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Ga4n4fvancCe (loLeni Waldn an CDR. Rt)l)LH W ' aldron: Fighting liol ' , il vou please. Ve of the class of ' 55 walked into the Swab Siminier ban age in jnl . I!)31, expecting the worst. Ve weren ' t disappointed! Tliai suinnier will li i ' with us lor the rest of om ' li es. During iliai ir iug liini ' iuau things were expicied ol us: the setting up ol our tlass lines, the changeoxer hoin l)n lo Swab, the elect- ing of a class athisor lo help us o er the hiniips. There was one 111. Ml whn kcj)! coming beloii ' oin h.tniid e es. one man k 0 seemed the walking, bicalhing e])il(Hiie l ihe sah sea dog e all hoped some d,i lo be. W ' luii il came lime lo elect out adxisor. il was easy— CJDR. W ' aldron b a landslide. hen he accepted the job. he told us he w is lujiujietl. and then laiil out m no uncert.iin terms w hal he. peisonalK . e |)ectecl of us. Nothing but the best, and all that to luriher a Cx)ast (iuaid career. Il we weren ' t willing lo go Coast Ciiiard all the wa . now was the timi ' lo leave, it vas strong medicine, but it vas the stiong core about vhich ' , ), ) built its lecord of achievement. With our Hrst long cruise under oui belts, we began shaking doxvn into a realh homogeneous grou]). ' e loimd we wot kid well together, had miuh llu ' same goals in iiw. All that vas needed was ilu ' mi-ans to accomj)lish them. .Again CDR. W ' aldron came to us. this time wiih ilelinite plans and ideas. .Again he deli ered himself viih siiong. unyielding words. The result was a class whic h was able lo set down plans and policies that carried us, in essence, ilnoughoul ihe i tin. under of our Academy years. Now ihat we weie well launched. CDR. Val(lron slovdv let us see that there was a eiy human person undei the haid-boiled exteii(jr he had hereto- fore shown us. The rather awe-inspiring senior ollicer. became a warm- hearied liieiid who alwa s had pleiil ol lime lor am ol us. We leaiiied just how lierceK a man (ould lo e his Service, how (om|)lele happiness could flow Irom giving over lo a lile of duty to others. At the end of out second class year. CDR. Bob was assigned as skipper of the C. (f. . ir Station in San Juan. I ' uerto Rico. W ' e were sorry lo lose him. bill happv ih.il he w.is i, iking .molher siep lorwaid in his career. Although he was gone Irom us our last year, we tried lo live up lo what lu- had insiilled in us. Il seeim-d ihal there was alv a s a lellei posicd on our bulhiiii bo, 11(1 iioiii OUI bcsi liRiid. 1 hanks. ( ' DR.. lor giving so Ini-lv ol voursell. that we will have lo work h.ird lo live u|) to the ideals you ' ve sel lor us. UniTGD STIITGS COHST CUHRD
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