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EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMANDER JOHN VAN TOL, USN Commander John Van Tol, USN, is a native of Charles Town, West Virginia. He entered the Naval Service in the V-12 program in June 1944, attended Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia, Franklin and Marshall College, Lan- caster, Pennsylvania and received his commis- sion upon graduating asa regular NROTC student from Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey in June 1947. Upon receiving his c ommission, Commander Van Tol was assigned to the U.S.S. Huntington (CL- 107) and served in the Communications and CIC Departments. In 1949 he was assigned to Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Fleet Marine Force Atlantic at Camp Lejuene, North Carolina, and during the Korean Conflictservedaboard the U.S.S. Winsconsin (BB-64) in the Gunnery and Operations Departments. His subsequent sea duty has seen him as Gunnery Officer, U.S.S. LSMR 520, with the Pre-Commissioning Detail and as Gunnery Officer, U.S.S. Forrest Sherman (DD-931), as Executive Officer, U.S.S. Fred T. Berry (DDE-858) and during the Cuban Crisis as Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Rhodes (DER-384). Ashore Commander Van Toi has served as Naval Ordnance and Gunnery Instructor at the NROTC with the University of Pennsylvania, as Exchange Officer and ASW Tactics Instructor at Joint Anti- submarine School, HMS Sea Eagle, Londonderry, Northern Ireland and as Naval Tactical Data System Instructor, Fleet Anti-Air Warfare Train- ing Center, Dam Neck, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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...Destroyermen have always been a proud people. They have been the elite. They have to be a proud people and they have to be specially selected, for des- troyer life is a rugged one. It takes physical stamina to stand up under the rigors of a tossing DD. It takes even more spiritual stamina to keep going with enthus- iasm when you are tired and you feel that you, and your ship, are being used as a workhorse. It is true that many people take destroyers for granted and that is all the more reason why the destroyer Captains can be proud of their accomplishments. Admiral Arleigh A. Burke
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