Joseph Strauss (DDG 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDER BRUCE KEENER III U.S. Naval Academy graduate of 1947. . . Gunnery Oilicer aboard USS Maddox QDD-7315. . . recipient of two Presidential Unit Citations and the Navy Unit Citation while serving on board USS Evansville QPF-702 and USS Philippine Sea QCVA-475 during the Korean War. . . graduate with a Master's degree in Electronic Engineering at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. . . Executive Officer on USS Savage QDER-386D and USS Lynde McCormick QDDG-8j. . .graduate of senior Couse of instruction at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. . . relieved Commander W.M.A. Greene, the first Commanding Ofhcer, on 22 july 1964 in Yokosuka, japan. . . using his excellent background in WestPac Operations and tireless effort, he instilled JOE STRAUSS with a truly professional spirit. Married to the former Kathryn Bateman with son Bruce, IV, and Kathryn E., he will next serve in the ofiice of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington, D.C.

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FRU TH SKIPPER. . . The presence of the United States Navy in the Western Pacific is a matter of long record. Our Navy first showed itself in these waters when Commodore Perry made his celebrated voyage to Japan in 1853. Since the turn of the century, Naval units have been more or less in evidence in the Far East in support of American policy, both in war and peace. Today the boundary line between two political systems is drawn along the eastern shores of the continent of Asia. JOSEPH STRAUSS has just completed two years of duty on what might be called the ramparts of democracy, during which time our country has been engaged in hostilities with the enemy in Vietnam. Thousands of Americans g have devoted time, energy, and life itself to the proposition that our free American way of life with all its imperfections is unparalle- led on earth, and our homeland and institutions and those of our friends and allies, worth defending. Those who stand in the American cause have needed no persuasion that these things are true, the sum of their experience has convinced them of it. This book has been prepared to preserve these experiences. As you turn its pages in years to come, may it bring to you a taste of salt in recalling the excitement of operations at sea, a twinge of nostalgia of the youthful smile of a dimly remembered shipmate, and a warm feeling for the people of Japan, whose homeland and hospitality we have been fortunate to share for a brief span. More than this, however, may you recall the crew of JOSEPH STRAUSS, who through no other motivation than that they were Americans, selflessly gave all they were required to give, and stood ready to go beyond in order to preserve our Nation, our institution and our freedom. J. D. ELLIOTT Commander, U.S. Navy Commanding Officer . 'V'-fi u . O amy -- jxifsfkjvx' N-K .. X - 1 l ' 1 li 7,7 51 . 'A ii W' ali l Way B Q 'iw 7 - A 'TP' f .J - 'illlflllli - fr:- of N ' . V- 1- . 12.5, 444 OJ,-uhT,,.mf,, 24,4 .,- T rw . , 'f '.! . U1 '. - . gi. i t ,ini Xbx '-'nl 4 ,'. - . :' :os . Q 5 .E . H In x-,5H.3'- -1' lb sl '4 .. .1 ' I U- . I -rf: N' 1.-' g..-.a.Q::,i'f - -.eff -5532.1-. ., ,.,. r--essa- ISTN sw .,,.- v l - -.43 ,TIt':15. .-qv , I'

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W A R... A N D PEACE... WITH BKIII... ALWAYS A REAL PRO