Annapolis (AGMR 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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mmdmdefz fam Q piecwmal 0 can COMMANDER Alan G PHEASANT a nat1ve of Wmthrop Massachusetts was educated at schools 1n the Boston area and graduated from Harvard Un1vers1ty 1n 1951 He rece1ved h1s comm1ss1on as an Ens1gn at the Harvard NROTC Un1t Dur1ng h1s f1rst f1Ve years 1n the Navy he served as salvage off1cer of t he attack transport USS MONTROSE QAPA 2125 as operat1ons off1cer of the destroyer escort USS JOHNNIE HUTCHINS KDE 3605 and 1n b1llets 1n gunnery englneermg and personnel adm1n1strat1on 1n the crulser USS WORCESTER QCL 1445 1n both SIXTHFLT and SEVENTHFLT deployments After attendmg the General L1ne School 1n 1956 1957 Lleutenant PHEASANT then spent two years as Traff1c and C1rcu1ts Off1cer and later Commun1cat1on Off1cer of Naval Commun1cat1on Fac1l1ty Ph1l1pp1nes He then spent one year as Operatlons Off1cer on the staff of Commander Escort Squadron EIGHTEEN operat1ng radar p1cket escort vessels 1n the Atlant1c As a L1eutenant Com mander 1n 1961 1962 he was the off1cer 1n charge of the Navy Informat1on Center QNAVIC5 the operat1onal computer center of the Ch1ef of Naval Opera t1ons 1n the Pentagon LCDR PHEASANT then served as Executlve Off1cer of USS PURDY CDD 7345 for elghteen months In 1964 1965 he was a student 1n the Command and Staff course at the Naval War College In June 1965 he rece1ved h1s Master's degree from George Washlngton Un1vers1ty He then served two years on the staff at the Naval War College as the off1cer 1n charge of the Navy Electron1c Warfare S1mulator QNEWS5 a mult1 m1ll1on dollar electron1c war gam1ng center Commander PHEASANT was promoted to h1s present rank on 1 September 1965 He reported for duty as Execut1ve Off1cer of USS ANNAPOLIS QAGMR 15 1n July 1967 Commander PHEASANT marrled the former Arleen R1Ch of Cambr1dge Mas sachusetts IH 1951 They l1ve w1th the1r three ch1ldren Deborah 15 Hlllary 13 and Jeffery 11 1n Cambr1dge Massachusetts X I I 0 l 0 I K 9 9 ' 0 9 ' 9 9 ' ' l 0 I 0 I fi , L., 1 ' , I O - 1 . . - . , 4 , . . 0 , - l . 0 '- l C 9 - ' l , - ' 3 7 7 7 9 9 9 '