Samuel Gompers (AD 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commander Merton A. Pearson received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from Bates College. Lewiston, Maine in 1956. He was commissioned En- sign in the United States Naval Reserve. December 12. 1956. alter completing OCS at Newport, Rhode Island. During 1957, he attended Minesweep Officer School atYorktown. Virginia and then reported on board the USS ORLEANS PARISH QLST-10692, flagship for COMINRON 8 at Charleston. South Carolina. in December -1957. the ORLEANS PARISH was decom- mlssionedtand he was ordered to the USS PEACOCK 6188641981 inLSasebo. Japan. On board the PEACOCK.1h6 served as Engineer Ofticer tor 14 menthsfand Executive ,Officer for 8 months. f'.,- . 1 , Hefiiuas then ordered 'toilflestroyer Gunnery School in idanueryv Aftergraduatiotn, he served aboard the USSfBlQI'QlRUtF.' scenes too-sissy as First Lieute- endv eubSBf1U9fttly as Gunlnery Officer, he ordered ,to Staff, Commander Grulserfbestrqyerf Ftotllla SIX as Aide and Flag Se5r6!8!YL5Whlle.attached to the Staff. he participated in ,Cubaniblockade of 1962 on board USS 94 EP533Uc56'23ff 1 ' . He wasedetached from Staff Duty in February 1963, ordered bduty ,ai Fleet Training Group, San Diego. California and served in the Battle Problemsmhlet Observer-lNavigationl section of the Training Oivision. ' S' i ' i ' g ln, September he joined USS HOWARD D. CROW tDEf252y as Executive Officer and Navigator. 'On July 4,,1965. he assumedaduty as Officer in Charge of the CROW upon .change of status from Group I NHT to Group ll NHT. On January 6, 1968, LCDR Pearson reported to the Staff COMNAVSUPPACT Saigon as Surface Operations and Plans Officer. Upon completion of tour of duty in-country, he reported to uss LLOYD 'ri-ioMAs CDD-7641 on March 29, 1969 for duty as Executive Officer. ln September 1970, CDR Pearson reported to Chief, Joint United States Military Mission for Aid to Turkey UUSMMAU in Ankara, Turkey, as Logistics Plans and Programs Officer, Joint Staff.

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Captain Richard C. Gardner attended New York S.l3iBf . Maritime College and graduated yvirh1aiBMS QQQTQQ on 27 September 1950. at whim WHS he was C0?77 ' mlssioned Enslgn in the U.S. Navy. His firstbilief as Boat Group Commander.ahoardl..QSS QAPA-1521. succeeding. tours. OpslPianslClC and Navigator one lh6Staffi mander Amphibious T Weapons' Officer p in USS Aide and Flag Lielg Subic Bay. and ' thence to,U.S School. Monterey, Calitorniag student. Upon completion- of Monterey, where he .earned a Englneerlngl DBQVQG. heathen Executive' Officer ot: U88 coourzrona-at. He in the Command and College in 19639 Upon Staff Course. he elolned College. While on 155 t Warfare cow-sneer the were George Washington Qljnivereltyvearnlngf Arts Degree in internationaihfialrs. 4 e , Captain Gardner assumed Loaaena too-rss, om october tour on LOFBERG. Captain GHYUITGI' Staff ol the Commander Seventh., .Warfare Officer and agtour as a Division. the Naval Ordnance Systems, Comrnaridi Gardner served as the Assistant Chief ot Operations and Plans on the Stat? of Cruiser-Destroyer Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet -prior' rape-ang so me use smuei. aomfens raoezm. Captain Gardner's decorations include the Bronie a 'OV Star. the Navy Commendation Medal, the Navy and Meritorious Unit Citations. and the Vietnamese Distinguished Service Medal and Cross of Gallantry. Captain Gardner is the son ot Mrs. Althea S. Gardner ol Greenport. Long island, New York, and is married to the former Zita Marie Brown of Dickinson, North D . ,gym .W , fqg, KQQ.,-'1': if r X Y 2 7.1 akota. They have two daughters. Shauna Katherine and Leslie Marie. I p

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