta1n WACKER has just f1n1shed a tour at the Off1ce of the Ch1ef of Naval Operat1ons Pentagon Washmgton D C as Ass1stant for Spec1al M1ss1ons Systems 4Electron1c Warfare Reconna1ssance and Surve1llanceJ The Capta1n was promoted to h1s present rank August 1 1964 He 1S marr1ed to the former Mary Lour Marutz of B1cknell Ind1ana The Wackers and the1rthree ch11dren Cheryl 17 Brad 14 and T1m 12 l1ve at 11221 South Shore Road Reston V1rg1n1a fs-Qffk I 4. .2 9 0 0 I I I . A I , O 0 . I ' N 9 9 9 a A ' . , K . . . 9 9 0 l a , , 9 ' 9 - u , n 1 0 in L , 9 . . a . , . . 9 9 7 l n , a , v , O O O 0 9 9 3 January 1964 to June 1965 during whichtime the ship and its A S W group . . . . . ,, , , . , Q, , O T . U . . . u n , . ' ' 9 ' . , , Z , 5 a 9 9 ' Whig. ,,--dx HIIIIIIIIIIU 1 1, I x xv!! .2