Fox (DLG 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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cjomrrrurrd 'ug Officer 3 CAPTAIN MARSHALL D. WARD W USN , i 17, . . , N my fi 7 C S Y Y , .'e 'S--.R , Q A A native of Mt. Airy, North Carolina, Captain Ward graduated from the ,University of North Carolina and was commissioned in February 1944 having participated in the'NR.OTC program. He entered the small craft program and served. in USS PC 798 in the North Pacific until after the end of World War ll. Following instruction at the Gun- nery Officer's Ordnance School in Washington, D. C. he served in USS HOLDERIDD-8192 until January 1950. Highlights of this tour were occupation dutyiin Italy and extensiveparticipation in the first ASW Hunter! Killer Group formed after the war. - O ' 4 1 Captain Ward attended General Line School at Monterey, 'California and taught at the- U. S. Naval Indoctrination School there. Post- graduate schooling in Command, Communications at Annapolis and Monterey followed, from which he was' assigned as Communications! Operations Officer for COMDESRON' THIRTY. Experience included two Northern Europe cruises, a Mediterranean tour, participation in the Korean conflict and a round-the-World cruise. , A split tour with Fleet Training Group Narragansett Bay and Offi- cer Candidate School was followed by another split tour as Opera- tions Officer USS NORFOLK fDLf1j and Commanding Officer USS JOSEPH K. TAUSSIG IDE-10302. During later tour he participated in the Lebanese crisis and a South American ASW cruise. He sailed JOSEPH K. TAUSSIG up the Potomac for Navy Day 1959 and re- ported to CNO, for duty with the Director, Naval Communications. He attended the Industrial College of theArmed Forces in 1961f62 after which he commanded USS BARRY KDD-9332. During the latter tour, Captain Ward participated in the Cuban Crisis and was instru- mental in vastly improved ASW torpedo performance. Additionally, many of his recommendations for destroyer ASW conversions were adopted by the Navy. In August 1964 he became Chief, Defense Communications.Agency South East Asia, a' Joint command, and was instrumental in planning and monitoring the implementation of pro-- grams necessary to meet the communications requirements in support of the conflict in South East Asia. He served in that capacity until October 1966, then as Commander Landing Ship Flotilla ONE, the 46 ships of which were in the forefront of action throughout South Vietnam. His tour terminated April 1968 in Taiwan where he was Commander Combined Amphibious Task Force for a large exercise with the U .S. and Chinese Forces. Captain Ward assumed command of FOX on May 28, 1968. ' He is married to the former Louise Muldon of Boston and has two children - Susan U92 and Mike f17j.

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h ubic Hy, H . The first stop in the land of the Golden Dragon was Subic Bay, P. I. l A place to relax. Old Spanish Gate Olongapo City. -

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Ewfufizfe Officer COMMANDER JOHN P LEAHY USN