Robert H McCard (DD 822) - Naval Cruise Book

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.'i ri' ,.., T4 1 5 , J if 5, L i , . 1342 hifi f , . ,L i 'i X FFICE .--f-fl sq. We - ,ik CDR. JAMES P. JAMISON, USN, Commanding Ofiicer, comes from Pittsburgh Pa. and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1941. He has served on des troyers for 80 months. CDR. WILLIAM N. VLACHOS, USNR, Executive Oiiicer was commis- sloned in 1942 and saw wartime service on minesweepers, PC's and DE's. CDR Vlachos was recalled to active duty shortly after the outbreak of the Korean war and prior to reporting aboard the McCard was War Plans Officer at the Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base. LT. WILLIAM HESS, USN, Operations Oflicer enlisted in the Navy in 1936 and served as a Quartermaster in the cruiser Salt Lake City. Since he was commissioned in 1943 he has served in am hibs and various other craf p t. He reported aboard the McCard from duty at the General Line School, Monterey, California. LT. ANDREW H. MUZIO, USNR, Engineering Officer, is a native of Florida and a graduate of Georgia Tech. During World War II he served on destroyers in the Pacific. Released from active duty in 1946, he was recalled in 1951 and prior to reporting aboard the McCard was Main Propulsion Assistant on the Robert A. Owens. LTJG JAMES K. WELSH, JR., USN, Gunnery Oliicer, hails from New York State and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1948. After serving aboard the cruisers Providence and Salem he reported aboard in November, 1951. LTJG GORDON L. PAULEY, USN, CIC Oflicer was commissioned in 1950 after graduating from the University of Nebraska as a member of the NROTC. After service on the staff of Commander Seventh Fleet and Korean duty aboard the cruiser Juneau he reported aboard for duty in April 1952 I

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if .Pea .',,,uQu l YYY on 7 gt .ff Q T ff - Y' -41.7 R L' - .QQ l rd f -,L A r J w ln' -1 XVhztt is it that makes fl pznticulzir ship at good ship :mtl makes it Ii home to the men ztboztrtl it? It isn't the ship itself beeztnse all destroyers :ire just about the szune. Tltey have about the sztme gear, sztme number ol' men, just :ts mztny miles of electrical wiring :intl steztm line, :mtl theyre :ill too hot in summer and too cold in winter. But the Ship's Company is never the same and therein lies the tlifferenee. It's not the ship but the people on the ship that make it what it is. So here we ure.-your shipmzttes on the lXIeCartl. 1 h- if . 'ZF' 6' ,f t. , -- L . N- -, t ' 4, .. I, K it -. L. JVM Q' A ,. AT 5 e s s 'fig if Q-nf! I in - 8 li 1 ,TQ l KY' u ff -1 - f'

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USN. Lieutenant from College as a member oi Lieutenant he acted as Electrical I . along with a degree in Business Administration from vlwlselrilie University. Prior to reporting aboard the McCard Mr. Webb served on the tanker Galoosahatchee. ROBERT H. WEEKS, USN, Communications Oflicer is a graduate Electrical Engineer from Renselaer Polytechnic Institute and was commissioned in 1951 after completing the NROTC program. ENS. ROBERT C. CROSSON, USN, Main Propulsion Asst., is an NROTC graduate of Columbia University where he was a pre-medical student. Mr. Cros- son is also a graduate of the DesLant Engineering School. ENS. JOHN L. THOMPSON, USN, Ship's Secretary, is a graduate of Princeton University and hails from Rockville Center, Long Island. He has been aboard the McCard since June. ENS. RICHARD M. WATT, USN, Second Division Oliicer, received his com- mission -as an NROTC graduate of Dartmouth College where he majored in English. ENS. STEPHEN J. HUGGARD, USNR, Asst. Communicator, was commissioned in December from OCS after graduating from Holy Cross College where he majored in Business Administration. ENS. CHARLES B. O'NEILL, USNR, ASW Oflicer, has been on the McCard since December after graduating from OCS. Mr. O'Neill received his BS in Chemistry at Scranton University and comes from Staten Island, New York. ENS. RICHARD MCGAW, USN, Electronics Officer, reported aboard in Gi- braltar from the Electronics School in San Francisco after graduating as a Civil Engineer from the University of Michigan. ll 9,492 'ZLLAHEAQMMKI K 'far CM' N r f xlib?-W' ,Y i I I p 64 Q I I .. . f V , C I C l .GMM E I ow r 'WSE comes-r Fm OOD H4 WEBB, SC, USN, Supply Oilicer, received his commxasifms