Joseph Strauss (DDG 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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Gommander Destro er quadron Eleven CapTa-in William J. Doyle, USN, is a naTive oT Marion, lndiana where he aTTended high school. He Then enTered BuTler UniversiTy, Indianapolis, Indiana, where he earned his leTTer in varsiTy TooTball, graduaTing wiTh a Bachelor oT Science Degree in l9ll2. CapTain Doyle Then enTered The Navy V-7 program aT The UniversiTy oT NoTre Dame and was commissioned Ensign in The U.S. Naval Reserve on 2 January T943. , I During World War ll, CapTain Doyle served aboard The LST 37-Ll. Taking parT in campaigns in NorTh Africa and lTaly, The landings in Sicily, and The invasion of Normandy. ln T946 he became a member aT The Regular Navy. CapTain Doyle served aboard The USS NEW YORK CBB-SLU lparTicipaTing in OperaTion CROSS ROADS GT Bllsimi, The USS VICKSBURO QCL-Bal and as ExecuTive Officer in USS ABBOT CDD-629l. He compleTed Tours of duTy as STaTT ASW OTTicer wiTh DESRON 6, wiTh Naval lnTelligence in WashingTon, and as a member of COMNAVEE STaTT in Tokyo during The Korean ConTlicT. In November l956, CapTain Doyle assumed command of USS HAMMERBERO CDE-lOlf-JJ, one oT The new posT- World War ll DesTroyer EscorTs, earning The ASW A . His nexT Tour oT duTy was in command oT USS NEW CDD-8l8D, a member oT Task Group ALEA. NEW earned Two A's Tor ASW eTTiciency under CapTain Doyle. He Then ioined The STaTT of The Commander AnTi-Submarine WarTare Eorce, U,S, ATlanTic EleeT, as SurTace Ta cTiCS and DocTrinefOTTicer, and laTer became Head oT The TacTics and DocTrine SecTion. ATTer serving as AssisTanT OperaTions and Plans OTTicer SurTace, on The STaTT oT Commander Carrier Division 17, he commanded DesTroyer Division FOUR TWO in The U.S. ATlanTic EleeT. CapTain Doyle Then served as U.S. Naval ATTache and Naval ATTache Tor Air in Lisbon, PorTuaal. A CapTain Doyle Took command of DesTroyer Squadron ELEVEN aT Vung Tau, VieTnam on 3 OcTober l967. CapTain Doyle wears The American Area Campaign Medal, European-ATrica-n-Middle-EasTern Area Campaign Medal wiTh Two Bronze STars, WW ll VicTory Medal, Navy OccupaTion Service Medal QEuropean Cla.spj.,TKOVGGV1 Service Medal, UniTed NaTions Service Medal, NaTional Defense Service Medal wiTh Bronze STar, Korean Pres-i- denTial UniT CiTaTion, and a CommendaTion Medal Tor meriTorious service while a member aT The STaTTl Commander Naval Eorces, Ear EasT. He was awarded The Medal of MiliTary MeriT by The OovernmenT of PorTugalupon com- pleTion oT his Tour as U.S. Naval ATTache To Lisbon. A CapTain Doyle was awarded The Bronze STar Medal wiTh CombaT V device Tor his leadership during The lasT deploymenT of DESRON ELEVEN. Wliefi 0Sl4ed .0bOUT WS VSCSVVV CiSSOCl0'fiOa wiTh JOSEPH STRAUSS, CapTain Doyle said ATTer a successful Tour of duTy wiTh The SevenTh EleeT, l am very happy ThaT JOSEPH STRAUSS was TorTunaTe enough To be able To visiT AusTralia and New Zealand porTs Tor The resT and recreaTion oT The crew. I am especially graTiTied ThaT The exemplary conducT of all hands Tram JOSEPH STRAUSS proved once again ThaT The U,S, sailor is one oT The greaTesT good will ambassadors ThaT TheTUniTed STaTes has CapTain' Doyle is married To. The Tormer Barbara J. Erederickson of Indianapolis, Indiana, also a gradUOT9 OT BuTler UniversiTy. They have Tive children -Three sons and Two daughTers.

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A K 5 Present Executive 0ff7eer l.ieuTenanT Commander David E. Jeremiah was horn in PorTland, Oregon on 25 Eebruary l9311. He graduaTed from The UniversiTy of Oregon in June i955 and Was commissioned in March i956 following compleTion of Officer CandidaTe School. LieuTenanT Commander Jeremiah's duTy assignmenfs included Weapons Officer, USS CHARLES E. BRANNON CDE-Lllloi, Operafions Officer and OINC USS MCOINTY CDE-365D, OperaTions Officer USS TWININO CDO-5405, OpeVGTiOV1S Offilief, USS BENJAMIN STODDERT CDDO-QQJ and AssisTanT Headnand Head, Surface ElecTronics Warfare SecTion, Office of The Chief of Naval OperaTions. I.ieuTenanT Jeremiah qualified for DesTroyer Command vvhile serving on board USS BENJAMIN STODDERT and earned a MasTer's Degree in Einancial ManagemenT aT George WashingTon UniversiTy while assigned To The Office of The Chief of Naval OperaTions. , l.ieuTenanT Commander Jeremiah is married To The former Connie Joe Beem of UniversiTy CiTy, Missouri. They have Two daughTers, KrisTa and Jodi. Fi.-1 f fu .. lvl ,,, if-. :rin -- V. i

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COMDESRON ELEVEN AND STAFF They re on The way, which is To say, They can Tackle any iob. WiTh Doyle in Command' They played every hand' And mosT ably assisTed by Bob Al Gary and Randy, are all quife handy Especially wiTh flaps They creaTe. The Chaplain and DocTor Transfer and ProcTor To Those who are in a bad sTaTe. And carry ouT wills of The resT. T is A is They don Talways please buT'They do iT,wiThlease ' .. And really do Try Their besT. T ' is All Tasks bonded down, were meT wiThouT frown And handled as easy as play BuT when liberTy sounds you ll see leaps and bounds And They ll be on The way. T EnlisTed men Too, make up Their crew, Iwi s T .FPIIT T