John Thomason (DD 760) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE COMMODORE Captain Joesph H. Rayburn Jr., a native of Ka- nsas City, Missouri, was a member of Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Utah, where he received his commission on 2 December i940 as a member of the first group of Volunteer Reserve officers. During World War II, Captain Rayburn served aboard the USS GAMBLECDM-155, and the destroy- ers USS DALY and USS HAZELWOOD. He was OOD of the GAMBLE when she sank a Japanese submarine off Guadacanal. After world War II, he served on the Staff, Com- mander Cruiser-Destroyer Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, attended General Line School at the U.S. Naval Academy, and then was assigned to Washington, D.C., to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operation and later with the Operational Development Force. His first command was the USS F.M. ROBINSON QEDE-QQOQ, followed by another tour in the office of Chief of Naval Operations. After Commanding the USS LEONARD F. MASON CDD-852Q, he served for four years the Joint Chiefs in Washington, D.C.. He was promoted to the rank of Captain, U.S. Navy on I January i960 and assumed Command of Destroyer Division SEVENTY-TWO in September I96O. Captain Rayburn is married to the former Miss Patricia Heineman of Honolulu, Hawaii and with their two Children reside at IO60 Coronado Avenue, Coronado, California. DESTROYER DIVISION THE STAFF Standing CL to RD: G. A. Lewis, RMCS, E. S. Galvan, TN, J. A. Macier, YN2, J. H. Castleberry, SMC Sitting CL to RD: LTJG J.D. Lacy, LTJG T. W. Top, LT T. F. Mulrooney, LT H. W. Hawkins, LTJG K. A. Guice