Forrestal (CVA 59) - Naval Cruise Book

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4754, 5 JL - ' - ' M m .. •o 760 ' CONTENTS History and Purpose CorDiv Four CO, XO Air Navigation Engineering Gunnery Medical Dental Supply Operations Executive Flag Carrier Air Group Ten Liberty Ports: Italy, France, Spain Entertainment Sports Kaleidoscope Eye In Memoriam

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■4 A final hope for the cruise might be this: on Rivi- era beaches and even in the bars, a national mission persists — during the arduous working hours at sea and the tedious night watches, a personal opportunity still exists beyond Hometown, USA, much as it beckoned- Whoever could say that the Med cruise made some dif- ference to him, hod himself mode a difference wherev- er he went. wMriAiN JO: EPH D. I United States Nov; The reporting for duty as Chief o ' Carrier Division FOUR starts an eleventl Dperotions for Captain Black. Most of ing years have been in fighter squadron :ommander. Other shipboard duties h executive officer of a CVE and of the C( :ommand of the CURRITUCK (AV 7) (CVA 19). WESPAC and Mediterrane n equal numbers. Duties ashore have Joint Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff c A ' arfore in OPNAV. The family consists of wife, the f ' asadena, California, eleven year old vho graduated from the Naval Acaderr Mavy jet pilot, and daughter Cheron r Hargrove, a Crusader pilot in VF193 -ORRESTAL. Naval aviation has rule. ;ince 1932 when Captain Block entere ient aviator. From World War II: Silver Star, Commendation Ribbon, Pacific Area v -iberation with two stars.