USS Georgetown (AGTR 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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U. S. S. GEORGETOWN IAGTR-2I CARE OF FLEET POST OFFICE NEW YORK, N.Y. 0950I Dear Parents, Wives and Friends, ' uss and and OUI' Over one hundred thousand miles ago I looked upon the GEORGETOWN as a fine smart ship manned by dedicated husbands sons of the grand people of our country. Cruise after cruise mile after mile we began to know each other and developed values. We learned pride, faith in our fellow man and especially the importance of giving of ourself. Herein is one such cruise through the far reaches of the Indian Ocean which formed our bond in a fraternity without name but treasured by each and everyone of us. Sin re , Commander, U.S. Navy Commanding Officer USS GEORGETOWN CAGTR-21 TI-IIS CRUISE BOOK IS PRDUDLY DEDICATED, BY TI-IE CREW OE THE USS GEORGETOWN TDCMHQDEPARTWM3CDMMANDWMBOEEKER,CDMMANDERG.P.GEBLER,USN.

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GUMMA NDING 0 FIBER l COMMANDER OERARD P. OEBLER UNITED STATES NAVY Commander Gerard Paul Gebler, U. S. Navy, was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Janu- ary 30, l926. l-le graduaTed from The Pennsylvania MariTime Academy in i945 and his firsT duTy assignmenT was aboard The USS HARRY E. BAUER CDM-Qoj. l-aTer he served in The USS E-PCER 1351 unTil his assignmenT To MoTor Torpedo BoaT Squadron ONE. Following a Tour wiTh The EleeT Training Group aT GuanTanamo Bay, Cuba, he was assigned To The USS BENNINOTON CCVS-QOD in The Pacific, he reTurned To The ConTinenTal UniTed STaTes as head of The Engineering OeparTmenT aT Officer's CandidaTe School, NewporT, Rhode lsland. Following Tours wiTh DesTroyer Squadrons FOURTEEN and SIXTEEN, Commander Gebler served aboard The USS OGLETHORPE CAKA-TOOD as OperaTions Officer and laTer was assigned To The office of The Chief of Naval OperaTions. Before being ordered To GEORGETOWN he served as ExecuTive Officer aboard The USS UVALDE CAKA-881. Commander Oebler resides wiTh his wife Roseanne in Norfolk, Virginia. They have Three children.