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CAPTAIN JAMES B. LINDER CapTain James B. Linder was born 13 CcTober 1925 in UsceoIa, Iovva. En1isTing in Tbe Navy in 19113, be served aboard paTroI craTT based aT LiTTIe Creek Virginia prior To aTTending T116 U S NavaI Academy PreparaTorv 5cbooI in Bainbridge, MaryIand.lHe enTered Tbe US, NavaI AcademY in 19115 and was graduaTed and Commissioned in 1949. He received bis NavaI AviaTor Wings in 1950. As a piIoT in EigbTer Squadron UNE HUNDRED TWELVE CapTain Linder parTicipaTed in T119 Korean conTIicT aboard Tbe ATTacI4 Carriers USS PHILIPPINE QEA a d U55 KEAPSAPGE. H9 L n subseauenTIv compIeTed Tours oT duTy in Tbe Peserve Training Command aT NavaI Air STaTuon, WiIIow Gro P 1 ' ' ve, ennsy vania and aboard Tbe ATTacI4 Carrier USS LE. D. POUSEVELT assigned To Tbe Second and 5ixTb EIeeTs. He aTTended Tbe Command and STaTT Course aT Tbe NavaI War CoIIeQef NewporT, Pbode IsIand, in 1959 and Tben served as OperaTions Officer, ATTacI4 Squadron ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY IFWO GIUOOVCI U55 E. D. FQOOSEVELT and Tbe neWIv commissioned nuC1GOV powered carrier USS ENTEPPPISE, During 1963 and 1964, CapTain Linder served as aide To Tbe CbieT of NavaI PersonneI in WasI'TingTon, DC. prior To reTurning To TITo EIeeT as Ifxecuiive OIIICGV, A 14 S T ' TTac auadron SEVENTY SIX, assigned To Tbe ATTacIc Carrier USS AMERICA and USS ENTEIQ- PRISE LaTer as Commanding QTTicer of Tb SP - 'I L G 119115 OF 76 , Ire pailicipcih-QI in T110 1955-06 dep1aymenT of USS ENTEPPPISE T . S I ' -A - ' ' o ouTweasT Asia vvbore nucIeur power vvas IuisT usvd in conibdi- He TITen assumed command of ATTacI4 Carrier Wing EIEIMLIEN in 1967, nfiuiriwl To IIiv VioTnaHT combaT TbeaTer aboard USS QQRAI- SHA, gm! qyqig so iff 'A s ' , . - ' C1 Dar i.liuaTr.c.I in rxiwiiaivw un ioinbai UPN' aTions over NorTb VieTnam. Prior To Taking command of 1.155 SYLVANIA on 11 lnnv I9 I1 1111110111 Linder served wiTIT Tbe Bureau of NavaI P 1 f 1 Q . ersonneI and T110 Assisiiiiii fair wirirw ui Ibn Navv 10' Wianpower and Peserve Aiiairs in Was1TingTon 15 C Ingapdnion To campaign and service rnocInIs, fr,5,im,e, 1gi,,,sIC,, lm., Img, ,,W,, Iwi nh. Niue i ross, Tour ui ver 5Tars, Two Legion of Merns, seven Iu1I?,TlIxIri,11lf,le1i ii ri WMI, I lgrijggq 5, .WI Iwuii'Tv Tour Air 1ifieda1s. CGDIFllV1C?i'iV1Af1V9.x Linder, TIie Tor'inf:r Pcilric in Weir, nn.1I grin lr-ling ,,.. ,,l,T ,,, T51 L' H iiiI1 Ixinris Poad, Virginia Ideucri Tfirr , T QIIHICI. I ii A commandmg officer

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executive Q 3 T COMMANDER EMU. D. MALMQUIST SYLVANINS ExecuTive Officer was Commander Emil D. MalmquisT, a naTive of l-lollY' wood, California. Commander MalmauisT reporTed aboard in March T971 from The USS DENEBOLA. H ' 4' ' e quickly esTabl1shed a rapporT wiTh The crew based on muTual respect His sTay on The SYLVANIA has been h c aracierized by improvemenis in working con- diTions and overall hab'T b'l' ' ia i :Ty of The ship. Commander Malmquisi is now DFGPUVUWQ for his nexT assignmenT in WashingTon, D.C. where he will be working wiih The ,loinT Chiefs of STaff, Communicafions CenTer. N ' o newcomer To The XO business, Commander MalmCiUl5l also served i Th b'l S n aT i leT on The USS DENEBOLA CAI:-58D and USS Al.SllffDl? CAF-48h While serving on board USS DENEBOI- A, Commander MalmguisT was recognized fOr his conTribuTions To her efficiency which resulTed in her receiving The Mc-riforious UnIT CommendaTion. Prior To receiving his commission ' Th . In e Navy, Commander MalmguisT affended The UniversiTy of SouThern California where he was a member of The Phi Sigma Kappa fra- TerniTy. ln June of T957 he graduaTed 'Th wi a B.S. Degree in Pwusinesfz Adminisirafion Grid was appoinTed an Ensign in The Navy. Commander lVlalmquisT is married To The former Adeline Louis Smith of Yucaipa Cali- fornia. The MalmquisTs have Two sons - Mark, age l3, and linvicl, nge lf, and a daughTer Robin, age lO.