Midway (CVA 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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FRONT ROW Gass. BACK Lt E ROW: C. Reed, Lt E.B. Kitzerow, Lt D.W. Jewell, Lt W.B. Thew, Lt J.R. Walls, Ltjg J. Spromberg, E.M., Crook, L.L., Ltjg D.L.R. Turner, Culbertson, E.M., Reed, D.J. COMMANDER JOHN R. BOWEN II John Randolph Bowen II, was born on March 8, 1917, in Winona Lake, Indiana. He attended Purdue and Butler Universities prior to entering AVNAVCAD Program at Pensacola, Florida, in July 1940. On March 12, 1941, he won his wings and was com- missioned an Ensign in the U. S. Navy. He was then transferred to Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas, where he served as a flight instructor until December 1942, when he was ordered to VT-16 as Operations Officer, later becoming Executive Officer. In December 1944 he became the Com- manding Officer of VT-31. During the month of August 1945, the Commander received the Navy Cross for an attack on the Japanese Cruiser Aoba. In October 1945 he became executive officer of the Naval Air Station at Bermuda. From July 1947 to May 1948 he was a student at the General Line School and from there went to the Office of Naval Officer Procurement at Dallas, Texas as the Offlcer-in-Charge. He left here in July 1950 and proceeded to the USS ORISKANY to become the Assistant Air Officer. September 1952 found the Commander attending the Naval War College at Newport, R.I. After completing the course in June 1953 he became the aircraft mainte- nance officer at the Naval Auxiliary Station, Cabaniss Field, Texas. In May 1955 Commander Bowen was once again a student, this time at the Jet Transi- tional Training Unit in Olathe, Kansas. After a very short time with the training unit he became Commanding Officer of Attack Squad- ron 65. He remained here until May 1957 when he became Commander of CVG-2, a position he now holds.

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FRONT ROW: Dixon, J.M., Janus, P. J., Stuart, T.J., Johnson, D.C., George, R.S., Walton, H.P., Schneider, R.O., Nauni, W.L., Partain, R.C. French, R.E., Owens, O.L. SECOND ROW: Stone, W.H., Scott, B., Higgins, T.D., Murray, J.H., Malcolm, V.E., Nutter, J.D., Morphy. R.W. Church, J.D. THIRD ROW: Ethridge, S.W., Kramer, D.R., Price, B.R., Padilla, A., Huffman, R.L., Sobota, F.D. L T - 1 JJ? If mT + V • i m- FRONT ROW: Patrick, W.E., Morton, E.L., Melton, F.G., Key, D.W., Britt, J. P., Gledhill, M.C., Schweers, C.J., Collins, R.B., Bustin, T.N. Hutto, G.H., Cullop, JR. SECOND ROW: Taschler, F.J., Turner C.A., Ischwenson, H., Minnamon, R., Sippy, F.E., Jamerson, L.M., Peterson, R.A. Meyers, L.L, Moore, R J., MacDonald, W.E., Reed, G.S. THIRD ROW: Robinson, J. A., Richardson, W.E., Taitano, G., Knotts, H.L., Hammer, L.R. Shepard, R.W., Whitworth, D.E., Mangan, D.S., Riley, D., Counts, B.V., Hemphill, R., Solomonson, G.C.