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if W mmm Annnfw Men. mcnsnu Rear Admiral Andrew Mc.B. Jackson, USN, relieved Rear Admiral William A. Schoech, USN, as Commander Carrier Division THREE on July 21, 1959. Born in Holly Springs, Mississippi and reared in Baton Rouge, La., Rear Admiral Jackson attended LSU for three years prior to reporting to the Naval Academy in June, 1926. He graduated number one in his class and was commissioned Ensign on June 5, 1930. His first assignment was the USS MISSISSIPPI. RADM Jackson was designated a Naval Aviator on March 17, 1932, and during the ensuing years he served with various squadrons in the USS MILWAUKEE, USS LEXINGTON, Patrol Squadron ONE at Pearl Harbor and the USS ENTERPRISE. From 1941 to 1943 he served with the Bureau of Aeronautics, as Commander Carrier Air Group EIGHT in the USS INTREPID and the USS BUNKER HILL. He participated in combat in the Pacific in 1944 and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. In 1945, while serving as Operations Officer on the Staff of Commander Carrier Division SIX, in the USS YORKTOWN, he was awarded the Legion of Merit with Combat V for operations against the Japanese forces. I-le returned to the Bureau of Aeronautics as Director, Plans Coordinating Division in December of 19457 commanded the USS TIMBALIER CAVP-545 in 1948: and served with the Atomic Energy Commission the next three years. In 1952 he became Chief of Staff and Aide to Commander Carrier Division FIVE and par- ticipated in Task Force 77 Operations in Korean waters in the USS VALLEY FORGE and the USS KEARSARGE. is next duties included: Staff of COMAIRPAC, Naval Aide to the Secretary of the Navy, Commanding Officer of the USS TICONDEROGA in the SIXTH Fleet, Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval 0P9l'afi0!lSf and Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense. i f In addition to the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Legion of Merit with two Gold Stars and Cflmbaf V , Rear Admiral Jackson holds the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with nine stars and the Korean Service Medal with three stars among nmnerovfis other awards. The Admiral and his wife, the former Miss Bertha Lewis of Woodville,'Mississippi now re- . .wif V. , . ' side in Washington, D.C. with their daughter, Helen Levvis -Iiackjgon. p X V. 3 at Q 8 Y 4 H . I Q L. I 1 W