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COMMANDING OFFICER CAPTAIN RAYMOND A. KOMOROWSKI Captain Raymond A. Komorowski, BOSTON's Com- manding Officer, was born in jersey City, New jersey on july 20, 1925. He received his education at Cornell University, the University of Rochester and was com- missioned from the Midshipmen School at Northwest- ern University in 1945. Captain Komorowski has had extensive experience in Mediterranean, Atlantic, Pacific, and Asian waters. He has served in various departments in a number of ship types, specifically, in the high-speed attack transports ENGLAND and CROSLEY, the amphibious landing ship LSM 341, the cruiser COLUMBUS, the radar picket destroyer BORDELON, the destroyer JOHN PAUL JONES, and as the Commanding Officer of the destroyer escort HARTLEY and the destroyer MANLEY, the flagship of Destroyer Squadron FOUR. While Executive Officer and then Commanding Of- ficer of the USS LSM 341, this ship served as part of the Yangtze River Valley Group undertaking the final evacuations of the United States citizens from mainland China in the face of the Chinese Communist advances. Captain Komorowski has served in various billets ashore. He has been an instructor in Combat Informa- tion Center techniques at Boston, Massachusetts, the 82 Public Information Officer on the Staff of Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet, and ln. Washington in the Secretary of the Navy's OffiCe of Legislative Affairs, which deals in liason with the Congress of the United States on politico-military mat- ters, with the Director of Anti-Submarine Warfare Programs in the Office of the Chief of Naval Opera- tions, and, most recently, with the Special State Defense Study Group in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. For that latter duty he was awarded the Legion of Merit. Q Captain Komorowski is a graduate of the SCUIOT course at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, and has earned the degree of Master of Scier1Ce in International Relations from George Washington University. He was promoted to Captain in july, 1966. Captain Komorowski has been a frequent contribu- tor to the U. S. Naval Institute PROCEEDINGS-the professional journel of the U. S. Navy, and to other service publications. In 1967 he was first 'appointed dof and subsequently elected as Director of the Boar I Control of the U. S. Naval Institute of Annapolis, Maryland. On january 25, 1969 Captain Komorowski took command of USS BOSTON. 4
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EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMANDER THOMAS H. MCGLAUCHLIN Cdr. McGIaughlin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on january 12, 1928. His family moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when he was five, and he grew up in Mt. Lebanon, a suburb, where he completed high school prior to attending the Bullis Preparatory School in Silver Spring, Maryland. ' On july 17, 1946 he entered the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland as a midshipman. Upon graduation in june 1950, he received a Bachleor of Science degree and a commission as Ensign, U. S. Navy. His first duty station was the NEWPORT NEWS KCA-1485 which at the time was flagship of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean area. This tour of duty included courses of instruction at the Naval Elec- tronics School, Treasure Island and Naval Gunfire Spotter School at Little Creek, Virginia. During this period he was also player-manager of the ship's basketball team which held the Sixth Fleet Cham- pionship. In early 1953, Cdr. McCiIaughIin went to Boston, Massachusetts to become a member of the pre-com- missioning detail of USS WILLIS A. LEE CDL-4? where he served as Electronics Material Officer, Officer of the Deck, and Command Duty Officer. Cdr. McGlaughIin remained with that command until july of 1955. His next assignment was in New York as Aide to the Commander, New York Naval Shipyard where he served until October 1958. He remained in the New York area for his next tour as Officer in Charge ofUSS COATES KDE-6859. COATES was engaged in training reservists under the newly established Selected Reserve Program. In October of 1960 Cdr. McGlaughIin was assigned to the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington, D.C. Shortly afterwards he was assigned additional duty as White House Aide, continuing inthat capacity until june of 1963. Cdr. McClaughlin again became a student in july, 1963 when he attended the Pacific Fleet Anti- Submarine Warfare School in San Diego. Upon graduation, Cdr. McC-laughlin proceeded to Pearl Har- bor to meet the USS PRICHETT CDD-5619 and assume duties as Executive Officer, a position he held for two years. Much of this tour was spent in the Western Pacific and South China Sea, where the ship was en- gaged in operations off the coast of Vietnam. He was detached from PRICHETT in july 1965 and returned to San Diego for a brief course at Fleet Anti-Air Warfare Training Center. He returned to the Western Pacific area to take command of USS MADDOX CDD-7313 on September 11, 1965, where he served for two years. During this tour he completed two deployments to Vietnam, engaged primarily in Sea Dragon operations off the coast of North Vietnam, shore bombardment off South Vietnam, and escort of carrier task groups, and was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal twith combat V I, and the Vietnamese Distinguished Service Order-second class. On November 19, 1967 Cdr. McClaughlin became Executive Officer of USS BOSTON.
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