Wichita (AOR 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE USS WICHITA CF THE PAST Fur-- C-f ' gr ' 'PT' , l 'r--3. Sr n .jf E ' T:f'xi-'-l-s1..q AND THE PRESENT LPC' '3 '--s . USS WICHITA 5

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CAPT. J.J. DA TO E JR., USN Captain Joseph J. Dantone, Jr. was born in Baltimore, MID, Upon giaclmilinci from flirt S N.n.iI M ,im im in lin-1 Xxiiil ,ilSlitlwlo1S Degree in Electrical Science, he was commissioned an Ensign and cnlc-ic-cl llicilit iniiniiifi in lillx i'Ifi'l ll. u.isml1'siiiii.ilt'tl .i Nixtil Aiiator in September 1965. In May 1966, Captain Dantone was assigned to Fighter Squaclron l1lfilllY fiilili lltinfll 'i i'l1.HiIiiiiis llllvivi-2 lliis win lit' rmidc an extended Mediterranean deployment on board USS INDEPENDENCE IC V ozi, In Maw li Vim lim tt is i ifiii1'il'iiAlliili'1'l xK1lllti7iV AXNE SIXONE.Duringthistourhemadetwo Western Pacific.deploymentsnnIinaifl ilu llsst Olifxl 'SFA it X'fx i'wi I i ini i sl il i ii i it it witcd . K , , . , . , - v li t ' it K' 1 xi to U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, whore lu- cuiiiiml .i 5'l.islz'i X in-final in x. i,i.i,i.iiii ,il iimiiitstriiiiti Avi Jlld Material Management. ln June 1975, Captain Dantone was assigiiwrl lo I icilitt-i 'Nlllhlfiltill QW: ,i-. ilii 'Xlninii itil... ,ir1iltWpt'l.lllUllN Ollilfl flying F-14 Tomcats. During this tour the squadron made an cixlvmlf-fl l'l't-sic-iii l'.if irif flvplrix nit nl uri li.i,n.i rss IN ll KVRISI' CV' 55- In May 1976, Captain Dantone reported to Commander Naval Air Sysle ii'is 1 fillllililllfi .ral in lw..tii,.in xi.-,.t.z.iii' iiilpnu for lr.wll'iS1i Returning to the Fleet in August 1977, Captain Fhanlonri lim aint- ilu-f iilixit cifrifi i nf I iiiliiri ww., liiiii i tit it i i i 'N tltiiiti l ll s P0111 USS JOHN F. KENNEDY fCV 671 and later became Clommunflingi Offif vi iii liilx l'i,'i -xii., l,,i, .,,,,,, ,mi lm, i,, t,ivt4q1,1siilt'iuuihtcr Training Officer for Commander Naval Air Forces, US. Allanlif Ilwi wlm li um. lnllfiui .i in ,i ., .i, ,ii ,i .,,,. 1, ,U Wim-i twinning. Captain Dantone reported to USS ENTERPRISE CCVN 659 iii .l.mii.iiy ifiiisa ,i-, i i. f ni... ti1,,,, , Captain Dantones decorations include the Mrzrilmioiifi St-iviff Mi fi,ii fx., wt .ti ,i ,K,,,..i, V , X , . t ..-wmv swiiff Medal, National Defense Medal and Repulilif of Virtlnfinn Ainwfl lim 4 -, fit niiiniin-, l ini i ,f..ii..,, ,, , Captain Dantoneis married to tneformcr Maria fl, 'wfriliirllat' of l',nlI.ilf. 'A yi ilu X i. ,.. F., ,., , , , lruiklhifl Nitllllf His family currently resides in Alameda, CQaIiforni.i, 1 .iplgmi li,,,,if.,,. :,,f,i,,1t,,,,,,,,,,m,I,3, , M, ,W px ,W ,, Nita QXXPCQO

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CDR G.L. SKIR , USN Commander George L. Skirm lll is a native of Norfolk Virginia. He began his naval career ln eiilistiiig in the N.n.il lieseix e in Mtn 19651 d ft ' ' ' an a er receiving an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy from the Secretary of the Navy, he gi.idii.itt-tl in l'lfl .ind has coininissioned on Ensign in the regular Navy. After commissioning Commander Skirm spent three years onboard the USS NIZOSHO UNO- l lsbl .is llir lst A l ignid t .algo Ollit U' he was then transferred to the USS DAHLGREN CDDG-435 where he served an eighteen month loin as thet It N l DS ollit vi ln 1075 Coiiiiiiaiidei' Sklfm attended the Surface Warfare Department Head course, and was subsequently assigned to the USS VRANt'lS HAMMOND HTF- l067l liovii0D0lT9d in Yokosuka, Japan, serving as the Weapons Officer. He was later assigned a split loin as Ont-intioii-. twllit ei mtlm.ilt1llSS WABASH iAOR-5i- Upon completion of this sea tour he was assigned to Commander Servif e tnoup ONI' stall as Assistant tWiit'i.itioiis st ht-dnlei in ltltltl-1931 He then served a sequential staff tour with Commander Cruiser Destroyer tironp lilVl ns thet It N I bis tillit ei In l ebiimiy mm hc iCD0f'ed to the USS WICHITA as Executive Officer. g , His decorations include the Navy Commendation Medal twith one gold stail, Meiitoiions lliiit t tniiiiit'iicl.ilitiil txoit-.in lwesidential Unit Commendation, and several individual and service awards. efxo