Bordelon (DDR 881) - Naval Cruise Book

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VICE ADMIRAL JOHN J. BALLENTINE United States Navy Commander, Sixth Fleet ( icy. Admiral John Jennings Ballentine was named Commander of the Sixth Fleet, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediter- ranean, on November . ' , 1949, succeeding Admiral Forrest P. Sherman. He served in the Mediterra- nean area previously as Commander of Carrier Di- vision ONE. Born in Hillsboro, Ohio, October 4, 1896, Ad miral Ballentine was graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, in 1917. Since 1920, when he received his designation, he has served in Naval aviation. At the outbreak of World War II, he was serving as Executive Officer of the aircraft carrier USS RANGER. On December 24, 1941 he was ordered to take command of the carrier USS LONG IS- LAND. Later, from May until December, 1912, he served as Chief of Staff and Aide to the Commander. Carriers, Atlantic: Fleet, and oil May 25, 1943, he took command of the newly constructed 27, (KM) ton aire rait carrier USS BUNKER HILL. In February 1944 Admiral ballentine reported for duty as Deputy and Chief of Staff and Aide to the Commander, Aircraft, Pacific Fleet, at Pearl Har- bor, T. H., serving in that duty until October 194 1. On his return to the United States, he served from November 1944 until June 1945 as Com- mander, Fleet Aii. Seattle, Washington. Alter brief dutv in the THIRD Fleet as Com- mander Carrier Division SEVEN, in the USS BON HOMME RICHARD from June until August 1915. Admiral Ballentine was assigned duty as Flee ' . Liai- son Officer for Commander in Chief Pacific at Head- quarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Pow- ers, Pacific. He landed at Atsugi Airport on 30 August in the airborne occupation of Japan escort- ing General of the Army Douglas MacAithui to the surrender ceremonies on the battleship MIS- SOURI on 2 September 1945. In January 1946 Admiral Ballentine reported to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, for dutv as Assistant on the Military Staff Committee of the Security Council, United Nations, and w.is designated Chief of Staff and Deputy to Admiral Richmond K. Turner, USX, Representative of the Chief of Naval Operations, on the Military Stall Committee of the Security Council of the United Nations. He continued those duties when Admiral Turner was relieved by Admiral II. K. Hewitt. USN, in March 1947 until detached in July 1917. He made a five months cruise in the Mediterra- nean in USS MIDWAY in the winter of 1917 IS and made a similar ouise with the SIXTH Fleet in USS ROOSEVELT in 1948-49. He served as a Member of the General Board, Navy Department. Washington, D. ( ' ... before taking command of the Sixth Fleet.

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CAPTAIN T. H. HEDERMAN United States Navy Former Chief of Staff Commander Sixth Fleet c -APTAiN T. Henry Hederman, La Jolla, California, was graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1923, where he was cap- tain of the baseball team and later served as coach. He has spent the greater part ot his sea duty in destroyers and commanded USS DOWNES in 194041. During World War II he commanded Destroyer Squadron 61 in Task Force 58 and led his squadron into lower Tokyo Bay one month before Japan capitulated, destroying a Japanese convoy attempting to sneak out. In 1946-47 he headed the Fleet Training Group, San Diego, and the following year was Commander Destroyer Flotilla ONE in the Pacific Fleet. Captain Hederman holds the Navy Cross and Legion of Merit with combat V. CAPTAIN R. L. CAMPBELL United States Navy Chief of Staff Commander Sixth Fleet C aptain Robert Lord Campbell, Imlay City, Michigan, graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1921. following graduation he served on the INS PENNSYLVANIA, USS ROBERT SMITH, and the USS PREBLE. Later he was Aide and Flag Lieutenant on the stafl of Commander Cruiser Division THREE. In 1935 he assumed command ol the USS RAIL, later commanded the USS SE- QUOIA and the USS TRIPPE. His next sea assignment was as navigatoi ol the USS ALABAMA. He participated in the Gilbert Islands and the Marshall Islands campaigns. Afte: various assignments with Destroyei Squadrons and shore dut) he was ordered to dut) as Chiel ol Staff, Com mandei SIX I II FLEET.