Dyess (DDR 880) - Naval Cruise Book

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From: Commanding Officer, USS Dyess (DDR-880) To: All Hands Subj: Summary remarks at the journey ' s end For all of us, the sight of the Cooper River Bridge looming up before us was indescribably welcomed. To be home again at the end of a long and difficult voyage is reward enough for the hours of toil and waiting. My best wishes go with each man and family of the Dyess in this reunion after seven months ' separation. Where return home is reward enough, there ore also other rewards I would like to mention. We have made a return home with peaked up awareness of the critical importance of strong National Defense. We made our voyage through a tinder box where rumors of war are not vague hypothesis or specula- tion, but rather an ever-present threat. And we return home rewarded with gratitude that we have made a personal as well as a unit contribution to the safety of our country. We return home rewarded also with having distinguished the Dyess in the Sixth Fleet as a can-do ship. , Throughout the cruise, the wealth of ability aboard our ship was always apparent. The exercise of this ability through fine teamwork has created a reputation that reflects well on the entire crew. Now, at the journey ' s end, I wish to congratulate each member of my can- do team. It was an arduous cruise and long-lasted. Well done! P. G. Hannon Commander, United States Navy Commanding

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COMMANDING OFFICER Paul G. Honnon, Commander, U. S. Navy Commander Paul Gerard HANNON, a native of Santa Rosa, California, was first commissioned in May 1942. During World War II he participated in the Solomons Islands Campaign on Guadalcanol, New Georgia and Bougainville and was later assigned to duty on the staff of the Commander South Pacific area at Noumea, New Caledonia. Subsequent to World War II he served aboard the USS PALAU (CVE-1221, the heavy cruiser USS MACON {CA-132) as Navigator, and the experimental destroyer USS SARSFIELD (EDD-837) as Executive Officer. Shore duty assignments have included tours at the Naval Air Stations, Moffett Field, California, and Seattle, Washington, the General Line School, Monterey, California, the office of the Naval Attache, Melbourne, Australia, and the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D. C. Commander HANNON attained his present rank on 1 September 1954, and assumed command of the USS DYESS (DDR-880) on 31 October 1958. He is married to the former Shirley I. Jorgenson of Sydney, Aus- tralia, and has two children.

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