Forrestal (CVA 59) - Naval Cruise Book

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,.t-,....-,- ,.. .... ..,. , , --W-1'----HF-rw V V v- -s nags-gf-q-5-y-og v- Ye-v-3--Y--vw ---,, --------. - -.. ,. ,, ,V REAR ADMIRAL FORSYTH MASSEY Forsyth Massey was born in Wichita, Kansas, June 5, 1907, son of John and Mary Lina Massey. He attended Wichita High School and entered the U. S. Naval Academy on June 15, 1927. After graduation from the Naval Academy in June 1931, he was assigned to the USS CALI- FORNIA, where he served until April 1933. He then reported to the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and when designated a Naval Aviator in 1934, he was assigned to Scouting Squad- ron NINE aboard the cruiser PENSACOLA. From March 1936 until March 1937, he was attached to Scouting Squadron THREE, based on USS LEX- INGTON, and for two years thereafter, served with Patrol Squadron THREE based on Canal Zone. From 1939 through 1940, he had duty with Cruiser Scouting Squadron SEVEN based on the USS VINCENNES, and for the next tw-o years had shore duty at the Naval Air Station, Anacostia. In 1942, he assumed command of Scou'-ing Squadron TWENTY-FOUR, which he commanded until Sep- tember, 1943. He then served until December 1944, on the staff of Commander Carrier Division THREE, and as an Air Group Commander and Task Group Commander. For outstanding service during that period, he was awarded the Air Medal and the Legion of Merit with Combat UV. During the latter months of war, Commander Massey was assigned as Superintendent of Aviation Training at Pensacola, Florida. From March 1946 to June 1948 he served as Executive Officer of the USS MIDWAY. He was then ordered to the Naval Academy for a tour of duty as Executive Officer in the Department of Aviation, and thereafter from July 1950 until June 1951, he attended the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. He attended the Canadian National Defense Col- lege in Ontario, and from August 1952 until July 1953 commanded the USS TRIPOLI. Two years' service as Chief of Staff to Commander Naval Strik- ing and Support Force, Southern Europe, was fol- lowed by a tour of duty in the oifice of the Chief of Naval Operations as Head, Air Weapons Anal- ysis staif. i InVAugust 1956, he assumed command of the USS INTREPID, and upon his detachment in October 1957, was assigned to the Bureau of Naval Personnel. In December 1958, he reported as director of the Aviation Plans Division, and in June 1960, he re- ceived orders to duty as Commander Carrier Divi- sion FOUR. ' .--. fr, , g , 4 , , X, 1 I I ws 5-f --.1 ---4- -.,,z.A-.-

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I l' I - i ,,x I l , ,. , lx ll I 1 ' I I I J, ml' ll 5 W CAPTAIN JAMES SETON GRAY, JR. Captain James S. Gray, Jr., is the son of,kMr. and Mrs. James Seton Gray, Sr. of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was born in Mil- waukee on February 1, 1914. He was graduated from Wauwatosa High School in Wisconsin, and was ap- pointed to the U. S. Naval Academy graduating in 1936. He was designated a Naval Aviator in 1939. Prior to his assignment as Chief of Staff, Com- mander Carrier Division FOUR, Captain Gray was commanding officer of two fighter squadrons and a night fighter squadron aboard the carrier ENTER- PRISE. He was a member of Fighting Squadron SIX at the Battle of Midway and participated also in the major actions of 1944. During 1942 and 1943, he commanded the Fighter Training Squadron at Pensacola. At the war's end he was Commander Car- rier Air Group THREE. In 1947, upon completing a tour of duty as Aide to the Superintendent of the U. S. Naval Academy, he attended the Armed Forces Staf College as a member of that institution's first class. He then commanded Patrol Squadron TWENTY-TWO, The Pacific Typhoon Chasers. In 1949, he became the first All Weather Flying Coordinator for the Deputy Chief of Naval Opera- tions for Air. In 1951, he served as Executive Ofi- cer of the USS CORAL SEA through 1952. He graduated in 1955, from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. For the next three years he served on the staffs of the Commander in Chief Atlantic Fleet and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He then became Commanding Officer of the ammunition ship USS MAUNA LOA and later the USS SURIBACHI. His most recent command before reporting to COM- CARDIV FOUR was as Commanding Officer of the USS CORAL SEA. For distinguished service to his country, Captain Gray holds five Distinguished Flying Crosses, five Air Medals, the Treasury Department Gold Life Saving Medal, two Presidential Unit Citations, and two Navy Unit Citations.