Ranger (CVA 61) - Naval Cruise Book

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A K'-' U I Captain Kenneth F. Rowell Executive Officer Captain Kenneth F. Rowell Was born Oct. S, 1920 in Derby Line, Yt. He attended Green Mountain Junior College in Poultney, Vt., for two years before entering' the Navy Ll an aviation cadet in 1941. He was commissioned an ensign in June 1942. In 1943 and 1944 he served in Fighter Sc uadron 26. Since then he has been fissienet' L, l to Attack Squadron 44, Composite Squadron 5, served as executive otticer and coinniqniding officer of Heavy Attack Squadron 7, coinnianded Heavy Attack Squadron 3, and server aboard the Palau. Ashore, Captain Rowell has attended Brown University in Providence, ll. l., has been a student at the General Line School and Survival School, and twice has been assigner the Naval War College under instruction. l l He was assigned to the Naval Air Station, Atlantic City, N. J., and served on the s - . of the Chief of Naval Air Training: Lfptain Rowell is married to the tforiner Barbara llond ol' Newport Yi 'l'hev 'rin tel J2-Qgefl flzltlulitgv-1-143 Sqinflra. ,Citi-il , llarbar:l, and l'ati.v. 5 5 tatl

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Rear Admiral Louis J. Kirn Commander Carrier Division FIVE iil'i11' .'xki11111'l1i 1.11111s 11. 111111 was 111.1111 111 111i111'a11111111, Wise., 1111 11111111 H, 151118. H11 11115 1-11111111issi11111111 1111 1111sig'11 111 .1111111 111232 i11l11211121111111111 111s 11'11s11111 1111111 Max' 1 141511 . .eav- 1 1 1 111111 Q1':1111111111111 1111111 11111 N:1x'z11 A1'111111111lv 1111 S111'Y1?f1 two y11a1's 111 11111 '1'11111111ss11e ii'RXiAli1'iH S1L11'1111Q' 11ig111 11'L111111111'111 ii1111Sll1'1J12l, 19121. 11111'111g' 111111 1111 was 1i1's1 1'11111111a1111i111g' ot1i1'111' 111' Scoutiiigg' S1l1121f11'1J11 Sei 211111 511 11111 11111 111' 151-lil 1111 was 1111111111111 111 11111 Staff of CO111111E11111G1' Aii' Force South Pacific as s11111' 1111111'111i1111s 1111111111: 1111 was 1111.111 1J1I1?1'21i1U11S 1111sic111' on 111e Staff of CU111111k111C161' 1'g1111'1111' 11i1'isi1111 TWO. .-X11111' 11111 11'a1' 111111 1111111 111414 11e was assis1ant t1'ai11i11g'of1ice1'o11 the staff of t11e 5111111 111' N11x'111 Air T1'ai11i11g', PU11SZ1C012:1, Fla., and 111611 a11e1111e11 the A1'l119C1 Forces SIQ111' 11111111g'11 in N111111111, Va. i',1'OI11 f1161'6 he was executive of-Hoei' i11 111e Leyte. 11111'i11g' 111513 1111 211161111611 the Iinperial Defense College i11 London and then coin- 1111111111111 t11e C111'1'if11C1i. He se1've11 as CO111111?111C1111g oflicei' ofthe Randolph and in 1958 ixlll 1166111118 C11i111' of Staff to COI11l11Z111fi61' Ca1'1'ie1' Division FOUR. Following selec- tion 11111 1'6211' 5111111112211 he became CO1111112111C1Q1' Carriei' Division NINETEEN and i11 1511111 was Chief of Naval Air A11va11ce11 Training, Corpus C111'is1i, Texas. In June 11162 .-X11111i1'a1 Kirn took con1n1an11 of Carriei- Division FIVE. He is n1a1'1'ie11 1o the fO1'111Q1' Ray Reynoir of New Orleans, La.