Monrovia (APA 31) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1964

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Offrnv CAPTAIN G.C. BALL JR., USN Captain G.C. Boll Jr., assumed command of the attack transport Monrovia on August 31, 1963. He was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1941 and reported to the battleship North Carolina. In 1942 he attended submarine school at New London, Connecticut, and serv- ed in submarines in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II, including command of the submarine 0-6 and duty as Executive Officer of the submarine Sand Lance. Since World War II he has commanded the submarines Entemedor and Tench and had duty as Executive Officer of the submarine tender Howard W. Gilmore and as Commander Submarine Division 42. His shore tours have included duty as Naval Aide to General Matthew B. Ridgeway, then Commander in Chief, Caribbean; as well as two tours in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations and one on the staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Captain Ball was Commanding Officer of the naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, before assuming command of Monrovia. A native of Batesville, Arkansas, he is married to the former Miss Elizabeth W. King of Ottawa, Kansas. They reside at 8402 Ocean Front, Virginia Beach, Virginia, with their four sons.

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Lv l CAPTAIN D.S. BILL, USN COMMANDER AMPHIBIOUS SQUADRON EIGHT



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Offum COMMANDER G. NAISMITH, USN After enlisting in the Navy in August 1941, CDR. Naismith was commissioned in Feb- ruary 1943 aboard the USS LSM-202. He participated in the entire Iwo Jima operation. CDR. Naismith served in the Naval Reserve 1946-50 and in 1951 was recalled to active duty. His assignments preceding Monrovio were: LSD Division Staff, Executive Officer of Harry F. Bauer (DM- 26), Staffs of the Commandants of the Fifth and Ninth Naval Dis- tricts and the Staff of Amphibious Group Four. CDR. Naismith, his wife and three daughters live in Norfolk, Virginia.

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