Eversole (DD 789) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER LT. COMMANDER JOE DON CAMP. U.S. NAVY Lt. Commander Camp is a graduate of the University of Corpus Christi He attended Officers Candidate School and received his commission in May. 1957. He served aboard the U.S.S. Hollister (DD788) in the operations depart- ment. He next served as instructor in CIC School at FAAWTC San Diego. Cali- fornia and then on the staff of Crudesflot 7. He spent two years in Taiwan in the Navy Sub Section MAAG as Mine Warfare Advisor before reporting aboard the Eversole. Lt. Commander Camp is married to the former Catherine Shelton, and thev have two children Donna 8. and Kenneth 6.

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COMMANDING OFFICER COMMANDER HAROLD H. FREELAND, U.S. NAVY Commander Freeland took command of U.S.S. Eversole (DD 789) on 29 July, 1966. He came from a one year tour of duty on the Staff, Commander Seventh Fleet, as Fleet Communi- cations Officer. Commissioned as Ensign in 1946, Commander Freeland began his naval career in de- stroyers in the U.S.S. Floyd B. Parks (DD 884). He subsequently served in U.S.S. Grouse ( AMS 15)and U.S.S. Salem (CA 139), both of the Atlantic Fleet. After a tour as instructor at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, Long Island, Commander Freeland served in U.S.S. Ingraham (DD 694), U.S.S. Decatur (DD 936), and U.S.S. Willis A. Lee (DL-4), all of the Atlantic Fleet. From 1960 to 1962 he commanded the U.S.S. Notable (MSO-460) of the Atlantic Fleet Mine Force. This was followed by a tour with the National Military Command Systems Directorate of the Defense Communications Agency. Commander Freeland has received post-graduate training in communications engineering and is a graduate of the Naval Warfare Course of the Naval War College. Commander Freeland is married to the former Carol Frenz and they have two children. Steven 13 and Jeffrey 9.

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CAPTAIN G. L. CLARK COMDES DIV 232 Captain Gilbert L. Clark was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and was commis- sioned in June, 1943. His first assignment was in the Gunnery Department of the U.S.S. Hale (DD 642). This was followed by duty on the staff of Commander Destroyer Flotilla One. His next tour of sea duty was in communications on the staff of Commander Cruiser Division Three. From 1952 to 1953 he was the Flag Lieutenant to Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Force, Pacific. He was next assigned as the Executive Officer on the U.S.S. Wedderburn (DD 684). He commanded the U.S.S. Chandler (DD-717) from 1958 to 1960. His next tour at sea was as Surface Operations Officer on the staff of Commander Carrier Division Seven in the west- ern Pacific. In November 1966 Captain Clark assumed command of Destroyer Division Two Hundred Thirty-Two. In 1949 Captain Clark completed a course in Communications at the Naval Post Graduate School at Monterrey, California. His assignments ashore have been in Communications billets. He has had duty at the Naval Communications Station, Kodiak, Alaska, in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington, D.C., and at FOCC Kunia in Hawaii. He comes to this com- mand from duty as the Naval Communications Station, San Diego, California.