Gainard (DD 706) - Naval Cruise Book

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CQMMANDING OFFICER Commander Charles E. Smith was born in Zanesville, Ohio. He entered the Naval Academy in 1938, being graduated and receiving his commission as Ensign, USN, on December 19, 1941. His first duty was ln the USS NEW IORK KBB-341 in the engineering department. Aboard that ship he participated in the in- vasion of North Africa in 1942 and North Atlantic convoy duty. ln 1944, he was reassigned to the commis- ' ' d 'l f s1on1ng etal ' o the USS AMSTERDAM KCL-1011 and served in the gunnery department during the final stages of the war in the Pacific. He remalnedwlth the AMSTERDAM as gunnery officer until she was de- commissioned in June, 1947. A CDH Smith completed flight training and was designated a naval aviator in November 1948 He was assigned as Executive Officer of VF-41 in 1949. He left the flight program in 1950 and was, then .chosen to serve as aide to VADIVI J. L. Hall, Jr, USN, Commandant, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va. He continued as aide to Lieut General A. D. Bruce, USA., when ADM Hall was relieved by Gen Bruce, in July 1951. Foil h' ' ' ' owing t IS tour of shore duty,CDH Smith went to sea as Executive Officer ofthe USS BORDELOAJ QDDR-8811 where he served until April, 1954. Then, having been promoted to Commander, he was ordered to overseas duty on the Joint Planning Staff of Commander in Chief, Caribbean, Quarr H ' h C l y e1g ts, ana Zone. He served there until. July, 1956. V V CDR Smith served for three years on the staff of the Naval War College in Newport before assuming his duties as Commanding' Officer of the GAINARD IDD-7061, on August 14, 1959. I A ln 1950, CDR Smith married the former Helen Augustiny of Chicago. They have two daughters, Sheryl Sue, age seven, and Deborah Helen, age six. - In September 1960, CDR Smith was notified of his selection for promotion to rank of Captain.

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i W x' , A s ' Ag EXECUTIVE OFFICER LCDR John W.. King, Jr. was born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1924 and has been in the Navy since 1942. He entered the navy as a Naval ROTC student at the University of California in Berkeley, had a brief but unsuccessful ,fling as an Aviation Cadet, and was graduated an Ensign from the Naval Reserve Nlidshipmans School, Fort Schuyler, New York in July 1945. He transferred to the regular service later that year while serving in the USS LST 846 in' China. He has served in the escort carrier SANTEE, the cruiser ST PAUL, the battleship IOWA during the Korean War, the destroyer IAMES E KYES in the Pacific, and on the staffs of Commander, Amphibious Squadron SEVEN in the Attack transport CAVALIER, and on the staff of Commander, Destroyer Force, U. S. Atlantic . Fleet in Newport. ln 1957, he was graduated from the ' Naval Postgraduate School having completed the grad- uate course in Engineering Electronics. A navy junior, he married another navy junior, Suzanne Hullfish in January 1949 and has four new navy juniors, Katherine 10, John 6, Robert 6, and Sallie, almost one.