Burroughs High School - Burro Yearbook (Ridgecrest, CA)

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CAPTAIN J. A. PRICHARD, U.S.N. EXEC TIVE UFFIEEH The administrative officer of NOTS is Captain A. Prichard. Grad- uating from Annapolis in 1927, he finished his training in ordnance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1938. At the beginning of the last war, Captain Prichard Was stationed at the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island. Later he served as Executive Officer on the USS Phoenix in the South Pacific. Before he took his post here he was Commanding Officer of the USS Guadaloupe. He is also a holder of the combat Legion of Merit. As Executive Ofiicer, he is responsible for the general administration of station services. One Hundred Fifteen

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REAR ADMIRATA W. G. SXVITZER, U.S.N. EUTHIHHHHIHG Hllllilll Commanding our Naval Ordnance Test Station is Rear Admiral W. G. Switzer, who took command of the Station in October of ,47. Admiral Switzer is a graduate of Annapolis in the class of 1921. During World War H he served overseas, commanding the USS Tangier from 1942 to 1943 in the Pacific, and the USS Tripoli in 1944 in the Atlantic. While commanding the USS Wasp CV-8, during the last year of the war, he was awarded the combat Legion of Merit. The C.O.,s duties on the Station are to act as head man, being responsible for all operations, on which he reports to the Bureau of Ord- nance. Admiral Switzer has been a great help to the school and we are all very grateful to him. One H und red F01lTfC'!'7'l

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